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Well aware of hospitalists as we visit the ER with her on a regular basis. My point was that her personal physician who alleges to be a friend did not have a moment for a courtesy call to me (she has my number) to see how her patient was doing and let me know the situation. The hospitalist is jogging between patients and did not have the time of day for me when I met him as he was releasing her. New medicine I'm sure is more efficient for the doctors and hospitals, but I was not even given information when we left the hospital this time that I would regard as more than "Google Gobbledygook". "What to eat"; "How to take your medications" yada yada---No one ever told me in detail what happened and how to prevent it from happening again--

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@ultrajko That all sounds like a very bad situation. You may wish to contact the Patient Representative at the hospital. Their job is to represent the patient when an issue comes up. After your meeting (virtual is possible), the rep can then go to the staff involved and talk to them. It’s all non-confrontational but lets the staff know they made a mistake. As a retired nurse and administrator, I know this process can be effective and anonymous.
Will you think about this?