Willow Creek Women’s Hospital Offers Unique OB Hospitalist Program

10/20/2016

Willow Creek Women’s Hospital is the first hospital in the state to offer an Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) Hospitalist Program, to ensure that women in labor have access to the care they need, as they need it.

Hospitalists are physicians who specialize solely in caring for patients who are hospitalized, rather than those in a clinical office setting. OB/GYN hospitalists focus exclusively on providing care for women in labor and delivery. This new service enhances patient safety and care by ensuring that a board certified physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology is in the hospital and immediately available at all times, 24 hours a day, seven days of the week, annually.

Staffing Willow Creek with hospitalists, hospital-based OB/GYN physicians, serves to enhance patient safety and improve the coordination and efficiency of care. It also provides peace of mind for our patients, since a doctor is available at a moment's notice to step in and provide care.

These dedicated OB/GYN physicians at Willow Creek provide a number of services, including:

• Care in times of emergency prior to the arrival of a patient's own physician
• Supporting the care of high-risk pregnancy patients
• Delivering babies for patients who don't have an obstetrician

The OB hospitalist program underscores Northwest Health’s commitment to quality care in women’s services. Having OB/GYN physicians on site at all times allows Willow Creek Women’s Hospital staff to offer vaginal births after Caesarian section delivery which many hospitals are unable to provide in support of the natural childbirth process.

The board certified OB/GYN hospitalists at Willow Creek do not replace a woman’s own OB/GYN. The OB Hospitalist extends the safety net for private practice obstetricians but does not replace them.

The hospitalists at WCWH, who are board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, are available to supplement care that is already provided .Hospitalists care for transfer patients with high-risk pregnancies and provide emergency services for all obstetrics patients, including those with a private physician until that physician’s arrival.

Read more about the dedicated obstetrics emergency room at Willow Creek Women's Hospital, as featured on Talk Business and Politics.

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