Referring Physicians
Thank you for giving our hospitalist physicians the opportunity to help you care for some of your patients. We will make every effort to accommodate your patients irrespective of insurance, the location of your practice, or whether you elect to use our service sporadically or exclusively. However, we do limit patient volume to promote a quality, patient-safe environment and therefore may not be able to facilitate all requests for patient care. Please refer to the Program Status information in the right column.
The Hospitalist Programs will provide
- More efficient and timely inpatient care
- Seamless communication along the continuum of care
- Enhanced efficiency for procedure based specialists
- More time for your outpatient practice
- Enhanced patient understanding of your involvement in their care
- Up to date inpatient medicine expertise
- Fast response to labs, tests, and emergent situations
- Easy access for patients and families during daytime hours
- Patient and family focused communication
- Close communication with you on treatment plan, medication changes, follow-up tests, discharge plans, and issues that need monitoring
- Admission and discharge notification with your choice of email, phone or fax
- Immediate availability after discharge in case of problems, especially before follow-up appointment
- Medical consultation on medical or surgical patients
Hospitalist Services
- 1 daytime physician (6am-6pm)
- 1 night time physician (6pm-6am)
- 1 midlevel provider (6am-6pm)
- Admissions
- Consultations
- Discharge Planning
- ICU Stepdown
- Regional referral
- Unassigned patients (ER)
Communication with the Hospitalist Physician
To learn more about how the hospitalist physician will work with you and provide you with timely and complete information about your patient, please contact:
Jennifer Pflug, MD
Medical Director
jpflug@billingsclinic.org
406-238-5366
Dave Bunkers
Director
Critical Care Services
406-657-4077
