FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: July 23, 2019

Contact: Molly Dahlgren
402-426-1464
mdahlgren@mchhs.org

 

Memorial Community Hospital and Health System Announces Addition of E-Hospitalist Program

[BLAIR, NE] – Memorial Community Hospital and Health System will be introducing an E-Hospitalist program in September 2019.  The addition of this program will assist the current medical care team in providing an even higher, level of care, while allowing our patients to remain close to home. E-Hospitalists are physicians who specialize in caring for hospitalized patients who will be responsible and dedicated to providing medical care while patients are in the hospital via a secure telemedicine network.

E-Hospitalists work closely with primary care physicians, nurses, therapists, and care managers to coordinate care centered on the patient’s needs, offering an additional level of care. The E-Hospitalist does not replace the care received by a primary care physician, but instead enhances it by being available to a patient 24 hours per day, every day. The E-Hospitalist service ensures timely access to a physician at admission, during the night and anytime throughout the patient stay.  The E-hospitalist is always readily available.

A patient visit is accomplished through a secure network with the aid of a telehealth cart.  This cart consists of a computer monitor, camera, and special equipment that will be rolled into the patient room. The connection will allow for real time communication between the doctor, patient, and nurse. Patients are able to see and talk to the physician while a nurse is in the room to assist the physician. If family members are in the room with a patient, they too may ask questions just as if the physician was in the room with you.

“I am very excited to bring this program to Blair, in order to provide the patients at MCH&HS with a level of care that is available to patients in much larger, advanced healthcare facilities. It’s a benefit to patients, but it is also a resource for our current medical staff and will serve as an important resource in our future efforts to recruit additional physicians to the community,” said Manny Wolf, President and CEO of MCH&HS.

About MCH&HS

Memorial Community Hospital & Health System, located at 810 North 22 Street in Blair, NE, has been serving the residents of Burt and Washington Counties for more than 60 years.  The hospital, and its network of outreach clinics, including the Blair Clinic and Walk-in Clinic, Fort Calhoun Clinic, and Tekamah Cottonwood Clinic, continues to heal, nurture and promote health by proactively identifying and meeting the needs of these communities. For more information, visit www.mchhs.org