Work in daytime will involve rounding on inpatients, and providing internal medicine consults on non medicine patients. Hospitalists also respond to code situations. A typical work day involves up to 10 direct encounters daily. If rounding on weekend, all internal medicine inpatients and IM consults will need to be covered, typically with coverage of 15-20 patients. Hospitalist work during nights and non-administrative hours (after 4:30 PM weekdays and all day on weekends and holidays): At nighttime and in non administrative hours, the hospitalist is responsible for all admissions, and takes calls about all hospitalized patients, including the patients in community living center. Hospitalists also respond to code situations by rotation, and provides back up to emergency department
