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Preferred Hospital and Extended Care Facilities
While we strive to avoid hospitalizations/re-hospitalizations through our care models and the leveraging of VNA Care services, when hospitalization is needed, we use a network of preferred hospitals.
Atrius Health works closely and collaboratively with hospitals with whom we have established shared intraoperative capabilities to communicate via electronic health records.
These hospitals include some of the finest academic medical centers in the country, such as Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. In addition, we work with high-quality community hospitals to provide excellent, close-to home care for our patients.
Learn more about our preferred hospitals.
https://www.atriushealth.org/about-us/our-care-network/our-affiliated-hospitals
Preferred Extended Care Facilities
For patients requiring post-acute skilled nursing and rehabilitation, we have established a network of preferred high-quality, lower-cost skilled nursing facilities.
Learn more about our network of extended care facilities.
https://www.atriushealth.org/about-us/our-care-network/preferred-extended-care-facilities
Primary Care at Atrius Health
At Atrius Health, we are a national leader in value-based care where providers are rewarded for helping patients improve their health, reduce the effects and incidence of chronic disease and live healthier lives. Nowhere is this more evident than in our primary care departments. We have strong leadership throughout and a culture that values preventative medicine as the best form of treatment.
In our system of care, we employ hundreds of primary care physicians in adult medicine, family medicine and pediatrics across 27 locations in Boston and surrounding communities in Eastern Massachusetts.
In addition, our adult primary care physicians are joined by advanced practice clinician (APC) colleagues (NPs and PAs). Some APCs carry a panel and serve as primary care providers.
Adult and Family Medicine
We have been a leader in team-based care for decades. Our team model support includes medical assistants, APCs, nurses, clinical pharmacists, population health managers and case managers.
We also invest in primary care practice supports that extend beyond the walls of the office and include e-consults, telehealth appointments and an after-hours triage telecommunications service that serves as first call. We embed technology and innovation in care delivery to improve the workday of the primary care provider. This is evidenced through our efforts in predictive analytics embedded in our workflows and throughout our EMR (Epic).
Pediatrics
The philosophy of Atrius Health’s pediatrics department is to works collaboratively to support our patients and families along their developmental journey. We offer high-quality, evidence-based care that is easily available, family-centered, compassionate and culturally sensitive.
Our pediatric clinicians and support staff enjoy strong team relationships. Our teams include medical assistants, APCs, nurses, and embedded complex care facilitators, essential resources to help support the care of our high-risk, high-need patients.
In addition to offering pediatric primary care, we offer a number of pediatric subspecialties throughout the practice, including:
- Allergy
- Behavioral Health
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
- Endocrine
- ENT & Audiology
- Gastroenterology
- Radiology
- Sports Medicine
- Speech Therapy
- Ophthalmology
- Optometry
We enjoy a rich and rewarding relationship with Boston Children’s Hospital, our preferred tertiary hospital. The three key domains of our collaboration with Boston Children’s Hospital are:
- Education
- Clinical Integration
- Technical Integration
Adult and Pediatric Urgent Care offers a full spectrum of care. For example, we:
- Staff our weekend urgent care practices so our primary care physicians do not need to work weekends.
- Provide infusions for antibiotics, steroids, iron and select other medications.
- Perform saline infusion studies for endocrinology and water deprivations studies for endocrinology and nephrology.
- Work with each specialty to provide unique specialty-specific care.
- Create seamless transitions with our preferred hospitals with emergency department transfers or direct admissions to the hospitalist service.
We have a regional approach to our dedicated weekday/weekend Urgent Care services and have seven locations in eastern Massachusetts: Boston (Kenmore Square), Braintree, Burlington, Norwood, Peabody, Plymouth, and Somerville.
After Hours Telecom Services
Atrius Health has a robust after-hours telephone coverage service for patients. Adult and Pediatric telecom clinicians – the majority of whom are advanced practice clinicians (NPs & PAs) – triage all calls from patients/caregivers and make recommendations for care. If necessary, they may schedule patients for a weekend/holiday urgent care appointment, consult an on-call Atrius Health physician, or advise patients to visit the emergency room.
Specialty Care
Medical & Surgical Specialties
We provide exceptional care with well-trained specialists in association with world class hospitals. In addition to on-site consults and televisits to provide wider access in a number of our specialty departments. Our in-house specialties and services include:
- Allergy
- Audiology
- Breast Surgery
- Cardiology
- Cosmetic Services & Plastic Surgery
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Endoscopy
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics
- Hematology/Oncology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Nutrition
- Occupational Hand Therapy
- Optometry
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
- Otolaryngology
- Physiatry, Spine & Pain Management
- Physical Therapy
- Podiatry
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Sleep Medicine
- Surgery, General
- Urology
- Weight Management
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Our Ob/Gyn physicians, midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants offer professional and compassionate women’s health care for all facets of a woman’s life.
- Generalists provide comprehensive obstetrics and gynecology services in the office and in the hospital and well-woman care for women of all ages.
- Subspecialists include: Fertility and Reproductive Health , Maternal Fetal Medicine, Urogynecology, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Vulvovaginal Services.
- Patients may see an Ob/Gyn clinician at their choice of location. This provides flexibility to meet patient needs regarding hospital affiliation and other preferences.
- Hospital affiliations include: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Mount Auburn Hospital, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and Winchester Hospital.
Transitions in Care
At Atrius Health, we feel responsible for our patients’ care at all times and in all places. As such, Atrius Health brings together acute, post-acute and community care services into one continuous delivery system so that we can strategically and proactively address care coordination in pursuit of our mission to provide the right care, at the right time, in the right place, for every person we serve. Given the size of our practice, we have been able to form highly collaborative relationships with a group of preferred hospitals with whom we’ve established electronic communications and special programs to ensure that we stay connected with the care patients receive in the hospital and have the best possible treatment plan post-discharge. Atrius Health also has a selected group skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) where Atrius Health medical staff or others working to our protocols provide care onsite at the facility in order to minimize the length of stay and to ensure transitions are smooth. Our collaboration with these SNFs has led to shorter lengths of stay and lower readmissions to the hospital for our patients.
Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- The psychiatry and behavioral health services team provides comprehensive mental health care to patients with Atrius Health primary care providers.
- Our caring team of psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, nurses, and social workers offer quality care with individualized attention for each patient. We specialize in treating individuals throughout their lifespan, with compassion and respect for each patient’s health and well-being.
- Services also include specialized care for patients struggling with addiction and substance use disorders.
- Atrius Health provides a robust postgraduate training programs for postdoctoral psychologists and postgraduate social workers. Fellows engage in training and clinical practice designed to facilitate expertise in empirically supported psychotherapy and behavioral medicine modalities.
Ancillary Services
Imaging/Radiology
We offer many onsite imaging and radiology services for our patients, including x-ray, bone density testing, CT scans, digital mammography, MRI scans, nuclear medicine and ultrasound. Through our radiology department and board-certified radiologists, we manage many screening and other programs centrally to improve quality, safety, and compliance and remove some administrative work for our PCPs. We also have a 7 day/week radiology hotline to answer questions about reports and test ordering choices.
Pathology & Laboratory Services
Our staff pathologists provide anatomic and clinical pathology, cytology, and dermatopathology services in a collegial, responsive environment where clinicians’ questions and concerns are addressed quickly and collaboratively.
Pharmacy Services
Atrius Health has 16 on site pharmacies to support our patients’ medication needs, including specialty pharmacy and oncology pharmacy. The pharmacy department supplies floor stock medications, vaccines, and other services to our medical departments and clinicians. We also mail prescriptions free of charge.
Clinical pharmacists:
- Respond in real-time to drug information consults
- Provide clinician educational presentations
- Manage the drug therapy for patients with several diseases (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia) by referral
- Build and maintain clinical guidelines and formulary guidance through the Atrius Health’s Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee