To determine the preferences for and satisfaction with communication between pediatric
primary care physicians (PCPs) and hospitalists, 2 surveys (PCP and hospitalist versions …

Clinical uncertainty in primary care Clinical Uncertainty in Primary Care Lucia Siegel
Sommers John Launer Editors The Challenge of Collaborative Engagement Page 2 Clinical …

Introducción: el médico hospitalista es un internista que la mayor parte de su tiempo
profesional está dedicado al cuidado de los pacientes hospitalizados. El objetivo de esta …

The increasing complexity of healthcare is accelerating the rate of specialisation in
medicine, which in turn aggravates the fragmentation of care in hospitals. The hospitalist …

Methods We analyzed inpatient admissions to either a family medicine teaching service
(FMTS), hospitalist physician group, or the patient's own primary care community physician …

Objectives Veterans Affairs (VA) patients are at risk for rehospitalisation due to their lower
socioeconomic status, older age, poor social support or multiple comorbidities. The study …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Growth in the care of hospitalized patients by hospitalists has
the potential to increase the productivity of office-based primary care physicians (PCPs) by …

BACKGROUND: Adverse events occur when patients transition from hospital to outpatient
care. For quality improvement and research purposes, clinicians need appropriate, reliable …

Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The hospitalist model of inpatient care has
spread into many hospitals in the United States with over 34,000 physicians, mostly general …

BACKGROUND The characteristics of primary care providers (PCPs) who use hospitalists
are unknown. METHODS Retrospective study using 100% Texas Medicare claims from …