Ob Hospitalist Group has been serving patients for more than 12 years, and many OBHG physicians have carried out that mission for nearly as long as the organization has existed! We are thrilled that these exceptional obstetricians chose to work with us, and we are proud to recognize their dedication to improving care for mothers […]
Looking back on her days as an OB nurse, Shari Arner recollects the joys and challenges of her job. She graduated from LPN school in 1973 and became a registered nurse in 1977. Shari’s nursing career took her from Michigan to Arizona and lasted 41 years, most of which she worked in the L&D unit. […]
Dr. Shannon Bailey, an OBHG hospitalist at Overlake Hospital Medical Center and Harrison Medical Center was recently named secretary of the Washington State section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). She will serve two years in this capacity and eventually move up to president and then the state legislative representative for ACOG. According […]
The Society of OB/GYN Hospitalists (SOGH) recently talked with OBHG site director Dr. Rhonda Williams about the simulations she has been leading at her hospital program in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Tell us about your hospital. RW: Baton Rouge General Medical Center is a community hospital with seven labor and delivery beds, three OB emergency […]
OBHG hospitalists at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue, Wash. are helping to pilot a new method of reducing cesarean sections and increasing the rate of vaginal deliveries. Overlake is one of only four hospitals in the country partnering with Ariadne Labs – a joint center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan […]
Ob Hospitalist Group is pleased to announce that we are entering the Massachusetts market! We are excited to be partnering with Lawrence General Hospital to develop our first obstetrical emergency department in the state. The hospital is an acute care and surgical facility that has served the Lawrence community since 1886. Delivering more than 1,600 […]
Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most common complication of pregnancy, and onset can occur at any time from pregnancy until up to 1 year post partum. Estimates of the prevalence of PPD in new mothers in the United States varied by state from 8% to 20% in 2012, with an overall average of 12%. Dr. Jane […]
Texas joins a handful of other states, including Indiana, Arizona, and Maryland in adopting maternal care designations. While the ACOG consensus statement defines five designations, ranging from Birth Center to Level I (Basic Care) to Level IV, Texas law designates four levels of maternal care. It combines Birthing Center care and Level I designation. Dr. […]
We are pleased to welcome Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-Frisco in Frisco, TX, to the OBHG family with their full-time, Type A OBED! This our third new program to go live in 2019. The hospitalist team at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center, Frisco includes: (from l to r) Dr. Kimberly Chessir, Dr. Xercerla Littles, Dr. […]
OBHG’s Ob Exchange platform serves as a one-stop shop where clinicians can connect, exchange information and access online tools. OBHG’s Elaine Stephenson and April Morris recently spoke with HIT Infrastructure about how the tool is improving clinician engagement across OBHG’s national network. “We now have one place where physicians can collaborate and share best practices. […]
A new study of obstetrics liability claims between 2013 and 2017 showed that 80 percent of obstetrics claims involved high clinical severity cases. Boston-based liability insurer Coverys analyzed 472 OB claims and found that in 24 percent of these cases, either the mother, infant or both died. Additionally, according to the report, 40 percent of […]
