Partner Spotlight: Marin General Hospital
Marin General Hospital
Independence Fosters Marin General Hospital’s Innovative Spirit
By Lee Domanico, Chief Executive Officer
Much has been said about our success as a locally owned, independent facility. The hospital is now on solid operational and financial ground. Independence has allowed us to build our own infrastructure, finance, IT, supply management, and executive operations. Independence also allows us more room to be innovative as we develop programs for the community, foster the expertise of our medical staff and ensure we provide a safe, healing environment for our patients where our staff can do their best work.
Lee Domanico
- When we heard suggestions from three Marin mothers about how the emergency room experience could — and should — be made less “scary” for children, we not only listened but we incorporated their ideas and expanded how we deliver care to improve outcomes for our youngest patients and their families. Now, as the area’s only “Ouchless ED” we have a dedicated waiting room, games, books, iPads that can refocus the attention of a fearful child, new ways to give medications, and special training for the care team to make Marin General Hospital’s emergency room experience less traumatic for children.
- Sujoya Dey, MD, Medical Director of Electrophysiology, is just one of the many pioneering physicians who have chosen to work at Marin General Hospital because of the opportunity it provides for innovative ideas and medical advances to thrive. We are one of the first hospitals in the Bay Area to use what is being called the world’s smallest pacemaker. This advanced technology is inserted through an IV instead of an incision. Representing r a major shift in cardiology, it provides a greater quality of life for patients.
- Many and truly varied complementary medicine programs are available through the Center for Integrative Health & Wellness. Not only can Marin County residents take advantage of the hospital’s wide range of conventional medicine services, they can also choose from a number of integrative therapies that fit with our community’s appreciation of a healthy lifestyle, as well as the beautiful and healing natural environment that is available here.
- Marin General Hospital believes in treating the whole patient — mind, body, and spirit. There’s no better example of that than the Ornish Lifestyle Medicine™ program, the first in Northern California, which our cardiovascular center now offers as an alternative to the traditional cardiac rehabilitation program. The Ornish program’s goal is to reverse heart disease through a focus on diet, movement, stress reduction, and emotional support.
- Along with hundreds of hospitals across the country, we’ve adopted innovative changes in our culture and philosophy that will enhance both patient care and employee satisfaction. Relationship Based Care (RBC) emphasizes care of self so that staff can develop and maintain resiliency; care of each other and mutual support; and care of patients and family, focusing on the patient’s unique needs and incorporating the roles of both clinical and nonclinical caregivers to support that patient.
- Marin General Hospital is proud to be participating in PRIME, the state’s Medi-Cal 2020 initiative that will guide caregivers to improve quality of care, access, and efficiency of healthcare services for the more than 13 million Medi-Cal members in California. In Marin County itself, about 20% of the population is covered by Medi-Cal. We will be opening a Supportive Care Center in the spring to provide medical care for Medi-Cal patients with multiple chronic conditions.
- The hospital has begun using telemedicine, the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients, in several areas: in the ER for quick evaluation of stroke patients; monitoring of ICU patients; collaboration with specialists for pediatric diabetes patients and their families; throughout the hospital for clearer communication with non-English speaking patients: in our new hospital, information about medications, care routines, discharge information and more will be shared with patients via two-way visual communication equipment at the bedside.
Independence and innovation are at the heart of what we do at Marin General Hospital. They give us the all-important ability to respond quickly and nimbly to changes – to evolve and constantly improve by being able to put the best ideas into practice. Please visit our website’s “About Us” page to find more about who we are and what we stand for at Marin General Hospital.
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