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Yakima Regional Medical Center has developed a reputation for bringing new, patient-focused health services to the community. To better serve the residents and surrounding communities, and at the request of area physicians, we added the hospitalist program in 2006.

Yakima Regional is proud to have full time hospitalists and nurse practitioners on staff. Hospitalists are physicians who specialize in caring for patients while they spend time in the hospital. They work closely with a patient’s primary care physicians and surgeons to make sure that each patient receives the best care possible. Each patient is able to receive more time and attention from a hospitalist, and primary care physicians can spend less time away from their practice while feeling confident and remaining up to date about the care of their patients. Physicians will receive an informational fax upon their patient's admission and discharge, which will include diagnosis and a list of discharge prescriptions.

Our program is staffed by experienced, dedicated physicians who all take strong leadership roles in patient safety, quality and satisfaction.  


Brent Herr, MD
Dr. Herr is a graduate of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan. He completed his residency at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Flint, Michigan. He is board certified in family practice. "Our goal is to provide efficient medical care while the patient is here, and then return that patient to his or her primary care physician once he or she is discharged," Dr. Herr says.




Mark Joy, MD
Dr. Joy is a graduate of Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. He completed his residency at Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Dr. Joy, like many hospitalists, is board certified in family practice, so he is qualified to care for all patients admitted to the hospital.





Nora Kirschner, MD
Dr. Kirschner attended the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. She completed her residency at University of Virginia Health System, in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Kirschner is board certified in internal medicine.





Mark Maiocco, MD
Dr. Maiocco attended the University of Washington School of Medicine, and completed his residency at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. He is board certified in family practice, and had a practice at Terrace Heights Family Physicians before becoming a Yakima Regional hospitalist.
 



Raney Commet, ARNP
Raney Commet received her degree from the Washington State University Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education in Spokane. She has worked in the Yakima Valley for the past 16 years.