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McCullough-Hyde hospital  adds three inpatient physicians

Doctors will be at the medical center seven days a week and be on-call.

Madhu Chalasani, (left); Ranjit Katneni and Lotfi Mamlouk, have joined the staff at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital. Contributed photo

Submitted photo Madhu Chalasani, (left); Ranjit Katneni and Lotfi Mamlouk, have joined the staff at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital. Contributed photo

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Staff Report 10:33 AM Friday, March 12, 2010

The McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Board of Directors recently approved the addition of a service to help with certain admissions to the hospital under a hospitalist program.

Hospitalists have been around for more than 10 years and are used in many local hospitals. They are physicians who provide care exclusively to inpatients in close cooperation with the family or personal doctor of that patient. They are responsible for inpatient care 24 hours a day.

This service has been desired by several of the hospital’s medical staff for some time, and it will also be available to area physicians who currently refer patients to other hospitals.

Not all medical staff who admit patients will choose to use this program; it’s up to the individual physician.

The Internal Medicine Group consists of three experienced physicians, all of whom are board certified in internal medicine: Madhu Chalasani, Ranjit Katneni and Lofti Mamlouk.

The doctors will be at the hospital during the day, seven days per week, and be on-call after hours for all inpatient related care and additional admission, either direct admits or through the emergency department.

Hospitalists focus their practice on hospital systems and functions, and concentrate on working closely with hospital nurses and clinical staff.

They typically provide quality, focused care to hospitalized patients only. Patients and family members can typically have more contact with hospitalists since they do not treat office patients. Each patient’s primary or office-based physician receives updates about treatments and progress on a regular basis during the inpatient stay. If a hospitalization is required, the family or office physician normally coordinates that admission with the hospitalist.

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