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Celebrating the Spirit of National Doctors’ Day
Envision Healthcare takes this opportunity to celebrate National Doctors’ Day, a special occasion dedicated to honoring the invaluable contributions of physicians across the nation. This day serves as a reminder of the dedication, compassion and expertise that physicians bring to their work, meaningfully impacting the lives of patients and their families. We acknowledge their tireless efforts in advocating for health and well-being within our communities.
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Celebrating National Healthcare Quality Week
As we celebrate National Healthcare Quality Week, Envision Chief Medical Officer Joshua Bloomstone reflects on the importance of delivering safe, high-quality, high-value clinical care.
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Video: Dr. Blomberg's Story
Dr. Adam Blomberg describes his journey to practicing medicine. At Envision, your story is our story.
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A Word of Thanks During National Hospital Week
As we celebrate National Hospital Week, we thank our clinicians and hospital and health system partners for their ongoing collaboration in caring for patients and improving the health of communities.
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Celebrating Patient Experience Week
As we celebrate Patient Experience Week, we want to thank Envision clinicians for the work they do every day to provide patients with compassionate, high-quality care when they need it most.
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Video: Getting to Know Dr. Kimberly Iafolla
“I love this company. I wake up every day happy to work for Envision.” Learn more about Dr. Iafolla as she shares the joy she feels in providing patient care.
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Diagnosing the Headlines With Dr. Badih Kabchi
Dr. Badih Kabchi evaluates a recent report that suggests a very small risk of stroke for individuals 85 and older who receive the COVID-19 and flu vaccines at the same time and the overall benefit of being vaccinated against these respiratory illnesses.
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Living With Diabetes – A Physician’s Perspective
In recognition of World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14, Dr. Brendan Devine talks about how his experience with Type 1 diabetes enables him to build relationships with patients and advocate for their health.
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Halloween in the Nursery
With support from Dr. Merchak and the Envision clinical team, the Summerville Medical Center Special Care Nursery team creates lasting memories for families.
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Video: Advocacy on the Hill
Envision Healthcare is a voice for patients and the clinicians who care for them. Through advocacy at the state and federal levels, we are transforming healthcare delivery to ensure all patients have access to care, whenever and wherever they need it.
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Video: 12-Year-Old Survives Snake Bite
Envision’s Dr. Spencer Greene, one of the leading toxicology physicians in the country, treated 12-year-old snake-bite patient Allison DeBow.
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Staying Safe During Hurricane and Disaster Season
While no one can ever be fully prepared for a disaster, creating an emergency plan and discussing it with your family can help to protect you and your loved ones, prevent unnecessary extra challenges and minimize stress and anxiety in times of crisis.
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White Paper: Firearm Injury Prevention
Envision Healthcare provides a multidisciplinary, multi-faceted approach to address the public health epidemic of firearm-related injury and death.
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Diagnosing the Headlines with Dr. David Brousseau
In our inaugural feature of Diagnosing the Headlines, Dr. David Brousseau provides expert insight on a new draft recommendation proposing that annual mammograms should begin at age 40.
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From the OR to the Altar in Less Than 10 Days
Sherry Virella was ready to get married. She and her then-fiancé were preparing to travel from Texas to Atlanta, Georgia, to celebrate their nuptials on March 17, 2023, with 200 family and friends.
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Ella's Story: Care and Compassion from the Heart
Kids just want to have fun, but sometimes, that leads to unfortunate accidents. Fortunately, for 10-year-old Ella Christman, an accident while playing and subsequent arm fracture led to an unexpected diagnosis that would save her life. The experience left a lasting impression on Ella, her family and the care team.
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Envision Healthcare Awarded $91.2M in Judgment Against UnitedHealthcare
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, was awarded $91,270,257.00 by an independent arbitration panel on March 30, 2023, in its arbitration against UnitedHealthcare for underpayment of essential medical care. In addition to the award, the panel will separately assess prejudgment interest and decide Envision’s entitlement to attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses as a prevailing party.
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SURPRISE! We need to fix the No Surprises Act
As a leading national medical group, Envision Healthcare strongly supports the intent of the bipartisan No Surprises Act (NSA) that went into effect last year. Taking patients out of the middle of billing disputes between providers and payers was the right thing to do.
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Envision Clinicians Reflect on What it Means to Care for Patients on Doctors’ Day
As a leading national medical group, we celebrate the work physicians and advanced practice providers do every day to heal patients and care for communities. On National Doctors’ Day, we extend a special, heartfelt thank you to clinicians who are making a meaningful difference in the lives of millions of people.
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Partnering with the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation to Combat Clinician Burnout
Envision Healthcare and the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation have partnered to continue and expand upon that work. HealthLeaders sat down with Stefanie Simmons. MD, FACEP, who serves as Vice President of Patient and Clinician Engagement for Envision Healthcare and as Chief Medical Officer for the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, to discuss the state of the national burnout crisis and the benefits of the partnership between Envision and the Foundation.
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Celebrating Black History Month
From learning the achievements of Black trailblazers and honoring their families’ culture to uplifting the next generation, our teammates talk about the many ways they celebrate Black History Month and the stories of Black people.
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Video: Heart Attack Patient Gets Second Chance at Life
On a spring morning in 2022, Erik Stover was in a Morristown, New Jersey, emergency department unresponsive and in cardiac arrest. Dr. Mansoor Khan, Chief Clinical Officer of ENVOY, and the Morristown Emergency Medicine team were working in the ER that day. Dr. Khan and the team worked to return Erik’s heartbeat and circulation, giving him a second chance at life.
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Dr. Leslie Osei-Tutu’s Kidney Donation Saves Her Son’s Life
For Dr. Leslie Osei-Tutu, an Envision anesthesiologist, National Donor Day has a particularly special meaning. Her son, Omari Pooser-Bennett, was diagnosed with a rare, incurable condition in his late 20s that led to kidney failure and required dialysis. As a mom, she was determined to do whatever it took to help him.
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Q&A — Exploring Healthcare Innovation With Rich Sanders
Rich Sanders, the Vice President of Innovation at Envision, discusses how our group is utilizing new value-based care models and innovative AI applications to deliver better clinical value to our partners and positive outcomes to patients.
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Our Roadmap to Healthier Communities
Our mission is to deliver care when and where it’s needed most, and we rely on the expertise of more than 25,000 clinician teammates to accomplish that mission. That’s why we’ve developed a roadmap to healthier communities that starts with putting those with the clinical expertise back in the driver’s seat.
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WEBINAR — Kick Down the Door: Accelerating Solutions to Clinician Burnout
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, studies indicate that at any one time, nearly 50 percent of clinicians are experiencing burnout. Clinician burnout isn’t a novel issue. However, it is one that recent events, including the nation’s COVID-19 response, have thrust into the spotlight.
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White Paper: Social Determinants of Health
As part of its efforts to improve health equity, Envision Healthcare released a new white paper examining social determinants of health and how clinicians and healthcare professionals can work together to address the social, cultural, economic and political factors that help or hinder individuals' health.
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In the Eye of the Storm
Envision teammates stepped up during Hurricane Ian to protect patients and each other in Florida.
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Envision Healthcare Demands UnitedHealthcare Pay for Patient Care
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, filed suit against UnitedHealthcare Services, Inc. and UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company (“United”) in U.S. federal court in Tennessee. The suit claims that United puts profits above all else, including patients and the physicians and advanced practice providers who provide life-saving care in emergency rooms across the country.
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Celebrating the Differences That Make Us Human
I believe that being American is an ideal we should be reaching for to honor our differences, which benefits all humans and makes our world so much brighter and more interesting. Let's celebrate and embrace the elements that make us all unique but also those that unify us. Let's get to know each other as humans.
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Envision Healthcare Continues Meeting Demand for Care
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, continues answering America’s call for care as concern grows over rising COVID-19 cases and the fast-spreading Omicron variant. The medical group and its affiliated clinicians remain committed to providing high-quality patient care when and where it is needed most in 2022 and beyond.
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Envision Healthcare Enhances Global Health Initiative, Providing Care To Patients Where It Is Needed Most
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, announced that in connection with the Envision Charitable Fund, it will continue to care for patients in communities throughout Honduras and the Dominican Republic. The regular volunteer medical trips are part of Envision’s Global Health Initiative to improve patients’ access to essential medical care and support the health of communities across the world.
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Doctors Grow Frustrated Over COVID-19 Denial, Misinformation
“If you’ve got a gunshot wound or stab wound or you’re having a heart attack, you want to see me in the emergency department,” said Dr. Stu Coffman, an Envision emergency physician, about the pushback he receives around the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Envision Healthcare Is Requiring Vaccinations for All Employees to Combat COVID-19, Protect Communities
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, announced that its full workforce will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, consistent with the group’s mission to care deeply for teammates, patients and community members across the country and keep them safe. Envision’s physicians, advanced practice providers and clinical support teammates — more than 30,000 in all — must be fully vaccinated by November 1, 2021. There will be certain exceptions for some individuals.
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ET3 Provides Quality Care, Closer to Home
Treat in place protocols allow first responders to deliver a patient-centered approach to emergency response by delivering the right care at the right time in the right place.
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Envision Healthcare Radiologists Harness Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Care
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, today announced that its radiologists are successfully leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance clinical evaluations and the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care. The newly implemented AI software assists radiologists with disease detection, case prioritization and diagnosis, and has been optimized to detect three common and consequential medical emergencies: intracranial hemorrhages, pulmonary embolisms and cervical spine fractures.
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Envision Healthcare Prepares Radiology Residents for Transition to Practice
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, recently hosted the 2nd Annual Virtual Radiology Board Review Course for radiology residents, fellows and practicing radiologists. The course helps prepare radiologists for the board review and educates them on a variety of specialties and skill sets needed to seamlessly enter the workforce and provide quality care.
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Envision Healthcare Exceeded National 2020 Benchmarks for Quality Care
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, released its performance data, revealing it outperformed national benchmarks from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on key quality metrics for safe, timely, effective, patient-centered care in 2020. The group continues to drive improvements in the delivery of care and address crucial health concerns, including opioid misuse and abuse, sepsis treatment and hospital readmission rates.
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Envision Healthcare Expresses Strong Support for Clinician Well-Being During National Mental Health Awareness Month
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, continues its commitment to clinician well-being as the nation observes National Mental Health Awareness Month this May. Recognizing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline healthcare professionals’ mental health, Envision has taken comprehensive actions during the past year to enhance the wellness resources it provides clinicians, including peer-to-peer support, leadership training and universal counseling and therapy resources.
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Envision Healthcare Announces Permanent Chief Financial Officer
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, announced a permanent addition to its leadership team. Henry Howe will serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), a position he has held on an interim basis since January 2021. In this role, which was effective March 29, he will oversee all finance, accounting, treasury, tax and procurement functions.
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Envision Healthcare Applauds Physician Well-Being Provisions in American Rescue Plan
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, commends the passage of the American Rescue Plan, which includes specific provisions to support America’s healthcare workers. Modeled after the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, named in honor of Dr. Lorna Breen, an emergency physician who died by suicide in 2020, the provisions aim to reduce and prevent burnout, behavioral disorders and suicide among healthcare professionals.
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National Medical Group Commits to Reducing Healthcare Disparities
Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group, released a white paper on healthcare disparities. Envision cares for more than 32 million patients a year in all types of communities throughout the country. In working with healthcare partners across the U.S. to improve patients’ access to and the delivery of quality care, the medical group is uniquely positioned to help reduce healthcare disparities.