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Hospitalists - Research News and Information
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Definition of 'Hospitalists'Physicians who are employed to work exclusively in hospital settings, primarily for managed care organizations. They are the attending or primary responsible physician for the patient during hospitalization. Common names: Hospitalists; Hospitalist |
29 Sep 2008 
OBJECTIVE: To assess cost and length of stay for subspecialty patients on a staff-only general pediatric hospitalist service vs traditional faculty/housestaff subspecialty services in a major teaching hospital. DESIGN: Retrospective study of 2 ... Read more...
30 Aug 2008 BACKGROUND: The University of Chicago Curriculum for the Hospitalized Aging Medical Patient (CHAMP) faculty development program (FDP) is targeted at hospitalists and other internists who teach residents and students in the hospital setting. The aim ... Read more...
30 Aug 2008 BACKGROUND: Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty hour restrictions have led to the widespread implementation of non-house staff services in academic medical centers, yet little is known about the quality and efficiency ... Read more...
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Latest indexed articles for 'Hospitalists'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Hospitalist pioneer. IPC's Singer is top doc businessman.
4 Oct 2008 - Alternative solutions to geriatric workforce deficit. 29 Sep 2008
- Staff-only pediatric hospitalist care of patients with medically complex subspecialty conditions in a major teaching hospital. 29 Sep 2008
- Pediatric neurohospitalists. 30 Aug 2008
- The Curriculum for the Hospitalized Aging Medical Patient program: a collaborative faculty development program for hospitalists, general internists, and geriatricians. 30 Aug 2008
- The focused practice concept. 30 Aug 2008
- Implementation of a physician assistant/hospitalist service in an academic medical center: impact on efficiency and patient outcomes. 30 Aug 2008
- CHAMP trains champions: hospitalist-educators develop new ways to teach care for older patients. 30 Aug 2008
- Surgical comanagement: a natural evolution of hospitalist practice. 30 Aug 2008
- Just because you can, doesn't mean that you should: A call for the rational application of hospitalist comanagement. 30 Aug 2008
- An unconventional living will. 30 Aug 2008
- [Physicians experience a decline in their professional right of voice]
26 Aug 2008 - [When the hospital specialist steer over the general practitioner] 12 Aug 2008
- Are inpatients' needs better served by hospitalists than by their family doctors: yes. 30 Jul 2008
- Are inpatients' needs better served by hospitalists than by their family doctors?: no. 30 Jul 2008
- Pediatric hospitalist medicine: an overview and a perspective from Toronto, Canada. 29 Jun 2008
- Fulfilling the promise of hospital medicine: tailoring internal medicine training to address hospitalists' needs. 29 Jun 2008
- Residency training: beginning with the end in mind. 29 Jun 2008
- Out of Africa. 29 Jun 2008
- Dinosaurs, hospital ecosystems, and the future of family medicine. 29 Jun 2008
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Technical information about 'Hospitalists'
Definition: Physicians who are employed to work exclusively in hospital settings, primarily for managed care organizations. They are the attending or primary responsible physician for the patient during hospitalization.
Descriptor UI: D020445
Alternative terms: Hospitalists; Hospitalist;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: M01.526.485.630.490.400; M01.526.485.740.422.400; M01.526.485.810.580; N02.360.630.490.400; N02.360.740.422.400; N02.360.810.580;
History Note: 99