A hospital-based internist who can be used to assume management of adult admissions from the primary care physician (PCP), freeing the PCP to do more office-based work. Hospitalists act as the hospital gatekeeper, to provide a valuable service by assessing the clinical needs of patients presenting to the emergency room and supervising inpatient care for those patients who are more critically ill, thereby reducing hospital inpatient costs.
a doctor of medicine who specializes in caring for you while you are hospitalized
a doctor who stays at the hospital and cares for patients admitted through the emergency room at night, patients who do not have family doctors and patients whose doctors are out of town, Sweeny Community Hospital Administrator Tony Turk said
a hospital-based doctor who manages your medical care, on behalf of your primary care physician, while you are in the hospital
a medical doctor who specializes in the care of patient in the hospital and who usually does not have an outpatient medical practice
a medical doctor who specializes in the care of patients during their hospital stay
a member of a growing new specialty that provides general medical care to inpatients and coordinates treatment by specialists
a physician or physician assistant who cares for patients while they are in the hospital
a physician who cares for hospitalized patients
a physician who has dedicated their practice to caring for patients who are hospitalized
a physician who only sees patients who are admitted to the hospital
a physician who specializes in care for patients during their stay in the hospital
a physician who specializes in internal medicine and whose entire attention is directed toward patients while they are in the hospital
a physician who specializes in the care of hospitalized patients and whose practice is in the hospital not in an office
a physician who treats a patient when his/her primary care physician has referred them for inpatient care
a physician, with a specialty in Internal Medicine who provides care to patients that require a hospital-stay
Physicians stationed primarily in the hospital to handle all admissions from a specific practice or group. Physician who is responsible for coordinating all diagnostic treatments and processes during that patient's hospital stay.
A Hospitalist oversees Emergency Department patients being admitted into the Hospital. The Hospitalist will direct, manage and report an inpatient's conditions to that inpatient's primary care physician.
A patient care arrangement in which a designated physician admits patients to the hospital and this physician is responsible for coordinating all diagnostic treatments and processes as needed during that patient's hospital stay.
A physician who specializes in treating patients when they are in the hospital and who may coordinate a patient's care when he or she is admitted to a Secure Health hospital.
Health care provider, usually a physician, whose practice is devoted to treating patients in a hospital setting.
a physician who provides medical care to orphaned patients admitted to hospital. (An orphaned patient is one whose family physician either does not have privileges at this hospital or a patient who does not have his/her own family doctor).
A hospital-based physician who serves as the physician-of-record for hospitalized inpatients by taking "hand-offs" from primary care physicians and then returning the patients to the care of their primary care providers at the time of discharge.
Hospitalists are physicians who care primarily for patients in a hospital setting. The hospitalist may confer with your primary care provider or specialist, and may refer you to a different physician for follow-up care after discharge.
a physician in charge of caring for hospitalized patients. These practitioners are rarely involved in outpatient care; they concentrate their efforts on caring for emergency patients, critical care patients, and patients confined to wards.
A hospitalist provides quality medical treatment to individuals while they are in the hospital. Hospitalists are based in the hospital and specialize in all aspects of a patient's care - from admission until discharge. To do this, hospitalists manage and coordinate the entire inpatient episode of care, working closely with the patient's primary care physician and/or specialists involved.