Bill of Health: Hospitalists

They're doctors without a practice, physicians who work full-time at hospitals. In this "Bill of Health" report, NBR Correspondent Jeff Yastine explains how hospitalists are changing the delivery of healthcare in America.



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External Links/Articles*

• American College of Physicians (ACP)
  This links to the online version of the American College of Physicians journal called the ACP Hospitalist. On the website, you can read articles by issue or by subject.
• American Medical Association (AMA)
  This links to a September 2004 article published by American Medical News, a service of the American Medical Association. The article is titled, "New studies back effectiveness of hospitalists."
• Baptist Hospital of Miami
  Baptist Hospital of Miami is part of the Baptist Health South Florida system. Hospitalist Tom Villanueva of Baptist Hospital is profiled in Jeff Yastine's report.
• "Hospital Economics of the Hospitalist"
  This research study was published in the June 2003 edition of Health Services Research, a healthcare journal. The article is hosted by Pubmed Central, "the U.S. National Institutes of Health free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature."
• Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
  The Society of Hospital Medicine is an education, advocacy, and research organization "dedicated to promoting the highest quality care for all hospitalized partients." This links to a page on the SHM website titled, "Definition of a Hospitalist." The website also contains information about the Advisory Board study mentioned in Jeff Yastine's report.
• "What kind of doctor is a hospitalist? (PDF Document)
  This informative brochure was published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Medicare division.

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