Reaping the benefits of community midwife outreach

Teamwork is the watchword on the Labor and Delivery units in OBHG partner hospitals, and at UCHealth’s Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs, the facility and hospitalist team have extended that teamwork mentality to their community’s midwives.

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OBHG partners with CHRISTUS Spohn-South to deliver the highest standard of women’s care

OBHG began our partnership with CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - South in 2014. Since then, we have developed a strong relationship with the staff and community physicians to raise the standard of care for pregnant women. Watch the video below to see what Mark Casanova, President of CHRISTUS Spohn - South, and Lenora Sevcik, Director of Women's Services, have to say about the benefits of the partnership. 

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New OBHG program: Carolinas HealthCare System University

In April, OBHG launched its sixth OB hospitalist program of 2018. Carolinas HealthCare System University in Charlotte, NC, features a full-time OB triage FT triage.

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New CARE program receives national press

Ob Hospitalist Group, the nation’s leading provider of OB/GYN hospitalist services, has announced the launch of its CARE program, a first-of-its-kind peer support initiative designed to support clinicians who are suffering from the psychological/emotional impact of an unexpected and adverse obstetrical event.

Obstetricians who are suffering vicarious trauma benefit from emotional first aid and peer-to-peer wraparound support.

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Dr. Rakhi Dimino addresses maternal mortality in Houston Chronicle op-ed

Last year, a woman I was caring for in labor & delivery almost died.

She was suffering from an embolism characterized by sudden cardiorespiratory collapse and acute hemorrhage. In the simplest terms, she nearly died from an allergic reaction to amniotic micro-substances in her bloodstream that can cause severe bleeding and inability to provide oxygen to the organs in her body.

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OBHG celebrates International Day of the Midwife 2018

Midwifery is an ancient profession and midwives today still help women through their pregnancy, labor, and delivery every day. Ob Hospitalist Group has nearly 40 midwives working in our hospitalist programs across the United States and the number is growing. May 5 marks International Day of the Midwife, a celebration of the important and dedicated work of midwives across the globe.

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What your hospital is missing with a DIY OB hospitalist program

Earlier this year, we talked with Annette Stier, director of women's & children's services at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, WA, one of OBHG's longest-running partners. Providence St. Peter started their OBHG hospitalist program in 2010, and Annette has been there since the beginning. Hear what she has to say about the benefits a hospital gleans from an OBHG partnership versus developing their own OB hospitalist program. 

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OBHG highlighted in interview with Norman Regional Health System CEO

On April 29, 2018, The Norman Transcript published an interview with Norman Regional Health System CEO Richie Splitt. The Norman, OK-based hospital system has launched several new initiatives recently, one of which being its development of an Ob Hospitalist Group obstetrics emergency department at the Norman Regional HealthPlex. 

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OBHG’s Dr. Jaynes featured on ACOG TV

This past week, healthcare professionals from around the country flocked to Austin, TX for The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Meeting. During the meeting, which ran from April 27-30, ACOG aired daily TV segments that played on a closed circuit network throughout the conference hall and surrounding locations. OBHG's Senior Director of Medical Operations Dr. Charlie Jaynes was featured on one of these segments, and he had the opportunity to speak about some issues and initiatives that are high priority for both him as a physician and OBHG as an organization.

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New OBHG program: Baylor Scott & White-McKinney

We've expanded our national network! On April 4, 2018, OBHG launched a Type A obstetrics emergency department within Baylor Scott & White McKinney in McKinney, TX. This is the fifth OBHG partnership to begin in 2018. 

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