If you are a physician looking for employment, we invite you to go to our physician recruitment section.

If you need lab services, go to the Laboratory at Alton Memorial, CAP certified.

The physician services department acts as a liaison between physicians and the hospital. The main goal is to enhance communication between the hospital and its medical staff in order to provide continuous customer satisfaction.

The department is also a special resource designed to help the private practitioner. Based on the philosophy that health care organizations and physicians share mutual interests and that working together is vital to success, the department offers an array of services designed to help physicians establish and enhance their medical practice.

Services Provided

• Office Managers Councils
• Physician Referral Network (PRN) Program

Library Services
All physicians have access to an on-site library in the physician lounge on LL2. The library contains current journals and miscellaneous medical textbooks for reference and checkout.

ILLiad is also available where items may be requested through Interlibrary Loan. It is a service of the Bernard Becker Medical Library at Washington University School of Medicine.

Clinical View
Collecting, managing and exchanging patient information is easy and secure with Alton Memorial Hospital's Clinical View. A state-of-the-art, user-friendly computer network, Clinical View facilitates information exchanges between physicians and the hospital.

Clinical View offers an electronic connection to the hospital information system providing physician's with immediate access, eliminating telephone calls, records searches and transcription errors.

Alton Memorial Hospital provides the software to physicians at no cost. Analysis of the physician's current system, installation, technical consultation and on-site training are also provided.

Continuing Medical Education
The physician services department facilitates the continuing medical education program at Alton Memorial. Grand rounds programs are available at noon on the third Wednesday of each month. Lunch is provided.

Physician Referral Network Program
Communication is the key to a successful referral relationship. The physician referral network program develops and expands communication channels between secondary market referring physicians and the hospital's medical staff.

It is essential for the primary care physician to be informed of patient care, particularly when a patient is referred to a hospital outside of his or her primary market. The PRN program was created to assist the primary care physician in patient communication.

The program facilitator tracks patients who meet certain criteria. By keeping the primary care physician fully informed, the continuum of quality care is maximized.

Contact Us
For more information about Physician Services, contact Molly Alderson, manager, at 618.463.6036.