Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has announced the formation of a Division of Hospital Medicine, with 26 primary faculty and seven affiliated faculty. Samir S. Shah, MD, FHM, also a deputy editor of the Journal of Hospital Medicine, has been appointed division director, and will focus on expanding clinical care and the educational missions of the newly formed division.
The governing board at Stephens County Hospital in Toccoa, Ga., unanimously approved the addition of a hospitalist service in the coming months. They will contract with the Apogee Group, based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Apogee will provide a daytime hospitalist seven days a week and a physician assistant or nurse practitioner on duty at night with a hospitalist on call.
Hospitalist Consultants Inc. (HCI) has expanded its reach to Fort Myers, Fla. This marks the company’s first expansion since its inception in 2009. HCI currently services client hospitals in 11 different states, and expects the new office will better support new and existing clients.
IPC: The Hospitalist Company Inc. has made two recent acquisitions: Hospitalist Specialists PLLC, a company based in Spokane, Wash., and PCA Hospitalists Inc., based in Port St. Lucie, Fla. IPC already has an established presence in the South Florida market; the Spokane acquisition marks the first Northwest purchase for IPC.
—Alexandra Schultz