CEP America, one of the nation’s largest, independent providers of emergency department (ED) management and staffing solutions, has begun new partnerships with three hospitals in California and Kentucky. St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, CA; St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, CA; and Owensboro Medical Health System in Owensboro, KY join
nearly eighty hospital emergency departments already working with CEP America, treating 3.5 million patients annually. The contracts commenced July 1, 2011.
“We are excited to work with each of these hospitals and their respective medical communities,” stated Wesley Curry, MD, FACEP, CEP America’s Chief Executive Officer. “CEP America will bring with it the management support and leadership needed to provide top quality, efficient emergency care.”
CEP America, an independent emergency physician‐owned partnership, offers a wide range of clinical, staffing and administrative expertise designed to increase clinical quality and service excellence. Utilizing CEP America’s proprietary Rapid Medical Evaluation® (RME) program, the average time‐to‐provider wait at partner hospitals is 20 minutes below the national average.
Located on the California coastline near the Camarillo foothills, St. John’s Regional Medical Center and St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital are a division of Catholic Healthcare West. The two‐hospital system is the largest acute‐care health organization in all of Ventura County, with a combined total of 346 acute-care beds and serving roughly 61,500 ED patients a year.
Owensboro Medical Health System (OMHS) serves an 11‐county region in western Kentucky and southern Indiana, with an ED volume of nearly 64,000 a year. The hospital has received awards for clinical excellence (2009, 2010, 2011), patient safety (2010) and outstanding patient experience (2010) from HealthGrades, placing it among the top five percent of hospitals in the nation.