OB/GYN Hospitalist Program

Winchester Medical Center developed the OB/GYN Hospitalist Program to elevate the standard of women's healthcare by ensuring that every expectant mother is evaluated and treated by a physician regardless of time, location, complication or circumstance.

Our Hospitalists:

• Lisa Bukovac, MD
• Christopher Lane, MD
• James Murray, DO
• Deborah Bowers, MD

OB/GYN Physician Availability

• Board certified OB/GYN hospitalists are immediately available on-site 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• In the event that your physician is not available, OB/GYN hospitalists can examine you, evaluate the progress of your labor, review test results and the progress of your labor, review test results and fetal heart rate tracings.
• Due to their primary focus of hospital-based treatment, hospitalists are experts at providing emergent care and are on-site if an emergency occurs.
• Our hospitalists will be in communication with your physician and will have access to your medical records.

Highly Skilled

• If your physician is unavailable or delayed reaching the hospital, a board certified OB/GYN hospitalist can provide medical expertise and optimal patient care, as well as answer any questions you or your family may have.
• Our hospitalists are highly skilled in a variety of different delivery techniques.

Communication

• Hospitalists place a high value on maintaining communication with other professionals within the hospital including your physician, medical and surgical consultants, discharge planners, social workers, clergy and others.
• OB/GYN hospitalists can expedite care for you and can easily facilitate connections with providers of home health care, skilled nursing, specialized rehabilitation and others.
• Being hospital-based, the OB/GYN hospitalists will always be on-site to visit you, monitor progress or discuss your questions/concerns or those of your family

Valley Health is committed to providing excellent patient care and delivering the best outcome possible with every patient encounter. The OB/GYN Hospitalist Program is a key component in increasing patient safety and satisfaction of women, newborns and their families.