Erlanger Health System announced a partnership with ApolloMD, a fully integrated multi-specialty physician services practice, to provide emergency physician services beginning summer 2017.
Erlanger has long used EmCare fpr its emercency services.
Officials said, "As a leader in the delivery of emergency medicine services, ApolloMD will provide Erlanger Health System with emergency department physicians focused solely on optimizing emergency department efficiency and patient experience, which will positively transform the delivery of patient care."
ApolloMD will manage the emergency physician services at Erlanger University Hospital, Erlanger East Hospital, Erlanger North Hospital, and Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital as well as Erlanger Sequatchie Valley Emergency Department in Dunlap, Tn.
ApolloMD will also work in conjunction with Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates (PEMA), which currently manages pediatric emergency care at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger.
“Erlanger Health System is dedicated to providing world class care in every service line we offer,” said Robert M. Brooks, Erlanger executive vice president and chief operating officer. “Many of our life saving services are initiated in the emergency departments throughout our system. In partnering with ApolloMD in the emergency departments and with PEMA emergency physicians at Erlanger’s Children’s Hospital emergency department, Erlanger Health System will be positioned to provide the highest level of quality in emergency services.”
Officials said Erlanger "remains steadfast and committed to emergency residency training through the University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Chattanooga. The exceptional patient care provided by Erlanger’s own emergency physicians is also passed on to physicians specializing in emergency medicine and practicing in the region."
“We are excited to partner with Erlanger to provide emergency care in Chattanooga and the surrounding communities,” said Mike Dolister, M.D., ApolloMD chief executive officer. “This is a great opportunity for our company to expand its footprint in a very meaningful way by partnering with one of the leading health systems in the country. We look forward to working with the physician training programs and to providing the highest quality emergency services to the community for years to come.”
ApolloMD is "a fully-integrated and aligned national group practice that partners with over 130 leading healthcare institutions nationwide to provide multi-specialty physician services, including Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Anesthesia, Radiology and Transitional Medicine. Emphasizing quality, efficiency, communication and patient satisfaction, ApolloMD's collaborative approach includes a performance and value-based compensation structure, physician ownership, as well as the CareHub Technology Suite which improves access to care, communication and patient engagement in a coordinated and cost-effective manner. This focus, which ApolloMD has maintained since its inception nearly 30 years ago, has allowed it to become one of the most successful and fastest-growing groups in the country."