Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Health – Hospitalist

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This is your host, Denise Boomer and Dr. Bee Boomer, welcoming you to this weeks edition of the Baby Boomer Health on PodcastForBoomers.com.

This week we are talking about Hospitalist.

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Who are they and what do they do? A hospitalist is a medical provider who is trained to care for hospitalized patients. Unlike your primary care provider, a hospitalist does not have an office practice. The hospitalist office is the hospital. So if you are admitted to the hospital you may be cared for by a hospitalist. Ask your primary care provider before you are admitted to determine who will care for your while you are in the hospital.

Hospitalist's are in the hospital all the time. If you have an acute need, you don't have to wait until your primary care provider is finished office hours.

And they are experts in transferring patients between facilities if that becomes necessary. They can make the transfer much smoother for the patient and his/her family.

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