About the Hospital
Huggins Hospital, a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital located in New Hampshire, faced significant challenges in providing nighttime inpatient care. With an average of 1.5 admissions and 10 emergency department visits per night, the hospital needed a sustainable solution to maintain high standards of care during overnight hours.
The Challenge
Huggins Hospital’s leadership faced multiple challenges in maintaining high-quality nighttime care, such as maintaining stable processes for new admissions. The facility partnered with TeamHealth to provide consistent nocturnist coverage. To continually improve healthcare delivery, TeamHealth approached facility leadership to embark on a tele-nocturnist model. TeamHealth aimed to help the hospital reach critical goals while maintaining the highest level of care.
The Solution
TeamHealth collaborated with its trusted strategic partner, Eagle Telemedicine, to bring this effective and efficient technology to patients who needed it most. In partnership with Eagle Telemedicine, Huggins Hospital and TeamHealth implemented a tele-hospitalist program to address its nighttime care challenges. TeamHealth selected Eagle Telemedicine as a strategic partner for its board-certified internal medicine specialists, who provided comprehensive inpatient care. These tele-hospitalists played a crucial role in hospital operations by running code blue events and facilitating patient transfers, ensuring that critical situations were managed efficiently.
Benefits & Outcomes
- Reduced admission time
- Maximized cost efficiency
- Improved nurse job satisfaction
