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For Immediate Release
For more information, contact:
Lynne Zultanky, MSRT
Director, Corporate Communications and Media Relations
Office: 757-889-5413; pager: 757-680-3296
BON SECOURS HAMPTON ROADS SELECTS TEAMHEALTH AS EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN GROUP
(Norfolk, Va. – October 1, 2006) Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System Inc. announced today the association of TeamHealth, a national emergency care provider, beginning October 1, 2006 at Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center in Norfolk and Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth. In July 2006, TeamHealth began providing emergency physician services at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News and will be the emergency services provider at Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View’s new advanced emergency facility when it opens Spring 2007.
“Bon Secours is committed to providing the highest level of care to residents of Hampton Roads,” said Richard A. Hanson, CEO for Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System. “To accomplish this goal, we have partnered with a highly-skilled, national emergency physician group, TeamHealth, to staff our emergency services departments and work with our highly skilled nurses and technicians. TeamHealth was selected for their ability to recruit top-notch emergency physicians to the communities in which they serve, for developing protocols and programs focused on the safe and timely delivery of emergency care, and for their track record of achieving excellence in patient and physician customer service satisfaction reports.”
"TeamHealth is thrilled to serve the Norfolk and Portsmouth communities by expanding our relationship with the Bon Secours system," says Randal Dabbs, MD. "Through our new relationships with Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center and Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, we aim to build upon our tradition of safe, efficient and compassionate care as we've already demonstrated at Mary Immaculate Hospital."
In fiscal year 2006, Bon Secours Hampton Roads hospitals provided more than 115,000 patient visits in the emergency departments. “It’s clear from our research, that our emergency departments are often the first encounter for of the majority of patients admitted to our hospitals,” said Hanson. “We recognize the importance of this first impression and we are committed to ensuring that our community has the clinical expertise available in their time of need. Providing excellence in a time of an emergency is at the heart of the ministry of the Sisters of Bon Secours which is to be good help to those in need.”
Background on TeamHealth
TeamHealth serves approximately 490 hospital nationally and their affiliated clinics and surgical centers in 44 states with a team of approximately 5,000 physicians, mid-level practitioners and nurses. Since the Company's inception in 1979, TeamHealth has focused primarily on providing outsourced services to hospital emergency departments. TeamHealth also provides comprehensive programs for inpatient care (hospitalist), radiology, anesthesiology, pediatrics and other healthcare services, principally within hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
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Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System is a leading health
care organization known for providing care for the whole
person with grace and clinical distinction. Bon Secours
brings together a network of hospitals, primary care practices,
ambulatory care sites and continuing care facilities to
provide quality health care services to the residents of
Hampton Roads. Bon Secours, which employs more than 4,500,
includes: Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Bon Secours
Maryview Medical Center, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Bon Secours
Health Center at Harbour View, Bon Secours Maryview Nursing
Care Center and St. Francis Nursing Center.
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