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.
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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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced that federal food assistance will be available to Valley fire survivors.
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has approved a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) for survivors of the Valley fire in Lake County.
“This assistance will make sure families impacted by Valley fire can get food they need,” said Thompson. “All levels of government must work together during our recovery, and I thank the Food and Nutrition Service for doing what they can to help as people work to get back on their feet.”
D-SNAP provides temporary food assistance for households affected by a natural disaster.
Households that resided or worked in Lake County on Sept. 12 and suffered disaster-related damage or disaster losses from the Valley fires may be eligible for the D-SNAP.
The California Department of Social Services' will accept D-SNAP applications from Sept. 29 through Oct. 5.
Application sites will be located at the Lake County Department of Social Services office, 15975 Anderson Ranch Parkway in Lower Lake, and Middletown Senior Center, 21256 Washington St. in Middletown, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Oct. 1, Lakeside Health Center will change its name to Lakeview Health Center, as it rebrands the focus remains on improving access to health care for patients in Lake County.
“Our job is to make sure the people who need care receive it, and frankly, our name was getting in the way. With two other health organizations using the name Lakeside, people got confused about where to come,” said Health Center Director Kim Tangermann.
Soon-to-be Lakeview Health Center, located at 5335 Lakeshore Blvd. in Lakeport, is a federally qualified health center, and as such, provides medical, dental and behavioral health care to local people of all ages, whether they have insurance or not.
Lakeview also offers specialty care, including an HIV/AIDS clinic.
Learn more about their services at upcoming events: first, at the Kelseyville Pear Festival on Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street in Kelseyville, and then at the 2015 Heroes of Health and Safety Fair on Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lake County Fairgrounds.
Both events are free and offer health screenings and fun activities for the whole family.
Doctors, dentists and therapists at newly renamed Lakeview Health Center are currently accepting new patients.
To schedule an appointment, call 707-263-7725.
Lakeview is one of three MCHC Health Centers; the others are Little Lake Health Center in Willits and Hillside Health Center Ukiah.
To learn more about MCHC Health Centers, visit them online at www.mchcinc.org .