Hospitals Are Employing Patient Advocates

There are now doctors called hospitalist's that are being employed by hospitals to manage a patient's entire hospital experience from admissions to discharge. A six year study in Florida found no difference in the quality of care, but it did find that a hospitalist cut the patient's stay by 16 percent and the cost by 8 percent. So…if you have to go to the hospital, immediately ask if they have a hospitalist available so you can get home faster with less cost.