Why establish a residency at Methodist Hospital?
The establishment of a family practice residency program is part of the overall strategy of Mercy Healthcare Sacramento to improve the quality of care provided in its member institutions. As an organization, MHS recognizes the positive impact on patient care quality that results from Graduate Medical Education activities in the institution. Methodist Hospital was selected as the first institution within MHS to sponsor a family practice residency for a number of compelling reasons. Methodist is a relatively new hospital with a history of community service, and a primary care orientation. It is the only hospital in the region where family physicians continue to do obstetrics. Although new, Methodist Hospital has recently completed a multi-million dollar development of a Family Birthing Center including state-of-the-art labor and delivery, isolation units for obstetrical patients with communicable diseases, and the region’s newest intensive care nursery. The hospital is currently undergoi
The establishment of a family practice residency program is part of the overall strategy of CHW to improve the quality of care provided in its member institutions. As an organization, CHW recognizes the positive impact on patient care quality that results from Graduate Medical Education activities in the institution. Methodist Hospital was selected as the first institution within CHW to sponsor a family practice residency for a number of compelling reasons. Methodist is a hospital with a history of community service, and a primary care orientation. Methodist Hospital has recently completed a multi-million dollar Family Birthing Center including state-of-the-art labor and delivery, isolation units for obstetrical patients with communicable diseases, and the region’s newest intensive care nursery. The hospital is completed a multi-million dollar upgrade of its main physical plant to convert approximately 50% of inpatient beds to critical care capacity, upgrade the imaging and diagnostic
