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Tip: Provide primary care physicians with this admission checklist

Hospitalist Leadership Connection, September 21, 2010

Getting the right information from primary care physicians can be difficult. Streamline the admission process and reduce the amount of time your hospitalists spend chasing down patient information by providing the primary care physicians in your community with the below checklist.

At minimum, the primary care physician/referring physician should supply the following information to the hospitalist at the time of admission:

  • A brief history of the patient’s present illness
  • Appropriate labs or outpatient studies
  • The patient’s medical and surgical history, including any comorbid conditions
  • Current medications
  • Medication allergies
  • Legal next of kin
  • As appropriate, the patient’s DNR status, living will information, organ donor status, and identity of his or her healthcare power of attorney
  • Discharge/transfer summary (when appropriate)

The above excerpt is adapted from Hospitalist Case Studies: Tactics and strategies for 10 common hurdles, published by HCPro, Inc. Download a sample chapter on www.HCMarketplace.com.

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