tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post8560699356485267713..comments2023-07-20T05:30:32.466-07:00Comments on In My Humble Opinion: I'm RebrandingJordan Grumethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12566078305685946261noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-55245851725800127752009-01-05T08:18:00.000-08:002009-01-05T08:18:00.000-08:00Dear Jordan,Please forgive me for leaving this com...Dear Jordan,<BR/><BR/>Please forgive me for leaving this comment here--I simply do not have any other way to contact you. I am a healthcare journalist with HCPro and would love to discuss this topic with you further for an article I will be writing for the March issue of Hospitalist Leadership Advisor. Please e-mail me at ejones@hcpro.com to discuss. <BR/><BR/>Best regards,<BR/><BR/>Liz Jones<BR/>Associate Editor, Medical Staff Division<BR/>HCPro, Inc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-56330568144365502512008-12-09T09:30:00.000-08:002008-12-09T09:30:00.000-08:00Great concept and can appreciate the the need to r...Great concept and can appreciate the the need to rebrand. PAs, especially in primary care do nothing akin to the traditional perception of "assisting." As a former paramedic though, I think that "prehospital" has already been claimed by EMS professionals who traditional do care for patients "prior" to hospitalization. The true "prehospitalist" would therefore be an EMS physician or other clinician. Since the AMA is pushing the concept of a "Medical Home" why not "Medical Homemaker?" Homemaker was a good rebrand for housewives in the sixties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-18322953825271856292008-12-07T06:36:00.000-08:002008-12-07T06:36:00.000-08:00Don't like it. Pre-hospitalist implies that everyo...Don't like it. Pre-hospitalist implies that everyone will eventually go to the hospital. Though we certainly do our best to prevent patients from needing hospitalization, this doesn't capture the bulk of what we do: screening, prevention, counselling, chronic disease management,etc. <BR/>"Hospitalist" became synonymous with "winner" because of the logistics-more pay, less paper work, flexible hours, etc. Until you fix the system, no amount of branding is going to help the situation. <BR/>I think what you are getting at in the term is what is becoming a clear separation between hospital medicine and ambulatory medicine. However, the term "ambulatist" just sounds bizzare. <BR/>For internal medicine, we do both inpatient and outpatient medicine. Therefore, internist PCP's could become "ambulatory internists" and hospitalists "inpatient internists." However the public still doesn't really understand what an internist does, and this leaves out our FP colleagues.<BR/>I guess I don't really have a solution other than to change the system. Nice attempt, but keep trying.Dr. Matthew Mintzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058182168282244996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-11913636545688313382008-11-30T07:46:00.000-08:002008-11-30T07:46:00.000-08:00No way...The "Prehospitalist" Dr. Jordan needs to ...No way...The "Prehospitalist" Dr. Jordan needs to move to Virginia!<BR/> "Prehospitalist"...i love it!tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264215182043791934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296669137299786155.post-455314911032454242008-11-29T18:04:00.000-08:002008-11-29T18:04:00.000-08:00Dr. Grumet ... wow! Now I just need you to move to...Dr. Grumet ... wow! Now I just need you to move to Maine/NH!!! :o)<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you could give lessons to other "prehospitalists"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com