Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Monique’s passion for Hospital Medicine (2:00
• Hospital as a System within a System (3:03)
• Role of a Hospitalist (4:38)
• Costs and Expenses in Hospitalization (7:14)
• The Hospital as a Social Safety Net (10:57)
• Challenges in Hospital Transitions and Social Supports (11:38)
• Value of Social Supports in Healthcare (14:08)
• Patient Advocacy and Best Practices (19:26)
• Medication Reconciliation and Polypharmacy (21:56)
• Information is Safety (22:26)
• Challenges of Interoperability Between Hospitals (23:43)
• Discharge Planning (28:27)
• Patient Advocacy (37:42)
• Connecting with Dr. Nugent and Final Takeaways (42:14)
• Dr. Monique’s book Prescription for Admission (45:12)

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