Volunteer - Marion General Hospital
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Dedicated team of<br />
physicians and nurse<br />
practitioners provides<br />
and coordinates care<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Specialists<br />
By Randy Deffenbaugh<br />
4<br />
Top: Abdul Hasheesh, M.D.,<br />
checks on a patient. Above:<br />
David Wallace, M.D., consults<br />
with a nurse.<br />
CALL<br />
Vim & Vigor • Fall 2010<br />
At <strong>Marion</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>,<br />
there is a dedicated team of<br />
physicians and nurse practitioners<br />
called hospitalists<br />
who provide a special level of care when<br />
it’s needed most. Their purpose is to provide<br />
you with increased access to care<br />
during your hospitalization.<br />
Since hospitalists only see patients in<br />
the hospital, they are more immediately available<br />
to see you and begin coordinating your care with<br />
your entire team of caregivers, including your<br />
primary care physician.<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>ists Enter<br />
the Picture<br />
When you are admitted to MGH, your primary<br />
care physician may request that a hospitalist care<br />
for you. The MGH hospitalist program operates<br />
24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the dedicated<br />
team of physicians and nurse practitioners<br />
will work in unison to provide your care.<br />
Don’t Wait Until You’re Sick<br />
Call <strong>Marion</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> at 765-662-4781 for a list<br />
of physicians who are accepting new patients, or visit<br />
www.mgh.net and click “need a doc?” today.<br />
Arun Tewari, M.D., right,<br />
directs the hospitalist<br />
program at MGH.<br />
You may see more than one hospitalist during<br />
your stay, but you can rest assured that their goal<br />
is the same: to provide you with the highest level<br />
of synchronized care. <strong>Hospital</strong>ists are also available<br />
to admit you to MGH if you do not have a<br />
primary care physician on the hospital’s medical<br />
staff or if you do not have a primary care physician<br />
at all. This ensures your timely care because<br />
you won’t have to wait for another physician to<br />
admit you.<br />
Full Continuum of Care<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>ists provide your day-to-day care from<br />
the time that you are admitted to the time that<br />
you leave MGH. They stay in close contact with<br />
your entire team of caregivers, including your<br />
primary care physician, keeping them updated<br />
and informed about your overall condition<br />
and progress.<br />
Because hospitalists are on-site and immediately<br />
available, they provide faster and more<br />
efficient treatment for you, including quicker
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