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Sound Inpatient Physicians to Provide Hospitalist Services for Centura Health

Posted on: Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 12:00 CDT

Sound Inpatient Physicians ("Sound" or "The Company"), a leading provider of inpatient care, has reached an agreement to provide hospitalist services for Centura Health, Colorado's largest family of hospitals and health care services.

Sound will serve St. Anthony's Central, Parker Hospital, St. Anthony's North and Parker Adventist Hospital. The Company anticipates partnering with several additional hospitals in the Denver area in the coming months.

"Our clinical operations expertise is directed at today's healthcare challenges," notes Dr. Rob Bessler, President of Sound Inpatient Physicians. "Sound is redefining hospitalist medicine by addressing each of our partner hospital's aspirations and improving the delivery of care."

Sound Inpatient Physicians has developed and operates a unique hospitalist model that focuses on investing in, training and supporting hospitalist physicians. The model allows Sound to partner with its hospital clients to deliver efficient and cost effective services. Sound's model allows physicians to deliver the best possible patient care and provides Sound physicians with a satisfying career and lifestyle.

"We are excited to work with a proven hospitalist company known for great patient care, excellent service and strong physician teams," stated P. Terry O'Rourke, MD., chief medical officer for Centura Health, Englewood, CO.

Inpatient Services, P.C. based in Denver merged with Sound Inpatient Physicians on February 15, 2007. Founded in 1998, Inpatient Services is led by Dr. M-A Williams, Chief Medical Officer for Sound's Rocky Mountain Region.

"Bringing Sound's proven model to Denver benefits the entire community including patients, primary care physicians as well as the hospital," said Dr. Williams. "Our physicians chose Sound because they are physician led and patient focused."

About Sound Inpatient Physicians

Sound Inpatient Physicians is a leading hospitalist company currently providing inpatient physician services in hospitals located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Sound's model focuses on training and supporting its physicians, delivering sophisticated services to hospital clients and developing innovative solutions for the clinical, administrative and fiscal challenges facing our nation's healthcare delivery system.

Source: Business Wire

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