Meet the Hospitalists
at Valley View
What is a Hospitalist?
Patients staying in the acute or intensive care units at Valley View each have a specialized primary health care provider-administrator called a hospitalist. A hospitalist is a licensed physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant trained in internal medicine able to treat an array of conditions, illnesses and injuries. Hospitalists work closely with other providers, consultants and specialists at Valley View to coordinate big-picture, patient-centered care from admission through discharge.
How is care improved for patients with Valley View hospitalists?
The role of the hospitalist in the United States grew from patients’ desire to have a dedicated primary point of contact for complex hospital patient cases. Valley View’s hospitalists are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and manage the intricate system of inpatient tests, diagnosis, treatments and medicines for their hospitalized patients. They spend one-on-one time with patients and their families, improving health care delivery efficiency, patient outcomes and length of patient stays.
What should patients expect from their Valley View hospitalist?
With a dedicated hospitalist, Valley View patients can expect continuity of care with a seamless transfer of records from the emergency room, admitting health care provider or local primary care provider to the hospital computer health record system.
At discharge, records and care instructions are handed off to the patient’s primary care provider. For those without a primary care provider, the hospitalists find and recommend one.
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Viridiana Estrada,
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Geoffroy Fauchet,
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Stephen Ferraro,
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Brett M. Hesse,
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Susan J. Inscore,
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Tessa Johnson,
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James Lisowski,
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Cristina Murguic,
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Marco Salmen,
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Lindsay Southgate,
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Sarah Graham,
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Douglas Amis,
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Heather Babcock,
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Miles Henson,
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Anika Sasinski,
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Jennifer Parker,
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Corrie Roberts,
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John Van Nostrand,
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