Robert A. Bessler, MD, Sound Physicians' CEO Shares Healthcare Economics Insights at Society of Hospital Medicine's 2012 Annual Meeting

    TACOMA, WA, March 22, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Sound Physicians CEO and Founder, Robert A. Bessler, MD, is an invited speaker at the Hospital Medicine 2012 Annual Meeting, set for April 1-4 in San Diego, Calif.

Dr. Bessler will present Economics of Hospital Medicine: The Changing Value Proposition, on April 3, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT at the conference. Attendees to the educational session will learn about the economic pressures faced by hospitals and opportunities hospitalists have to make a difference in the changing healthcare landscape.

Hospital Medicine 2012 is one of the largest national conferences in hospital medicine, offering countless education and networking opportunities. The 2011 event brought together more than 2,700 healthcare professionals focused on transforming healthcare and revolutionizing patient care.

During the four-day event, two Sound Physicians hospitalists will receive recognition as Fellows in Hospital Medicine. In addition, two of Sound Physicians regional chief medical officers will receive recognition as Senior Fellows in Hospital Medicine. Physicians receiving recognition include:

- Laurie Bankston, M.D., FHM, hospitalist practicing at Springfield Regional Medical Center, in Springfield, Ohio.
- Ranganath Papanna, M.D., M.S., FHM, hospitalist practicing at Mercy Hospital-Anderson in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Gregory R. Johnson, M.D., SFHM, Chief Medical Officer for Sound Physicians' Central Region.
- Mark Rudolph, M.D., SFHM, Chief Medical Officer for Sound Physicians' Northwest Region.

Becoming a Fellow in Hospital Medicine and Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine recognizes those who have distinguished themselves among their colleagues and the hospital medicine specialty. Sound Physicians recognizes the excellence of all of its physicians and extends a special acknowledgement to our four physicians receiving recognition.

About Sound Physicians
Sound Physicians is a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and efficiency of inpatient health care delivery. By investing deeply in outstanding physicians, clinical process excellence and its proprietary workflow and informatics technology, Sound Physicians improves the delivery of inpatient care. Sound Physicians aligns with healthcare providers to measurably enhance patient outcomes and strengthen its partners' financial performance. The organization is the practice of choice of more than 500 hospitalist and post-acute physicians. To learn more visit: www.soundphysicians.com.

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