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Tulare District Hospital get new ER group
TULARE October 21, 2008 12:01pm 
• Southern California company hired • ‘The previous ER group was not meeting the needs of the community’ A new physician group is staffing Tulare District Hospital’s Emergency Department.
The hospital has contracted with Tulare District Emergency Medical Associates Inc., a unit of Emergent Medical Associates of Manhattan Beach, to staff the hospital’s emergency department.
The group consists of 13 physicians and four physician assistants. Emergent Medical Associates, staffs the emergency rooms of eleven Southern California hospitals.
“The consensus was that the previous ER group was not meeting the needs of the community,” says TDH Chief Executive Officer Shawn Bolouki.
Tulare District Emergency Medical Associates brings new faces to the ER, but has retained several familiar faces including Dr. Ron Smith, a long-time Tulare resident and an experienced emergency room physician and Elis Evans, a physician’s assistant, the hospital says.
The new group is working to raise the level of customer service provided in the emergency room, according to the hospital, including waiting times for patients.
One program sets aside a dedicated team of medical providers and a treatment area to evaluate, treat and discharge those who have come to the emergency room with less demanding emergencies such as ear infections, fevers, minor cuts and sprains.
“Our goal is to give this emergency department back to the community. We strive to provide the highest level of medical care and customer service and those improvements are already being felt,” says Dr. Val Warhaft of Tulare District Emergency Medical Associates. “We believe we’ve already made an impact.”
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