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 ...

For everyday health issues, you visit a primary care clinician, also known as a family doctor. However, when you need more intensive care — such as at a hospital — your primary may refer you to a ...

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 ...

A growing number of physicians are choosing to subspecialize in pediatric hospital medicine, and many of them are spending most of their time caring for newborns. A group of researchers set out to ...

In the last 20 years the healthcare industry has welcomed a new type of specialist that focuses on the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Since the concept was first introduced in 1996, 75 ...

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 ...

Chances are, if you're admitted to the hospital, the doctor in charge of your care won't be your own. He or she will be a hospitalist, a relatively new type of specialist whose sole job is to oversee ...

A new breed of doctor -- the hospitalist -- is changing the way patients are treated in the hospital, and all four health systems in the Sacramento region report they're pleased with the results.

A study stops short of identifying the optimal hospitalist-to-patient ratio, but "workload does have implications for efficiency of care," says the study's lead author. The maximum number of patients ...