Hospitalist role expands GP's horizons.

Australian Doctor,  April, 2007  

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WHINGE-FREE ZONE by Sophie McNamara

AFTER years of working as both a GP and a career medical officer in various hospitals, Dr Ross White jumped at the chance to take on the new 'hospitalist' role offered by the NSW Government.

NSW hospitals employ nine hospitalists, who work across various wards, emergency departments and outpatient clinics, and in community settings, providing care and co-ordinating the patient's journey through the health system.

"Our role is to be an advocate for the patient," says Dr White, who works as a hospitalist at RydeHospital one day a ...

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