Division of Ambulatory Care

Russell E. Fothergill, M.D.

Director, Division of Ambulatory Care

The Division of Ambulatory Care was created in January 1993. The goals of the Division of Ambulatory Care are:

• To continually evaluate the healthcare delivery process (access to care), including appointment availability for emergency and routine patients, phone access, waiting time, exam room availability and secretarial and nursing needs.
• To organize patient education within our department to accurately and efficiently give our patients information on various gynecologic, obstetric and non-Ob/Gyn healthcare issues.
• To promote the strengths, abilities and interests of each of the generalists and nurse practitioners in our department.
• To educate students, residents and other health care providers in all areas of ambulatory obstetrics and gynecology.
• To better organize and promote outpatient research in ambulatory care areas.
• To set minimum standards of care in areas such as hormone replacement therapy, contraception, cancer screening and evaluation and treatment of abnormal bleeding.
• To assure that we are meeting the healthcare needs of our patients who use us as their primary care physicians.
• To continually evaluate the cost effectiveness and necessity of various procedures performed on an outpatient basis.

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