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03.28.2013
LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS DONATE $50,000 GIFT TO “SAY YES” BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP
AMHERST, NY – The Nyamekye Foundation today announced a $50,000 gift to the “Say Yes” Buffalo Scholarship, joining a group of more than ten other Western New York businesses that have committed their support to providing postsecondary tuition scholarships for graduates of Buffalo … more
11.12.2012
WCA Hospital Opens Brand New Emergency Department (Jamestown, NY)
Exigence of TeamHealth would like to congratulate WCA Hospital, 207 Foote Avenue, Jamestown, NY, on the grand opening of their new Emergency Department which will officially open on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 6 a.m. Highlights of the Emergency Department include 28 beds, a census of 40,000 … more
10.24.2012
Unity Health System and Rochester Immediate Care Announce Partnership
Rochester, N.Y. (October 24, 2012) -- Unity Health System and Rochester Immediate Care will partner to provide superior quality urgent care services to the Rochester community. Together they will develop new and more innovative ways to increase access and control the cost of health care. Unity and … more
07.02.2012
Hope for Customer Service in Health Care? (CBS News article)
Earlier this year I wrote a column about the sorry state of customer service in medical care. But recently I had the pleasure (how often can you use that word in the context of health care?) of being treated, literally, to a striking exception. Last week I was getting ready for a business trip to … more
06.11.2012
Exigence of TeamHealth Earns 2012 EPIC Advantage Award
AMHERST, NY – Emergency Physicians Insurance Company Risk Retention Group (EPIC) along with its insured ED groups recently acknowledged Frank Lee, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Vice President of Medical Affairs, Exigence of TeamHealth, and his Emergency Department management team as the winner of the … more
05.25.2012
Exigence of TeamHealth Announces New Hires
AMHERST, NY – Exigence of TeamHealth (“Exigence”) today announced the recent appointment of six new employees. Jennifer Redding has joined the company as the practice manager of hospitalist medicine for Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) and Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in … more
05.01.2012
TeamHealth Acquires The Exigence Group
(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) –TeamHealth Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH) today announced the acquisition of the operations of The Exigence Group (“Exigence”) and its related entities. Based in Amherst, New York, Exigence currently provides care to approximately 500,000 patients each year through … more
02.15.2012
Exigence Group-Managed Immediate Care Centers Receive Joint Commission Accreditation
Immediate Care centers in New York and Texas join the highly select ranks of urgent care centers nationwide eligible to display the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval. When patients, insurers, policy makers, regulators and medical professionals seek a comprehensive measure of a … more
02.08.2012
An Exigence Partner, Mercy Hospital, Honored for Patient Care
Mercy Hospital has been cited by a statewide health care trade group for quality and patient safety. The Exigence Group has managed Mercy Hospital's Emergency Department since 2000, and has taken a leadership role in improving quality of care, patient flow, patient satisfaction and … more
09.27.2011
St. James Mercy Hospital added new hospitalist recently
A new hospitalist was added to the St. James Mercy Hospital staff recently. Aaron Hill, physician, joined the medical staff with a certification in Internal Medicine as a hospitalist with Exigence Hospitalist Services, the hospital’s provider of Emergency Department and hospitalist … more
