Sound Physicians to Lead TMF Hospitalist Program

TYLER � Beginning August 20, Sound Physicians has been contracted and formally begun managing the Hospitalist program at Mother Frances Hospital Tyler (MFH Tyler) and the Louis and Peaches Owen Hospital (LPOHH). That announcement comes in a news release from Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics. Sound Physicians will also bring on-site operations leadership and hospitalist RN�s to help drive performance and has plans to build out its post-acute provider network and transitional care management program. Sound Physicians is a physician-founded and led national management company started in 2001 with headquarters in Houston. They manage over 1,000 hospitalist physicians in more than 100 hospitals across the country.

�We are incredibly excited about this new partnership and what it will bring to Trinity Mother Frances and our patients,� said Patrick Simonson, Vice President of Hospital-based Services and Practices for Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics. �In addition to these wonderful physicians, TMFHC will be getting a true, reliable set of performance analytics for doctors, practices and patients. We will essentially have access to a national database geared toward individual physicians, which will give us the capabilities to better evaluate ourselves and improve patient experience and outcomes. This is a progressive approach to hospitalist care.�

According to the news release, this agreement is a bellwether for both TMFHC and Sound. Officials say there will be additional hospitalists added to the staff at MFH Tyler and the LPOHH, and Sound at Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics will be the largest employed group of Sound physicians anywhere in the country. Hospitalists are internal medicine physicians or physician assistants who specialize in caring for people in a hospital. They act as advocates, coordinate care, and keep all a patient�s care providers informed, according to the release.