Hospitalist programs have been used as a way to more efficiently deliver healthcare in the hospital setting for decades now. But the way an organization deploys personnel in a hospitalist program can ...

Hospitals are turning toward hospitalists to help them address physician shortages and ever-growing patient volumes in the inpatient setting. In fact, in 2012, hospitalists were found to be the second ...

If a hospital stay is in your future, don’t be surprised if you’re cared for a type of doctor you’ve never heard of: a hospitalist. Unlike traditional doctors, this new breed of physician doesn’t see ...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the title “hospitalist,” or physicians whose work centers around a location of care — the hospital — rather than a disease, patient type or organ. Here are 10 ...

Mar. 23 -- THURSDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new breed of medical specialists, called hospitalists, can make a small but significant difference in shortening how long a patient needs to stay in ...

Physician social network Doximity has entered into a partnership with the Society of Hospital Medicine to improve communications for care coordination and boost the profile of hospitalists. Doximity, ...

The role of the hospitalist is alluring to physicians and hospitals and its growth is well established. But cultural and recruiting challenges remain. The hospital-only specialty, which originated in ...

Objective: To compare initial and long-term hospital resourceutilization of hospitalists and general internists at an urban communityhospital. Study Design: A retrospective cohort analysis. Methods: ...

Hospitalists are the physicians who specialize in the comprehensive care and treatment of hospitalized patients. These physicians play a vital role in patient care, experience and satisfaction. Most ...

Hospitalists are internal medicine doctors, pediatricians and obstetricians who manage the care of patients admitted into a hospital. Primary care physicians usually only see patients outside the ...

Q: What is a hospitalist? A: If you or a family member wind up spending time in a hospital as an inpatient these days, it’s likely you will come in contact with a hospitalist — a board-certified ...