Authors: MaineGeneral Hospitalist Team, Dr. John Smith MGMC Hospitalist Director
9/1/2014
Revised 11/19/2015, 1/27/2016
Summary: Direct admissions to the MaineGeneral hospitalist team are accepted regularly and need to be handled in a safe, efficient way. We have some guidelines that should provide guidance both to our team and to our referring physicians as to what is an appropriate direct admission.