Affinity Medical Group, Aurora Health Care partner to provide cardiology services in Oshkosh
01 / 27 / 2010
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Maria Heim, Media Relations
Affinity Health System
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OSHKOSH, Wis. - Affinity Medical Group and Aurora Health Care have formed a partnership to provide cardiology services in the Oshkosh area. Beginning Feb. 1, 2010, Affinity Medical Group cardiologists Issam Al-Bitar, MD, Mamoun Al-Nouri, MD, and Donald Brescia, MD, will also see patients at Aurora Health Center and Aurora Medical Center, both in Oshkosh.
“This is a really exciting collaboration for us,” said Tim Loch, chief operating officer, Affinity Medical Group. “Both health systems have focused on providing the right coverage level for the Oshkosh community. We have built a partnership to ensure that patients in Oshkosh will be provided with the highest quality of cardiac care at Mercy Medical Center and Aurora Heath Care. Our providers have been seeing patients at Mercy Medical Center for many years and are eager to provide care to Aurora’s patients as well.”
“These physicians have an excellent reputation in the Oshkosh community,” said Robert Devermann, MD, vice president of medical operations for Aurora Health Care. “We’re pleased to be able to partner together to ensure the right amount of cardiac services to the community of this size.”
The Affinity cardiologists will work with Aurora’s current cardiac team. Drs. Al-Bitar, Al-Nouri and Brescia join Aurora Health Care current electrophysiologists. This will ensure inpatient coverage around the clock at both hospitals.
The Affinity Medical Group cardiologists will continue to see patients at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh.
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For the Editor:
Affinity Health System, a faith-based regional health care network, is a partnership of Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. Affinity Health System is the Fox Valley’s second-largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and has been nationally listed for two years in a row among the top 50 health systems for quality and efficiency (Thomson Reuters, Modern Healthcare; 2009, 2010). For nine consecutive years, Affinity Health System has been named to the SDI Health (formerly Verispan) Integrated Health Network Top 100, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated health care networks in the nation – Affinity ranks no. 81 in the 2011 report. Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Network Health Plan has achieved Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the highest possible level. It has been nationally ranked in the Top 50 Health Insurance Plans for five consecutive years in the U.S. News and World Report/NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 26 family practice and specialty clinics – 23 of which are transforming into medical home models – in 14 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; Network Health Plan, Menasha; and Affinity Occupational Health.