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Hospitalist Care

2003; American College of Physicians; Volume: 139; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7326/0003-4819-139-8-200310210-00019

1539-3704

Jonathan P. Whitney,

Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare

Letters21 October 2003Hospitalist CareJonathan P. Whitney, MDJonathan P. Whitney, MDFrom Wellspan Medical Group, York Hospital, York, PA 17043.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-139-8-200310210-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:As a general response to the articles and editorial about hospitalists (1-3), my comment is, Let's move on. Hospitalist-style inpatient medicine is here to stay not because of an academic movement to improve inpatient medicine. Rather, its roots can be traced to the mundane issues of modern medical practice. An increasing number of office-based primary care physicians are transferring their hospital work to others. Therefore, physicians in the typical internal medicine group practice have had to devote a greater portion of their patient contact time to inpatient work. To meet the demands of this need for 24/7 ...References1. Auerbach AD, Wachter RM, Katz P, Showstack J, Baron RB, Goldman L. Implementation of a voluntary hospitalist service at a community teaching hospital: improved clinical efficiency and patient outcomes. Ann Intern Med. 2002;137:859-65. [PMID: 12458985] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Meltzer D, Manning WG, Morrison J, Shah MN, Jin L, Guth T, . Effects of physician experience on costs and outcomes on an academic general medicine service: results of a trial of hospitalists. Ann Intern Med. 2002;137:866-74. [PMID: 12458986] LinkGoogle Scholar3. The who, what, when, where, whom, and how of hospitalist care [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2002;137:930-1. [PMID: 12458994] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Jonathan P. Whitney, MDAffiliations: From Wellspan Medical Group, York Hospital, York, PA 17043. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoImplementation of a Voluntary Hospitalist Service at a Community Teaching Hospital: Improved Clinical Efficiency and Patient Outcomes Andrew D. Auerbach , Robert M. Wachter , Patricia Katz , Jonathan Showstack , Robert B. Baron , and Lee Goldman Effects of Physician Experience on Costs and Outcomes on an Academic General Medicine Service: Results of a Trial of Hospitalists David Meltzer , Willard G. Manning , Jeanette Morrison , Manish N. Shah , Lei Jin , Todd Guth , and Wendy Levinson The Who, What, When, Where, Whom, and How of Hospitalist CareThe EditorsHospitalist Care Tariq Shafi Hospitalist Care Jerome S. Tannenbaum Hospitalist Care William Rifkin , Brad Flansbaum , and Steven Walerstein Metrics 21 October 2003Volume 139, Issue 8 Page: 702-703 Keywords Academic medicine Emergency department Health care Hospitalists Inpatients Length of stay Primary care physicians Traditional medicine ePublished: 21 October 2003 Issue Published: 21 October 2003 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2003 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...