Comments on: Hospitals are not hotels http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/hospitals-are-not-hotels.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/hospitals-are-not-hotels.html#comment-84582 Anonymous Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/hospitals-are-not-hotels.html#comment-84582 The funny thing is that pts leave when their ride comes to pick them up - often in the evening.<br/><br/>A DC order does not translate into an empty bed. 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.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/hospitals-are-not-hotels.html#comment-84551 Anonymous Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/hospitals-are-not-hotels.html#comment-84551 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? 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?

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