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The
hospital medicine physicians of Marlborough Hospital will be implementing
Project BOOST as one of only 24 hospitals in the nation selected to
participate in the program. A staff of more than 25 hospitalists affiliated
with UMass Memorial Medical Center work at Marlborough Hospital including:
(l to r): Miguel Lizardo, MD; Jay Jahanmir, MD, PhD, associate chief; and
Connie Drexler, MD.
Marlborough Hospital one of 24 Hospitals in the Nation
to be Selected for Project BOOST
(Marlborough, MA – July 24, 2009) – Marlborough Hospital was recently
selected as one of 24 hospitals in the United States to participate in
Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older adults through
Safe Transitions), managed by the Society of Hospital Medicine
(SHM) announced Jasen Gundersen, MD, MBA, Marlborough’s chief medical
officer and vice president of medical affairs.
Project
BOOST is a comprehensive program to optimize care transitions from the
hospital to home, thereby reducing preventable re-hospitalizations and
complications while improving communication among health care providers. In
2008, six hospitals were selected to be part of the pilot program.
Marlborough Hospital was chosen for the second cohort after a competitive
application process and is the only hospital in Massachusetts to be among
those selected.
“We are
honored to be a part of this progressive program,” explained Dr. Gundersen.
“The goal is to reduce readmissions through streamlining a
multi-disciplinary approach to discharges, especially for our older
patients.”
The
Project BOOST program is implemented by hospital medicine physicians at
Marlborough Hospital which began its hospital medicine program in 2006 and
in January 2008 became part of the UMass Memorial Medical Center Hospital
Medicine Program. The UMass Memorial Hospital Medicine Program is the oldest
and largest hospital-run hospitalist program in New England.
Hospital
medicine is the fastest growing medical specialty in the U.S., and focuses
on the treatment of hospitalized patients. In October 2006, the American
Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) announced plans to recognize hospital
medicine as a distinct field of Internal Medicine, and began pursuing a plan
of Focused Recognition for Hospital Medicine.T
Often
referred to as “hospitalists,” these physician’s activities include patient
care, teaching, research and leadership related to hospital care. Many
patients are referred to hospitalists by their primary care physicians
(PCPs) for treatment during the duration of their hospitalization, then are
returned to the care of their PCPs after discharge. Hospitalists consult on
and treat patients referred by surgeons and medical subspecialists during
their hospitalizations. These physicians do not provide ongoing care for the
patient after they leave the hospital.
Supported
by a $1.4 million grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation, Project BOOST
utilizes a team approach to assess patients’ risk for re-hospitalization,
and plans and executes risk-specific discharge planning activities. The
project is led by a national advisory board of recognized leaders in
hospital medicine, care transitions, payers and regulatory agencies. The
board includes representatives from the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS), and Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
The
following 24 sites have been selected to be a part of Project BOOST:
Lakes
Region General Hospital, Laconia, NH
Huntington Hospital, Huntington, NY
Albert
Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
UMass-Marlborough Hospital - Marlborough, MA
Greenwich
Hospital, Greenwich, CT
Cooper
Health, Camden, NJ
Mission
Hospital, Asheville, NC
Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Morton
Plant Hospital, Clearwater, FL
Emory
Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Emory
University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Baptist
Hospital, Nashville, TN
Chesapeake Hospitalists, P.C., Chesapeake, VA
Kaiser
Permanente Hospital West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Banner
Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
SSM St.
Mary’s Health Center, St. Louis, MO
Aurora
Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Billings
Clinic, Billings, MT
Sanford
USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD
Rush
University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS
About
the Society of Hospital Medicine
SHM is
the premier medical society representing hospitalists. Over the past decade,
studies have shown that hospitalists decrease patient lengths of stay,
reduce hospital costs and readmission rates, all while increasing patient
satisfaction. Hospital medicine is the fastest-growing specialty in modern
healthcare, with over 28,000 hospitalists currently practicing and an upward
growth trajectory in full force. For more information about SHM, visit
www.hospitalmedicine.org.
About
Marlborough Hospital
Marlborough Hospital, a community resource since 1890, is served by a
medical staff of more than 300 primary care physicians and specialists. The
hospital provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical
and ancillary services, including oncology, laboratory and radiology
services, physical therapy, cardiac rehabilitation, inpatient and partial
day mental health services as well as diabetes education and management. A
state-of-the-art Emergency Department, staffed by emergency medicine
physicians from the UMass Memorial Medical Center, provides 24-hour
emergency care. As a member of UMass Memorial Health Care, Marlborough
Hospital provides patients with a direct link to the advanced medical
resources of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, a nationally
recognized academic medical center. Marlborough Hospital is fully accredited
by the Joint Commission and is certified as a primary stroke service by the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health. |
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