The discharge planner

I love when she says “I’m going to have to scold that doctor”

Leave it to the Times to make a social worker (“discharge planner”.. please) look more important than a doctor. And all with a swipe at an MD to boot, all in one sentence.

Having worked in a hsoptial for 5 years, I’ve now been overexposed to the whole “discharge mania” nightmare. Having dedicated hospitalists who expedite workups is the reason discharge days went down.

Anyway, much of the discharge responsibility is shared with the interns and residents in most cases. But kudos to her for arranging an ambulette! That deserves a profile in the NYTimes these days.