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Mydhili Kanumilli, MD, Internal Medicine Resident with Vincent Tumminello, MD, of The Baton Rouge Clinic
New Internal Medicine Teaching Partnership with Baton Rouge Clinic A new teaching partnership with The Baton Rouge Clinic and Hospital Medicine Group (HMG) is enriching medical training for Baton Rouge General’s Internal Medicine residents and enhancing the continuity of inpatient and outpatient care. Collaboration among hospitalists and private practice physicians is increasingly critical with the complexity of inpatient care and the need for multidisciplinary care teams to coordinate across the continuum of care. “Through the partnership, hospitalists with Baton Rouge General work closely with Baton Rouge
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Clinic physicians to ensure seamless care for our patients and provide the residents with robust clinical experiences in hospital medicine and outpatient care,” said Richard Lieux, MD, The Baton Rouge Clinic. Baton Rouge General’s Internal Medicine residents rotate with hospitalists to provide acute care for patients upon admission and accompany Baton Rouge Clinic physicians as they round on their patients in the hospital. In addition, Internal Medicine residents participate in multidisciplinary conferences during which
the hospitalists and outpatient physicians discuss patients’ post-discharge treatment plan along with nurses, social workers and therapists. “Our residents have the opportunity to gain a comprehensive perspective of both acute and outpatient care as well as the importance of fostering communication across these care settings,” said Venkat Banda, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Hospital Medicine Group, and Associate Program Director, Baton Rouge General Internal Medicine Residency Program.