"In the past 15 years or so, medicine has seen the birth of hospitalists, a new breed of physicians who care only for hospitalized patients. There are now over 30,000 hospitalists in the US. From a patient’s point of view, such physicians offer a number of advantages. In many hospitals, a specialist in hospital medicine is always on duty, day or night. Moreover, because such physicians work only in the hospital, they are often more familiar with the hospital’s standard procedures, information systems, and personnel. It is not difficult to see why hospital medicine might be so attractive to young physicians. For one thing, it provides them with a high degree of control over their working hours. They come on and off shift at regular times, and do not bear patient care responsibilities outside these hours. In addition, they are usually employed by the hospital, which means that they do not need to attend to a host of practice management issues that self-employed physicians confront. They can also focus on acute-care, in-hospital medicine, avoiding the challenges associated with long-term care of chronic-disease patients". thehealthcareblog/blog/2013/08/04/the-rise-of-the-hospitalists/?utm_source=THCB+3.0&utm_campaign=ffbc447101-Will+%22Too+Big+to+Fail%22+Come+to+Health+Care%3F&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a47e1b8402-ffbc447101-1669065
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:30:06 +0000
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