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How the OB Hospitalist Group Benefits Patients, Hospitals
Today we’re speaking with Dr Mark Simon, the chief medical officer of OB Hospitalist Group. OB Hospitalist contracts with hospitals across the United States to create OB emergency departments. The group employs more than 600 experienced OBs who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that an OB is always in the hospital, rather than on call. OB Hospitalist also works with hospitals to reduce costs by being an outsourced provider of obstetricians.
Today we’re speaking with Dr Mark Simon, the chief medical officer of OB Hospitalist Group. OB Hospitalist contracts with hospitals across the United States to create OB emergency departments. The group employs more than 600 experienced OBs who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that an OB is always in the hospital, rather than on call. OB Hospitalist also works with hospitals to reduce costs by being an outsourced provider of obstetricians.
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