About AIM

AIM’s Patient Centric Model of Care provides integrated services, continuity of care, drives safety and quality outcomes and real-time health system solutions.

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AIM was founded by experienced practicing hospitalists in 2002 and has continued to provide high quality hospital medicine services for over twenty years in the Tucson community with a primary focus at Tucson Medical Center. AIM physicians are board certified/eligible in internal or family medicine and are specially trained in offering patients the highest quality of care while hospitalized.

Our History

AIM, The Largest, Most Preferred, Community Hospitalist Practice Group in Tucson

AIM is a winning, mature, multicultural and multigenerational physician hospitalist group that is community based and ready for managing our community’s current and future population health challenges in acute and post-acute environments.

AIM is currently the largest and most preferred community hospitalist practice group in Tucson for choice for employment, stability and career growth in hospital medicine.

As a long-time clinical partner of many of Tucson’s acute, long-term-acute, rehab, and skilled facilities, AIM has provided exclusive hospitalist services for Tucson Medical Center since 2017 (and conjointly provided hospitalist services with a former model since 2005).

AIM’s proven intellectual and diversity of scope of practice collective allows for high level and expansive engagement with Tucson’s local healthcare organization leaders to innovate and resolve quality and service delivery challenges.

"The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease."

Sir William Osler
Our Values

Quality, Safety, and Security

Vision

AIM is a winning, mature, multicultural and multigenerational physician group that is community based and ready for managing our community’s current and future population health challenges of our adult and senior populations in acute and post-acute environments.

Mission

Provide and promote exceptional, evidence based, coordinated, compassionate, patient centric care that we would expect for our families, ourselves, and for our community.

Motto

Able to adapt, inform, manage and expand the delivery of hospital management services in urgent and unplanned times of crisis and pandemic; providing exceptional and compassionate care for our community is at the core of what we do.

What We Do

We Won't Let You Down

AIM is committed to providing a structured engagement with an experienced medical and administrative team to successfully understand and manage expectations.

Adult Inpatient Management

Quality, Safety, Utilization Management

Documentation and Revenue Cycle Improvements

Quality Metrics & Reduction in LOS Strategies

Committee Involvement

Residency Teaching Service

Physician Owned, Physician Led

From the Founders

In the time of medical need, we are here to help.

When I first stepped foot in TMC, one cool morning in December of 1993, for an interview for the residency program in Internal Medicine, little did I know that I would put down roots in Tucson or cofound a unique physician owned hospitalist company, “AIM Associates”. In 2002, having experienced the self-employment model as Primary Care Physician followed by the employment model as a Hospitalist, AIM was born out of a dream to have a practice that offered the best of both worlds: one that combined the flexibility and independence of a small business with the support and resources of a larger group, all with the ultimate goal of delivering exceptional patient care.

AIM's vision is centered on delivering the highest quality of patient care by creating a physician-friendly environment that promotes unity and collaboration among doctors. AIM was designed to navigate the rapid changes in the healthcare landscape by actively involving physicians in shaping its direction. This physician-driven approach ensures that decisions are grounded in the practical realities and needs of those delivering care. By empowering physicians, AIM fosters higher job satisfaction and most importantly, better outcomes for patients.

We take great pride in our partnership with TMC, a community-based hospital, as well as with other local businesses, all of which contribute to strengthening the local economy and community. Over the past 30 years, it has been incredible to witness the growth of Tucson and I am proud to call it home.

My journey began with a simple belief: physicians should have the autonomy to put patients first. After experiencing the constraints of corporate healthcare firsthand, I knew there had to be a better way to practice medicine – one that honored both the art of healing and the dignity of the healer.

What started with two physicians has grown into a community of seventy, united by shared values. Our foundation is straightforward: patients come first, followed by the wellbeing of our physicians and staff. As members of our local community, we understand that our role extends beyond providing care – we are neighbors committed to the collective health and wellbeing of our community.

This isn't a venture built for sale; it's a lasting commitment to ethical healthcare delivery. We've created an environment where physicians practice with integrity & autonomy, staff are valued as essential partners, and everyone contributes to our shared success. Our growth has proven that by prioritizing patient care, and the health and wellbeing of our physicians, staff and community, it’s a formula for success. It isn't just the right thing to do – it works!

This organization stands as a testament to what's possible in healthcare when it's patient-centered, physician-led, community-focused, and built to last."

Dr. Simon Paul, MD
Chief Medical Officer & Co-founder
Dr. Guruprasad Raju, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer & Co-founder