Cogent Healthcare and Saint Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital Partner in Hospitalist Program.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2003 Saint Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital, in Jackson, Mississippi Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. State of Mississippi. It is one of the county seats of Hinds County; Raymond is the other county seat. As of the 2000 census Jackson's population was 184,256. , has selected Cogent COGENT - COmpiler and GENeralized Translator Healthcare, Inc., one of the nation's leading providers of inpatient management services, to establish a hospitalist hos·pi·tal·ist n. A physician, usually an internist, who specializes in the care of hospitalized patients. hospitalist program in their facility. Cogent's hospitalist model has been implemented in order to help streamline the delivery of care to hospitalized patients through the use of the company's standardized Best Practices methodology and communication support systems. "We see Cogent's comprehensive hospitalist model as a way for us to increase overall patient care efficiency," said Tom Herrin Thomas Edward Herrin (September 12, 1929 - November 29, 1999) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1954 season. Listed at 6' 3", 190 lb., Herrin batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. , MD, Medical Director of Saint Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. "This model can help make our operations even more cost-effective while ensuring quality patient care." Cogent Healthcare provides hospitals with a comprehensive inpatient management program to improve the quality and continuity of inpatient care inpatient care Managed care Services delivered to a Pt who needs physician care for > 24 hrs in a hospital management, while increasing patient satisfaction and significantly reducing costs. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ron Greeno, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Cogent Healthcare, "Cogent's communication protocols and Best Practices methodology were developed to assist hospitals, like Saint Dominic-Jackson Memorial in ensuring a high level of quality care while improving cost-effectiveness. Today hospitals face growing demands and we have found throughout the country that our model improves patient throughput, ensures safety and helps decrease readmission readmission Managed care The admission of a Pt to a health care facility for a condition–eg, stroke, MI, GI bleeding, hip fracture, cancer surgery, shortly after discharge. See nth admission. Cf Admission, Discharge. rates." Cogent's model includes an automated communication system in which all members of the care team and the primary care physician continue to be informed about changes in a patient's status. In addition, through comprehensive information technology systems, Cogent records data and monitors results. Once a patient is discharged from the hospital, the care returns to the patient's primary care physician. "We are proud to be partnering with Saint Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital," said Alan Puzarne, Chief Executive Officer of Cogent Healthcare. "We consider this hospital to be one of the premier facilities in Mississippi and look forward to working together to implement a comprehensive hospitalist model that will benefit the patients, physicians and hospital staff." For more information about Cogent Healthcare, contact Bill Behnke, 949-399-6038. About St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital As a subsidiary of St. Dominic Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital is a 571-bed not-for-profit acute care hospital owned and operated by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. As reported in the 2000 U.S. Census, the city was home to 111,454 people. The land on which Springfield is today was first settled in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a . Located just off Interstate 55 in Jackson, Mississippi, St. Dominic was established in 1946 when the Dominican Sisters came to Jackson to assume operation of the Jackson Infirmary. Over the years, St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital's response to the ever-growing health care needs of the people of Mississippi has positioned St. Dominic as one of the leading not-for-profit hospitals in the Southeast. Offering a wide range of medical/surgical services, St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital includes both comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services outpatient services Hospital-based services Managed care Medical and other services provided, to a nonadmitted Pt, by a hospital or other qualified facility–eg, mental health clinic, rural health clinic, mobile X-ray unit, free-standing dialysis unit Examples . From the technically advanced Diagnostic Imaging Services to the dedicated excellence of the Mississippi Heart Institute, St. Dominic remains at the forefront of diagnostic and therapeutic technology. About Cogent Healthcare, Inc.: Cogent Healthcare, Inc. (www.cogenthealthcare.com) is a leading provider of services that improve the well being of hospitalized patients while reducing their associated costs through the creation and management of inpatient-based physician networks. Its vision is to improve care and efficiency by reducing variations in care, establishing best practices, identifying and removing barriers to efficient care, and measuring outcomes. To this end, the company provides comprehensive programs in clinical care staffing, communication and data management that support the hospitalist physician in the delivery of inpatient care. Cogent Healthcare's programs are currently in 13 major markets throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . More than two years ago, Cogent Healthcare also launched the first Internet-based continuing medical educational program for hospitalist physicians. Its CME CME See: Chicago Mercantile Exchange CME See Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). programs for physicians, nurses and pharmacists can be accessed at the company's website, www.cogenthealthcare.com. |
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