Sound Physicians Enters Agreement to Provide Hospitalist Services at Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital

    TACOMA, WA, April 11, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, announced today an agreement to provide hospitalist services at Mount Carmel St. Ann's hospital in Westerville, Ohio, part of the Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, Ohio.

With the addition of Mount Carmel St. Ann's hospital, Sound Physicians now serves two of Mount Carmel Health System's four hospitals. Sound Physicians hospitalists have served patients at Mount Carmel East hospital since early 2010.

"We look forward to expanding our service to patients and community providers at Mount Carmel St. Ann's hospital," said Robert Bessler M.D., chief executive officer of Sound Physicians. "We're excited to grow our collaborative partnership with Mount Carmel Health System and execute on our core deliverables for our patients, hospital and the community."

Martha Reigel, M.D., Mount Carmel St. Ann's vice president of medical affairs, stated "Sound Physicians is a proven partner with a track record of delivering exceptional patient care. We anticipate taking our hospitalist service to the next level."

Sound Physicians has demonstrated strong results at Mount Carmel East on length of stay, discharge order time, core measures and patient satisfaction through its focus on performance management processes, technology and training.

Working with the Mount Carmel St. Ann's leadership team, Sound Physicians will introduce its SoundConnect workflow and informatics platform to drive improvements to inpatient care outcomes and financial performance. Sound Physicians will also apply its expertise in building high-performing hospital practices, including strong physician leadership, revenue cycle management and a track record of physician recruiting success.

With the addition of a second Mount Carmel Health System hospital for its hospitalist services, Sound Physicians continues to expand its presence through hospital partnerships in Ohio and will employ more than 90 hospitalists in central and southern Ohio.

Mount Carmel Health System is a member of Trinity Health, based in Novi, Michigan.

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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