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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: Shelly Pauling, Education & Communications Manager RE: The Doctor is in the House! DATE: August 7, 2007 Redwood Area Hospital is pleased to announce that they have expanded on-site physician coverage in the emergency room to 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week. Expanded physician availability means that patients do not have to wait for a physician to come to the hospital for emergencies. 24-hour emergency room coverage is provided by physicians under contract with Acute Care Inc. (ACI), based in Des Moines, IA. Redwood Area Hospital has used ACI for the past five years or so to provide weeknight and weekend ER coverage. RAH will now be contracting with ACI to provide on-site physician coverage to include weekday hours as well. Local physicians will still play a role in the care of emergency room patients at RAH. They will provide back-up call for the ACI physicians to assist them in emergency situations where there is a need for more than one physician, or if there is a large volume of ER patients at one time. Some local physicians may also contract with ACI to provide some primary emergency room coverage at RAH. Local physicians will also continue to admit and follow their patients through any inpatient stay. “In using ACI for daytime coverage as well as nights and weekends, we want to assure our communities that we have immediate coverage in the emergency room so that people don’t have to wait for a physician to come to the hospital to provide care to the emergent patient. The physician will be in the hospital to provide timely care when the patient arrives,” states Jim Schulte, hospital administrator. The Redwood Area Hospital is committed to providing high-quality care, conveniently close to home. If you would like more information about emergency room care, please contact Jim Schulte at 507-637-4511. |
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