Hospitalist Program

Union Hospital's hospitalist program is dedicated entirely to inpatient care. A hospitalist is a physician who specializes in the care of hospitalized patients and whose practice is only in the hospital, not in an office. Hospitalists are well-versed in the unique needs of hospitalized patients and work in tandem with internists, specialists and family medicine doctors to continue offering patients the very best care. If your primary physician decides to utilize hospitalist services for your inpatient admission, you can be confident that your primary physician will be informed of all the details of your stay. It is the goal of the hospitalist program to get patients healthy and back to their own doctors for follow-up care as quickly as possible.

Union Hospital Clinton is also proud to provide hospitalist services to its patients.

Hospitalists are hospital-based physicians who assume the care of hospitalized patients in the place of the patients' primary care physicians (PCP) that have chosen to participate. Hospitalists are considered an extension of the primary care doctor's practice, providing treatment, planning the discharge and honoring the PCP's existing referral relationship.

Union Hospital Clinton's hospitalist Darren Brucken, M.D., is board-certified in family medicine. He received his medical degree from Indiana University and completed his residency at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.

As a hospitalist, Dr. Brucken works in tandem with internists, specialists and family medicine doctors to continue offering our patients the very best care.

Participation in the hospitalist program is voluntary and can be done on a case-by-case basis.