Results Three main themes were identified as interest areas for family physicians:
descriptions of the hospitalist role and responsibilities; hypothesized benefits and risks of the …

Background: The hospitalist movement in the United States has risen in prominence over
the past 2 decades with more physicians practicing as hospitalists. Our objective was to …

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess a newly introduced hospitalist care model in
a Singapore hospital. Clinical outcomes of the family medicine hospitalists program were …

In this edition of the JFP, Peter Smith and colleagues have taken advantage of a “natural
experiment” that resulted from a change in HMO rules forcing a group of patients into the …

Ms. Morasch is DirecJor, Medical Practice Affairs, California Academy of Family Physicians
(CAFP), San Francisco. This article formed a part of" Family Physicians and Inpatient Care in …

Hospitalists, known as physicians, are an emerging group in the medical field that is focused
on the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Specializing in hospital medicine, they …

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether hospital activities and attitudes toward hospitals of
members of an urban family medicine department changed between 1977 and 1997. To …

Objective To identify the underlying systemic drivers of the development and ongoing
expansion of hospitalist programs in Canada. Data sources MEDLINE and Google Scholar …

Hospitalists are physicians trained in general internal medicine that focus their practice on
the care of hospitalized patients. Since 1996, health services researchers have probed …

Objective To determine whether internists' attitudes toward the hospitalist model change
after implementation of a new inpatient service. Design Cross-sectional surveys performed …