Staffing Emergency Departments Across Oregon
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- OHSU sends board-certified emergency medicine physicians to hospitals statewide
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It is a parent's worst nightmare. A car crash on a coastal Oregon road results in life-threatening injuries to their toddler. An ambulance takes the child to the nearest emergency department at
Two weeks later, the parents send a photo of their smiling child to the emergency department staff in
This fictionalized scenario is entirely plausible and speaks to the model of emergency department staffing that has been in place since 2015 in
A model for exceptional emergency care across the state
The story behind how these physicians got to
Thanks to OHSU health system's long-standing strategy of collaboration with hospitals like Columbia Memorial and affiliations with
Clinicians joining the OHSU health system today could be stationed anywhere from
"My number one goal is to deliver the highest quality and safest possible care to all Oregonians," said Ma. "People walking into any of the emergency departments we staff should have the same outstanding service and quality of care. We are making that a reality through our regional partnerships."
Back in spring 2015,
Thorsen had already established collaborations with OHSU in areas like ophthalmology, radiation therapy, cardiology and a telemedicine program for stroke and pediatric specialty services in the emergency department. A series of meetings between Ma and
"The doctors in the
The collaboration extends to graduate medical education training and is an important workforce pipeline for rural
An accident similar to the one described above occurred about six months after the partnership began, and "it was a turning point," said Ferroggiaro. "The
Partnership in
Fast forward to
"Tuality nurses and staff have a lot to bring to the table. They have a 100-year history of serving the community and that really infuses their philosophy and allows people like me from a specialty academic center to learn from them," said Dehning, who is also assistant professor of emergency medicine in the
The department hired 10 physicians and 2.5 FTE advanced practice providers to staff the Tuality ED.
Keeping patients in their community has been a primary goal since the partnership between
When the Adventist ED transitions to OHSU staffing by
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