A physicians group has begun providing coverage at Doctors Medical Center for patients with high-risk pregnancies, continuing a collaboration with Golden Valley Health Centers, a leading safety-net provider in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
According to a news release Friday, the use of OB-GYN hospitalists — physicians who specialize in caring for hospitalized patients — aligned with Central Valley Doctors Health System Physicians will ensure coordination of care with Golden Valley and other safety-net clinics that serve disadvantaged patients in Stanislaus and nearby counties.
Golden Valley’s decision to cut obstetrical services at Doctors Medical Center for women with high-risk pregnancies raised concerns in January. That decision ended a Golden Valley program in which three obstetricians provided care for expectant mothers in clinics and then delivered their babies at DMC. The physicians also performed gynecologic surgeries at the hospital…