IN Woodland Hills Spring 2014 | Page 10

In House Collaboration INEVENTS Leads to Better Care ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Charley B. Gates, M.D. In House With over 22 specialties and over 100 providers, most of our patients’ health needs can be found in house. EAR, NOSE & THROAT Weiru Shao, M.D., Ph.D., MHCM AUDIOLOGY Rena Levy, Au.D. Relationships are important. Our specialists work closely with our primary care providers; there is stronger collaboration and commitment to the patient’s overall health. Having the complete picture. A patient’s health record is a road map for their care. A visit to the specialist or a routine checkup can be found in one place – your electronic health record. As your health needs change, be assured we will have the full history to keep you on the right path. Regardless of age, gender or quality of health, at times people may need a specialist. For that reason, we have brought many high demand specialists in house. We now have 20 specialties and over 50 specialists seeing our patients. Here are some of the key advantages of in house care are Premier: W H E N YO U N E E D A S P EC I A L I ST Premier has added several key specialties while continuing to provide the same quality of care and comfort level to our patients, where they know we are all working together on their behalf to keep them healthy. At Premier, we say we are building better care – and we are. One of the most important aspects of our care model is multispecialty collaboration. DERMATOLOGY Joseph J. Stuckert II, M.D. Read more from how we Build Better Care at PremierMedicalAssociates.com Better collaboration – We’re not a big network sharing a name. Our providers know one another and work together on the patient’s behalf. There is a strong commitment to delivering the highest quality of care that comes from efficiency and better communication within Premier. Better information – With the advanced technology of electronic health records (EHR), never before has there been a greater opportunity to have a complete picture of a patient’s health. This is powerful tool at improving care and outcomes. Access to patient EHR records provides specialists with an invaluable resource, allowing them to be very accurate in delivering the right care and treatment. National Cath