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WEBSep 3, 2024 · We are seeking full-time, BE/BC Pediatric Hospitalists. The Hospitalist is the monthly news magazine of the Society of Hospital Medicine, reporting on issues and trends in hospital medicine relevant to hospitalists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, medical residents, and health care administrators.
Hospitalists as Disruptors in Healthcare - The Hospitalist
WEBMay 1, 2024 · According to the Oxford Dictionary, disruptive is, “causing radical change in an existing industry or market through being innovative.”. Healthcare disruptors are hospitalists who are shifting the healthcare industry by making big changes that significantly define the way care is delivered. That means integrating new technologies ...
What I wish I knew before becoming a hospitalist
WEBJan 7, 2022 · Now that we have several years of work experience in different areas of the country, there are some concepts we wish we knew before starting our first job as a hospitalist. These concepts can be organized into four key topics with the mnemonic of TEAM: team dynamics, education, administrative tasks, and growth mindset.
The evolution of the hospitalist - The Hospitalist
WEBMar 30, 2022 · T he term hospitalist was coined in 1996 in a New England Journal of Medicine article written by Dr. Robert Wachter—often considered the father of the field. The need was clear: hospitals wanted a physician dedicated to the care of inpatients on a 24/7 basis. Hospitals and patients have benefited tremendously, and hospital medicine has become the fastest-growing medical specialty in U.S ...
What Is a Hospitalist? - The Hospitalist
WEBFeb 2, 2006 · The 2005 update of the Eleventh edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines a hospitalist as “a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients of other physicians in order to minimize the number of hospital visits by other physicians.”. Although I am delighted to see hospitalist in the dictionary, this ...
Step-by-Step Medicine - The Hospitalist
WEBJan 1, 2010 · Step-by-Step Medicine. Evidence-based practice guidelines are key tools to help hospitalists practice high-quality medicine and demonstrate the value of their inpatient care model. Guidelines are designed to produce superior care outcomes and resource utilization efficiencies by encouraging proven medical practices and discouraging ineffective ...
Bringing Acute-Level Care to the Patient: Key Steps for Hospital at ...
WEBAug 1, 2022 · The basic concept of hospital at home is to provide hospital-level, acute medical care to patients with acute medical needs, but to do so in their residences, with needed services—such as clinicians, nurses, medical equipment, radiology, labs, oxygen, pharmacy—delivered, in person or virtually, directly to the patient’s home.
What Is a Hospitalist? - The Hospitalist
WEBMar 1, 2005 · What is a hospitalist? The definition set forth by the Society of Hospital Medicine (adopted in the spring of 2000) is the following: Hospitalists are doctors whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their activities may include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to …
Patient Satisfaction: the Hospitalist’s Role
WEBJul 1, 2005 · Patient satisfaction is a highly desirable outcome of clinical care in the hospital and may even be an element of health status itself (1). A patient’s expression of satisfaction or dissatisfaction is a judgment on the quality of hospital care in all of its aspects. Whatever its strengths and limitations, patient satisfaction is an indicator ...
Learning the ICU - The Hospitalist
WEBJun 15, 2020 · Learning the ICU. By. Larry Beresford. June 15, 2020. Although deployment of hospitalists into ICUs during the COVID-19 crisis varies widely, in that sense it reflects the pre-COVID hospital landscape of variable involvement, in which many hospitalists pressed into this role expressed discomfort practicing critical care beyond their scope of ...