Introduction

I have been meaning to do this for quite sometime but didn't know how to get started. Anyways, I will start my hospitalist blog from Monday after I introduce myself.

I am 29 years old and am currently practising as a Hospitalist somewhere in Indiana for the last one year. I finished my residency in Internal Medicine in July 2008 and also serve as a voluntary faculty member at a local medical school.

Now some words about my job. I work 7 days in a row and then I am off for 7 days. Every alternate week, I work night shifts from 7 pm to 7 am. In my 7 days off, I dont see any patients so my blogs would be scanty in those 7 days. I work with three more hospitalists who have have unique personality traits which I would elaborate in my blogs. I am hired by a hospitalist company rather than being directly employed by the hospital.

I expect non medical people to follow my blog too so I will try to avoid medical jargon and if medical terms are used, they would be explained at the bottom of the blog.



Glossary

Hospitalist - Hospital medicine is the discipline concerned with the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners whose primary professional focus is hospital medicine are called hospitalists.

HIPPA - Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act