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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-solid fa-hand-holding-heart” color=”custom” background_style=”rounded-outline” background_color=”custom” size=”xl” align=”center” custom_color=”#F15A22″ custom_background_color=”#B94700″][vc_custom_heading text=”Patient Care at UT San Antonio” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:48|text_align:center|color:%23B94700″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][vc_separator color=”chino” style=”shadow” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”University Hospital” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:center|color:%23F15A22″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%20SC%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.universityhealth.com%2F|target:_blank”][vc_custom_heading text=”Housestaff General Medicine Teams” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23032044″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%20SC%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]These medicine teams are staffed by an attending, a resident, and two interns. Teams admit patients based on a \u201cdrip\u201d system, with one team member staying to perform late afternoon admissions each day. Attendings rotate to assist with staffing patients admitted in the late afternoon. We have developed an inter-professional, patient-partnered model of care that includes multidisciplinary bedside rounding for two of our housestaff teams.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Hospitalist Procedure Service” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23032044″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%20SC%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]The Hospitalist Procedure Service<\/a> is a consult service run by a dedicated group of hospitalists whose mission is to provide patients with maximal comfort and safety during their procedure, and to provide medical teams around the hospital with rapid diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Patient comfort and safety, along with resident education are the hallmarks of the service.\u00a0 Service is provided to specialty and sub-specialty teams throughout the hospital.<\/p>\n

Our faculty is dedicated to safety and comfort, and to providing education and training both locally and nationally, with faculty participating in trainings at events presented by the Society of Hospital Medicine, the American College of Physicians, and our Division’s annual “Updates in Hospital Medicine” CME conference.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Medicine Consult Service” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23032044″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%20SC%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Staffed by an attending physician and two third-year residents, this service provides consultative care for medical issues that arise for patients on other services. Peri-operative medicine is a significant component of the service provided, and throughout each block, we review a curriculum consisting mainly of primary articles.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Hospitalist Service” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23032044″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%20SC%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]We provide direct patient care on these teams, staffed by a physician.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Medicine Transplant Service” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23032044″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%20SC%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]We have two hospitalists covering at a time, working alongside transplant physicians who specialize in the care of liver, kidney, and lung transplant patients. \u00a0Each physician has an assigned transplant nurse navigator who will assist with workflow to ensure smooth execution of daily tasks.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Triage\/Cross-Cover Service” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23032044″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%20SC%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Physicians rotate to assist with carrying the admissions pager or cross-cover pager in shifts. Duties involve the triage of calls from the Emergency Department and clinics to assign patients to teams for admission, consultation in the Emergency Department to assist with alternative disposition, and after-hours admissions and cross cover.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″] \n \n <\/i><\/span><\/span>
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