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Seton Medical Center

Emergent Medical Associates Selected as Provider of Emergency Department Services at Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside

Care Management Solution Will Focus on Care Coordination, Patient Flow, Clinical Quality & Patient Satisfaction

(May 1, 2018, Los Angeles, CA) Emergent Medical Associates (EMA) has partnered with Seton Medical Center (SMC) and Seton Coastside (SC) to begin providing Emergency Department (ED) services May 1, 2018. EMA’s integrated platform-based approach will be customized to meet the needs of both facilities and will provide quality care and collaborative patient treatment, resulting in superior patient satisfaction and patient throughput.

“We are very pleased and extremely excited to be partnering with Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside,” stated Dr. Irv Edwards, founder of EMA. “The combination of our highly skilled physicians with Seton’s superior hospital management team will prove to be an outstanding mix.”


About Seton Medical Center
Seton Medical Center has been serving the health care needs of San Francisco and northern San Mateo County since its founding as Mary’s Help Hospital in 1893. Today, Seton Medical Center and its sister facility Seton Coastside continue the tradition of patient-centric, quality health care to our entire community. Recognized for its stroke treatment, cardio-vascular excellence, including STEMI certification, Seton offers a comprehensive range of medical specialties on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, as well as emergency and urgent care services. Seton Coastside operates the only 24-hour, stand-by emergency department on the Pacific Coast between Daly City and Santa Cruz. Seton has a long tradition and a deep commitment to providing quality care to the communities we serve.

For more information on Seton Medical Center, visit: www.seton.verity.org


About Emergent Medical Associates
EMA, headquartered in Manhattan Beach, CA, is a premier provider of physician staffing and practice management services for 20+ Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centers that treat over 900,000 patients annually throughout the Western United States. EMA‘s comprehensive system of ED and UCC management is based on over 100 combined years healthcare experience. Through its management company, Pacific HealthWorks, EMA exports best practices and innovative management techniques to Hospitals, Urgent Care Centers and other Emergency Department groups, helping improve patient care, quality outcomes and increased patient satisfaction.

For more information on EMA, visit our Corporate Overview
For more information on PHW, visit www.pacifichealthworks.com