Background: St. David’s South Austin Medical Center St. David’s South Austin Medical Center (SDSAMC) is a 316-bed acute care facility that offers full-service maternity and newborn care with an NICU as well as Level I and Level II nurseries. Part of HCA Healthcare, SDSAMC logs more than 1,600 deliveries a year and is the community’s leader in maternity care. Challenge: Win the Support of Local OB/GYN Physicians When St. David’s South Austin Medical Center (SDSAMC) began employing Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) clinicians to provide 24/7 coverage for its Labor and Delivery (L&D) unit, local OB/GYNs were suspicious that the hospitalists might try to pilfer their patients and erode their OB market share. They did not yet realize that OBHG was there to support them and make their p

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