Background: In surgical co-management (SCM), surgeons and hospitalists share responsibility of care of the surgical patients. In August 2012, we implemented SCM in Orthopedic and Neurosurgery services at our institution (Ann Surg 2016;264(2):275-282). This model is innovative because the same Internal Medicine hospitalists are dedicated year round to the same surgical service. After the first […]

Case Presentation: A 78‐year‐old African American woman with a medical history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and type 2 diabetes was brought to ED with change in mental status. Patient was living by herself and the family found the patient to be confused. Patient had not been taking her medications for the past 3 days. Physical examination […]