Hospitals are not hotels

March 26, 2008

You can’t abide by a strict check-out time.

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1 Anonymous March 26, 2008 at 9:53 am

yeah i hear that from the hospital all the time. if the hospital wants to pay the hospitalists to facilitate my discharges, that’s fine. otherwise, i have to see my emergencies, then my sickest, then discharge patients. if they want to hire a pa/np to help me discharge, that would be fine too. otherwise it is just another in a laundry list of suggestions from the hospital. how about listing some ways they can help me instead of interfere with my rounding?

2 Anonymous March 26, 2008 at 10:09 pm

The funny thing is that pts leave when their ride comes to pick them up – often in the evening.

A DC order does not translate into an empty bed.

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