Raja M. Chakrapani, MD, Instructor and Associate Program Director for Inpatient Care,
Department of Medicine, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Temple University School of …

The use of hospitalists in the care of in‐patients is a relatively new phenomenon in the USA–
hospitalists are delivering medical care to patients in private practice, public hospitals, and …

Hospitalists: who they are and what they do. (The Hospitalist Movement) - Document - Gale
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Most health care professionals now recognize a hos-pitalist as a physician who dedicates
25% or more of his or her time to the practice of inpatient medicine and who manages the …

The number of hospital-based physicians, or hospitalists, in the United States has grown
rapidly, yet no published data have characterized hospitalists or their practices. A self …

In the 1990s, financial pressures combined with logistical concerns pressured general
internists to choose between inpatient and outpatient practice. Those who decided to focus …

The term" hospitalist" 1 was first introduced in 1996 by Robert M. Wachter and L Goldman to
describe physicians who devote much of their professional time and focus to the care of …

The use of hospitalists—physicians who limit their practice largely or exclusively to hospital
inpatient care—has been a growing trend in the United States. The authors examine some …

Historically, primary care physicians admitted patients to a hospital and were responsible for
the day-to-day management of the patient while hospitalized, all the way through discharge …

Should I continue to treat my patients when they are admitted to the hospital? You can
probably imagine my surprise when I first faced this question. Like most of my family …