AMEEVA LLC
Using innovation and physician engagement to optimize hospitalist programs
Dr. Pawan A Dhawan MD, MBA, is an expert in turning around distressed hospitalist programs. As the principal consultant with Ameeva, Dr Dhawan optimizes hospitalist programs by recommending a stepwise process, which utilizes physician engagement to drive resource realignment and innovative process improvement.
He began his career as a hospitalist with Yale New Haven Health System. Subsequently he served as the medical director for the large multisite hospitalist programs. He then served as the Divisional Medical Director for all the EmCare South Atlantic HCA hospitalist programs and then as the Executive Vice President for the EmCare–HCA South Atlantic Division.
Dr Dhawan completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in geriatrics from New York Medical College. He also obtained an MBA in Healthcare Administration from George Washington University. He was recognized as the best medical director in 2014 out of all the 76 EmCare South Division programs.
Dr Dhawan has stabilized distressed hospitalist programs by involving physicians and guiding medical directors to overcome various throughput, census management, financial, clinical, recruitment and staffing challenges. Resource realignment, balanced innovation and maximizing physician engagement are the cornerstones of AMEEVA’s solutions.
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