Hospitals are doing away with them.
No wonder, as medical care becomes more fractionated with specialists and sub-specialists, and the pressure increases to see more patients, there’s less downtime to spend in the lounge.
It’s a shame, since it makes it difficult to know your colleagues, let alone put a face to the specialist you are consulting.
There are some Internet social networking options, like Sermo, that try to pick up the slack. Obviously, it doesn’t have a local flavor, and certainly isn’t the same as chatting with your colleagues in person.
