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      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