Newport News, VA (PRWEB) June 28, 2013
Riverside Wellness Program is pleased to announce that Michael Doucette was named Senior Vice President and Administrator of Riverside Regional Medical Center, and Eric Stone, M.D., was appointed Associate Administrator/Vice President Clinical Operations at the hospital.

Riverside operates as a doctor-partnered overall health technique, which pairs a physician and a enterprise executive in leadership positions. Doucette and Stone will team up as the administrative team steering the Peninsulas largest tertiary hospital and only trauma center, successful July 1.

Doucette has a 24-year career in administration in the Riverside Well being System. Given that 2009, he served as Vice President/Operations, where he was responsible for all round facility operations, spending budget, good quality and service functionality. During his tenure, the hospital was named a Leading Performer on Crucial Good quality Measures from The Joint Commission in 2011 and 2012. Before coming to the hospital, he was Vice President/Administrator of Riverside Medical Group, where he led the development of an integrated physician group that today has grown to a lot more than 500 providers and has turn out to be the backbone of the Riverside Wellness Program.

The healthcare centers board has genuinely been impressed by the all the awards weve received for patient safety and clinical top quality improvements. My objective is to keep that momentum going and have safety and quality processes in spot one hundred percent of the time, Doucette stated.

Patient satisfaction is anything you can often improve on. Had been making alterations to our meals service and physical improvements to the medical center and focusing on how we treat individuals. The kindness, the care, the compassion were truly stepping up to the subsequent level to improve patient satisfaction.

Stone comes from a 25-year career in Air Force medicine that incorporated clinical, educational, operational and executive medicine roles on military bases on the East and West coasts as well as in Japan, Italy and the Azores, Portugal. Most lately, he served as hospital commander of USAF Hospital Langley from 2009 to 2012, exactly where he oversaw strategic plans and operations and 1,300 men and women in the fastest-expanding hospital in the Air Force.

Since 2012, Stone worked as a family members doctor with Riverside Medical Group in Hayes, Va., where he reconnected to clinical practice and began understanding the differences of civilian wellness care from the front lines.

Dr. Stone is assuming a new function. He will team up with our clinicians and concentrate on integrating the full span of medical solutions across Riverside Regional as properly as assist with a seamless transition to the most acceptable care level, be it house or to a rehabilitation facility.

I joined medicine to support men and women and try to serve them, Stone mentioned. Im very excited to be provided this opportunity. Riverside Well being Technique is on a journey to become a very functional integrated medical technique. Delivering excellent buyer service in a secure environment with higher-high quality medical care is the foundation for creating such a highly functional integrated health-related method. I look forward to joining the team in navigating this journey.

We are excited to have Michael Doucette and Dr. Eric Stone heading Riverside Regional Healthcare Center, stated William B. Downey, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Riverside Wellness Technique.

Mr. Doucette has been instrumental in the successes Riverside Regional Healthcare Center and Riverside Medical Group have observed in recent years. His unique encounter major both the doctor group and getting engaged in hospital operations, positions him effectively to lead Riverside Regional Healthcare Center. Dr. Stones clinical expertise will complement Mr. Doucettes expertise of the Riverside Wellness Method. Below their leadership, Riverside Regional Health-related Center will continue to be the location of option for sufferers across the Peninsula.

ABOUT RIVERSIDE Well being Method:

Riverside Overall health Technique, headquartered in Newport News, Va., delivers the full continuum of overall health solutions to the Hampton Roads area. Riverside has four hospitals, 3 specialty hospitals, 520-plus healthcare providers in the Riverside Medical Group, wellness and fitness centers, a cancer institute, house well being care, continuing care retirement communities and other aging-related resources. Its flagship hospital, Riverside Regional Healthcare Center, is a Level II trauma center and the only trauma center on the Virginia Peninsula.