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Hospital status: Endangered!
by Trey La Charité, MD
Medical schools exist to train physicians to care for sick people. I chose to be a hospitalist path because I see the value of managing issues found only in an acute care setting. I am the most professionally satisfied when I see a patient with a problem list of 20–25 medical conditions and know that I can help him or her.
As my career in medicine progresses however, I find myself doing more and more that does not involve direct patient care. How did this happen? I have come to the unsettling conclusion that my hospital is under attack. If you haven’t noticed, your facility is as well. Furthermore, as a physician advisor to CDI, I feel obligated to protect and defend my hospital.
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