va-vs-vumc.md (701B)
1 # VA vs VUMC 2 (or other academic medical centers) 3 4 At VUMC, the VA is right across a walkway (or vice versa). 5 Despite physical proximity, 6 the two institutions have vastly different backend structures. 7 8 VA -> US Dept of Veterans Affairs 9 10 VUMC -> TN Dept Health (but mostly self monitors) 11 12 ## residents vs hospitalist teams 13 VA: Residents do everything. 14 VU: Hospitalist teams do all the "less educational" stuff and take care of COVID-19 pts 15 16 17 ## COVID-19 testing 18 VA: Cepheid Rapid Test in-house, Abbott m2000 (gold-standard for PCR-based COVID-19, sent to Lexinton, KY - will call if +) 19 VU: in-house PCR 20 21 *both PCR-based, nasopharyngeal swabs, varying turn-around times 22 Tue 30 Jun 2020 11:54:57 AM CDT