Skilled Doctors Playing an Important Role

At Saint Vincent Hospital, we’re dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate care to those in our community. As part of our ongoing commitment to excellence, our Hospitalist Program plays a critical part in providing you with support in getting the care you need. Hospitalists are doctors whose primary focus is providing general medical care for anyone admitted to our hospital.

What Do Saint Vincent Hospitalists Do?

Hospitalists are responsible for many important tasks, including:

Working in partnership with your primary care doctor to coordinate inpatient care
Working closely with nurses, ancillary staff and other specialists involved in your care
Being familiar with the hospital’s systems for ordering tests, analyzing results and arranging for treatment
Being trained to quickly recognize and respond to changes in the patient’s condition
Being available at the hospital 24 hours a day, so they can see patients as frequently as their medical conditions require
Promptly providing your doctor with a written report of your hospital visit to facilitate any follow-up care you may need

If you do not have a primary care doctor, the Hospitalist team will provide you with a list and arrange your follow-up care.

How Hospitalists Help Primary Care Doctors

Hospitalists practice full-time in the hospital, so they are readily available to help your doctor. When you enter the hospital, a Saint Vincent Hospitalist will immediately begin acting as attending doctor for the length of the hospital stay.

Hospitalists will:

Provide prompt admission and treatment
Oversee your entire hospital stay to provide quality care
Communicate ongoing patient status to your primary care doctor on a timely basis

Daily activities include:

Coordinating hospital admissions
Arranging diagnostic testing and specialty consultations
Explaining findings and discussing recommendations with patients
Orchestrating all patient care
Providing medical care for patients who need surgical treatment
Managing urgent situations that may arise during the hospitalization
Reviewing hospital treatment with insurance companies and payers

Career Opportunities

If you’re interested in a career as a Hospitalist at Saint Vincent Hospital, call (508) 363-6849 to learn more.

The Golden Rules of Driving Near Schools

Classes are back in session, meaning morning and afternoons in the vicinity of schools can be kiddie and car chaos. Although most of us learned school zone safety in driver’s education, it’s probably been a while. Whether you are dropping off or just driving by, our infographic gives you a quick refresher course in school traffic safety.

When you’re in a school zone, stop and yield to pedestrians crossing the crosswalk or intersection.	Reduce your speed to the required limit. It may seem like you are driving at a snail’s pace, but it gives you plenty of time to brake for scurrying school kids.	Don’t block the crosswalk even if you are waiting to make a turn or stopped at a red light. Blocking the crosswalk forces pedestrians to go around you and could put them in the path of moving traffic.
Always stop for a school patrol officer or crossing guard holding up a stop sign.	Never pass a bus from behind – or from either direction if you’re on an undivided road – if the bus is stopped to load or unload children.	If the yellow or red lights on a school bus are flashing and the stop arm is extended, you must stop.
Never pass a vehicle if it is stopped for pedestrians.	Don’t double park. It blocks visibility and forces other cars to go around you.	If you are dropping off or picking up children, don’t let them get in or out of the car across the street from the school.