Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) is pleased to welcome MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, California, as our 26th program go-live of 2026.
The hospital is a full-service acute care center with a Level IV NICU. It manages about 4,730 deliveries and 9,047 OB triage visits each year, and it supports both Family Medicine and Obstetrics residency programs.
Today, obstetric patients are seen through a OB triage model. Hospital leadership is working toward a dedicated obstetric emergency department (OBED), and OBHG is helping make that happen.
What MemorialCare set out to achieve
MemorialCare came to OBHG with clear strategic goals:
- Grow overall delivery volume
- Establish an OBED so every obstetric patient gets the right care, at the right time, from the right clinician
- Support community OB clinicians by easing call burden and improving work-life balance, so they can welcome more new patients to their practices
- Integrate certified nurse midwives (CNMs) into the hospital’s care model
How OBHG helps
OBHG is reimagining the hospital’s OB hospitalist program, providing dedicated hospitalist staffing for the OBED, and delivering data analytics that support informed operational and clinical decisions.
The program went live in September 2026 with a 2.0 model, pairing one physician with one CNM. It is already ramping to a 3.0 model with the addition of a second physician. The team will also support the opening of the OBED.
Local leadership makes the difference
Our thanks go to Market Medical Director Dr. Melvin Seid, whose leadership was instrumental in launching this program. He interviewed candidates, facilitated conversations with community physician groups, and provided hands-on, on-site orientation and support. He remains at the hospital today, guiding the transition to an OBED.
This partnership is OBHG’s 30th in California and our second with MemorialCare Health System.
We are proud to work alongside the dedicated team at MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital to benefit the clinicians, women, and babies of the Long Beach community.