Patients at Kadlec Medical Center now have a "hospitalist" available to assist in their care. The hospitalists are physicians who provide around-the-clock, seven-day-a-week care to hospitalized patients.
The hospitalist program allows physicians as a whole to focus on the sickest patients. Primary care physicians can free up more of their schedules for the patients they see in their offices, while the hospitalists can provide 24-hour bedside care to the patients in the hospital. The hospitalist coordinates the care that patients receive while at the Medical Center and unlike most physicians, hospitalists do not maintain outside practices.
Studies have shown that having a hospitalist program leads to shorter length of stay at the hospital. The hospitalist can also respond to medical tests of changes in a patient's health more quickly.
Our hospitalists work closely with a patient's primary care provider or specialist.
