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Does your primary care physician also care for patients in the hospital?  As options in healthcare become more complex and time constraints more stringent, for many Americans, the answer to this question is increasingly becoming no.  This truth has created a need for physicians that excel not only in delivering outstanding patient care, but also in communication and providing thorough, detail-oriented services.  Coupling these functions with providing cutting-edge teaching would help one understand the primary objectives of the H-Team.

Achieving all these goals have consistently shown to improve patient outcomes.  For example, emphasis on communication with primary care referrers in the community has shown reduction in important end-points such as medication errors.

The American Hospital Association lists these as some common types of medication errors*:

• incomplete patient information (not knowing about patients' allergies, other medicines they are taking, previous diagnoses, and lab results, for example)
• miscommunication of drug orders...
• poor communication between inpatient and outpatient medical providers

The H-Team is dedicated to including primary care physicians (PCPs) in the care of our patients.  Our innovative model allows us to involve and stay in direct communication with a PCP in an effort to create a smooth transition from the hospital back to their care as an outpatient.  In addition to routine discharge paperwork, we provide summative information to your primary care physician in the event that immediate reevaluation by your PCP is not necessary or available following discharge.

The Department of Medicine Hospitalists Group continues the hospitals' nationally-recognized dedication to quality and patient safety and it's paramount importance to all Abington Memorial Hospital physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff.

*http://www.fda.gov