ApolloMD Emergency Departments Honored by Press Ganey
ATLANTA, GA – (January 4, 2008) – ApolloMD is proud to announce that Press Ganey has awarded two of its three prestigious Compass Awards in the category of Emergency Department - More Than 30,000 Visits Annually to ApolloMD Emergency Departments. The Compass Award acknowledges health care facilities whose satisfaction scores have shown the greatest improvement over the past two years. The ApolloMD 2008 Compass recipients include West Georgia Health System in LaGrange, GA and WellStar Douglas Hospital in Douglas, GA.
Additionally, for the second consecutive year, Press Ganey awarded ApolloMD Emergency Department at Baptist Gulf Breeze Hospital in Gulf Breeze, FL the coveted Summit Award, which recognizes hospitals that have ranked in the 95th percentile or above in the Press Ganey database for a minimum of three consecutive years.
ApolloMD to Provide ED Services to Six Tenet Hospitals in Florida
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – (September 12, 2007) – ApolloMD has signed a Letter of Intent to provide board-certified emergency department physicians, ER staffing and management services to six Tenet hospitals in South Florida.
Effective September 1, 2007, ApolloMD is the sole staffing and management services provider for the emergency centers at St. Mary’s Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Centers in West Palm Beach and Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah. On October 1, 2007, the remaining hospitals will transition that include West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton, Hialeah Hospital in Hialeah and Coral Gables Hospital in Coral Gables.
“Partnering with a highly reputable system such as Tenet was a key factor in coming to South Florida,” said Christopher Krubert, Chief Executive Officer of ApolloMD. “We are thrilled to be serving the respective communities assisting Tenet in providing the best possible emergency care to the citizens of South Florida.”
The ApolloMD/Doug Williams Group Alliance
August 15, 2007 - ApolloMD has formed a strategic alliance with The Doug Williams Group, a Miami-based management consulting firm whose focus is to help companies achieve tangible outcomes through practical tools and strong implementation assistance. Founded on integrity, the firm's first priority is to exceed clients' expectations with responsive, personalized service.
The Doug Williams Group's extensive list of services include:
Assessments and Surveys
Continuous improvement through unique, customized survey and reporting tools, coupled with facilitated performance improvement working sessions. Educational Programs
Improved job skills through interactive, outcome-oriented workshops, coupled with individual coaching.
Human Resources
Effective talent selection, performance management, and H.R. policy administration through stand-alone or fully integrated, outsourced solutions. Individual and Team Coaching
Strengthened leadership skills for individuals and teams through encouraging and objective assistance.
Leadership Team Facilitation
Clearer direction through a system of customer-driven goals, statistics-based performance measures, and prioritized improvement initiatives.
Performance Improvement Team Facilitation
Tangible results through structured methods for process analysis, measurement of process performance, identification of problems, and implementation of impactful improvement action steps.
www.thedougwilliamsgroup.com
ApolloMD Ranked #2 in “Top Physician Group Practices”
August 2, 2007 – The Atlanta Business Chronicle has named ApolloMD #2 in the category of the top ten Physician Group Practices, second only to The Emory Clinic.
In the past eight months, ApolloMD has experienced a growth rate of 60%, partnering with 18 facilities and recruiting more than 150 new physician partners. As our reputation as a top-quality provider has grown, ApolloMD has opened new offices in North Carolina and South Florida, and our services have expanded to include Anesthesia.
Throughout this period of remarkable growth, we have continued to provide premium services to each of our partner hospitals, maintaining our commitment to top quality and patient satisfaction and operating under a lean structure which has allowed us to remain debt-free. Our impressive size, stability, and service have rendered ApolloMD one of the Top Physician Group Practices in Atlanta.
Seth Glickman, MD, MBA
Named Scientific Consultant on Clinical Quality for ApolloMD
July 2, 2007 - Dr. Glickman will serve as ApolloMD’s Scientific Consultant on Clinical Quality effective immediately. In this role, he will be responsible for designing and directing studies on quality of patient care in the emergency department. This work will assist the development of new systems for delivering the highest quality of care for patients at ApolloMD's client hospitals.
A graduate of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Glickman trained in Emergency Medicine at The University of Chicago and holds an MBA from Duke's Fuqua Business School. He currently serves as an assistant professor at Duke University and will be leading the alliance between ApolloMD and the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
“We are very excited to have Seth join the ApolloMD team,” said ApolloMD CEO Dr. Chris Krubert. “His knowledge and experience are a fine match for ApolloMD as we continue in our endeavors to further clinical quality across our 38 client hospitals.”
Dr. Glickman’s contributions to the area of clinical quality have been numerous. He has been the lead author in many prestigious peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association and Science. His research on improving healthcare quality has been featured in the Wall St. Journal, Washington Post, Forbes magazine, and other prominent news publications.
Christopher Krubert, MD, MBA
Appointed Chief Executive Officer of ApolloMD
January 1, 2007 - Christopher Krubert, MD, MBA will serve as ApolloMD’s Chief Executive Officer effective February 1, 2007. Dr. Krubert will succeed Dr. Gerald Bortolazzo, ApolloMD co-founder, who, after a thirty year career in Emergency Medicine, will now serve as the company’s Chairman of the Board.
“Dr. Krubert is an excellent physician and leader with a proven track record of success,” says Dr. Bortolazzo. “I am confident that he will continue to lead ApolloMD in its mission to provide affordable emergency care to all Americans.”
Dr. Krubert joined ApolloMD in 2003 as a physician partner. In 2005, he was named Chief Development Officer, where he helped cultivate ApolloMD to one of largest emergency medicine groups in the southeast. Dr. Krubert received his MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and attended the University of Chicago, where he received his MD and Emergency Medicine training. He lectures nationally on the areas of quality and leadership and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center, serves as an expert advisor for Urgent Matters, Heartscape Technologies, Radiant Ventures, and sits on the board for MedEx International.
The American Alliance of Healthcare Providers (AAHCP) awards ApolloMD partner Carolinas Medical Center – Union with the 2006 Hospital of Choice Award
April 4, 2006 - The Hospital of Choice Award is given annually to hospitals and other health care facilities that provide superior customer service to patients and their families. The AAHCP’s stated goal is to help consumers make educated decisions about the quality of health care. Hospitals that receive this award exhibit high performance in patient satisfaction, professional ethics, standards of conduct, patient rights, performance improvement, staff development, systems of communication and patient education. This is the second time CMC-Union has received this award.
“All of us should be very proud to be honored alongside some of the nation’s most prestigious healthcare facilities, such as Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, and the Mayo Clinic,” says John Roberts, president and chief executive officer of CMC – Union. “This award truly recognizes our commitment to service excellence and is a tribute to our excellent employees and physicians.”
ApolloMD has been proud to provide Emergency Physicians Services to CMC – Union since January 1, 2006.
Pay for Performance in Emergency Medicine
Urgent Matters – April 2006
To gain perspective on the issue of Pay-for-Performance (P4P) in emergency departments, Urgent Matters spoke with Christopher Krubert, MD, MBA, a Physician Partner at ApolloMD. Dr. Krubert has extensive experience practicing in numerous emergency departments, as well as consulting in the area of clinical and operational quality, which allows him to bring a unique perspective to this concept.
ApolloMD Partners with Baptist to Consistently Provide the Top-Level of Service as Recognized by Press Ganey
ApolloMD has attained an exceptional level of achievement at Baptist Health Care of Pensacola, Florida and Gulf Breeze, as both hospitals consistently place in the top 10% nationwide in Press Ganey's patient satisfaction rankings for the ED. When comparing Baptist to hospitals of similar size, according to Press Ganey, they currently rank in the 95th percentile among hospitals with greater than 40,000 patient visits per year. Gulf Breeze has been especially impressive, scoring in the 99th percentile in five of six quarters with ApolloMD. Even more noteworthy is that in 2003, Baptist Hospital was the recipient of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest honor an American business can receive for quality and performance excellence. Baptist was only the third health care organization to earn this esteemed award. ApolloMD has provided services as the hospitals for nearly two years under the direction of our medical director, Dr. Michael Dolister, and we will continue to seek improvement in quality patient care.
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