Case Study

Rapid ICU Physician Deployment.

How Solomon Page supported a multi-hospital health system with critical ICU coverage under a compressed timeline.

The Situation

A multi-hospital health system needed 24/7 ICU coverage within 30 days.

A leading academic health system operated a private ICU group spanning three hospitals in Southern California. Without warning, the contracted physician group did not renew, leaving the health system needing to source 16 board-certified ICU physicians on a week-on/week-off schedule, covering five intensivists per day across all three ICUs.

Case Study

Challenge, solution, and results.

The Challenge

The engagement required seamless coverage across three hospital facilities, coordinated schedules across a large physician pool, parallel credentialing under a compressed timeline, and zero room for gaps in care for critically ill patients.

The Solution

The team sourced trusted physician referrals who could work around one another's schedules, assembled cohesive team coverage, built the initial schedule piece by piece, and positioned locum coverage as a bridge to a permanent fix.

The Results

Within three months, a core team was consistently filling more than 150 shifts per month across all three ICUs. Sixteen physicians were placed in total, with five locum physicians eventually converting to permanent employees.

Outcome

Coverage stabilized while the client built a lasting workforce.

16 physicians placed

150+ shifts per month

5 permanent conversions

3 hospital ICUs covered

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