Franklin Memorial's Hospitalist Service began in 2001. Since then, the program has grown to include a highly-skilled team of physicians and nurse practitioners. The team provides 24-hour, seven days-a-week care.

Hospitalists care for patients during a hospital stay. Their patients include those who are admitted without a physician, those whose physician lives in an outlying area, or patients whose physician has an office-based practice only. Hospitalists take care of patients from admission through discharge. Following discharge patients are returned to the care of their primary care physician.

Hospitalists partner with the patient’s primary care physician to provide care and allow the primary care physician to focus on patients in the office. The hospitalist staff may contact the patient’s primary care provider for additional information as needed.