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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sutter Lakeside Hospital is proud to partner with Surgical Affiliates Management Group (SAMG) to bring the highest level of orthopedic care to Lake County residents.
The hospitalist group formed in 1996 and has since produced years of outstanding results, such as improving patient outcomes, reducing unnecessary readmissions and cutting costs.
Leon Owens, M.D., president and CEO of SAMG, manages the group.
Dr. Owens developed the model and has had significant experience with success at other facilities. He uses a structured approach for consistency and quality to provide optimal service.
“Partnership with the Surgical Affiliates Management Group means more accessible care for our community,” said Siri Nelson, chief administrative officer, Sutter Lakeside Hospital. “By maximizing efficiency, we’re able to better deliver on our promise to enhance the well-being of the people we serve. Top quality care is available 24/7 for everything from emergent needs such as fractures to planned procedures.”
Research supports the use of hospitalist groups to improve quality of care, availability and patient satisfaction.
Before the introduction of the hospitalist model, primary care physicians would often perform inpatient procedures that interrupted routine care, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Physicians often treated the same medical problems differently, some more efficiently than others. The hospitalist model provided solutions by offering a more attractive work-life balance for physicians, more efficient private practices and higher patient satisfaction.
“We’ve had great success with hospitalists in the past,” said Nelson. “The groups we attract bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience, and our patients reap the benefit.”
For more information about Sutter Lakeside Hospital, visit www.sutterlakeside.org or call 707-262-5085 to schedule a tour.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Dr. Jack Miller, founder of The Phoenix Project, an international program in grief recovery, will be offering a free workshop entitled “Healing Our Losses” for those who are seeking to find their footing after trauma, reclaim life after loss and prepare for the journey ahead.
The workshop will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 3810 Main Street, Kelseyville.
The event includes a potluck meal. If you are able, please bring a food dish to share.
Dr. Miller is a former Roman Catholic priest and founder of The Phoenix Project, an orchestrated rite of passage and deep healing process that has been helping people around the world for almost three decades “rise from the ashes of catastrophe.”
He was deeply moved by the stories of devastating loss here in Lake County and offered to stop here and give this workshop on his way to his 53rd Phoenix Project to be held in the Bay Area this winter.
Organizers and co-facilitators Loretta McCarthy and Denise Rushing are members of the Dancing TreePeople Farm community in Upper Lake. Each are authors on the topics of spirituality, earth wisdom and transformation. Both have participated in Dr. Miller’s Phoenix Project.
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