PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Michota, Franklin
AU  - Lewis, Todd
AU  - Cash, Joseph
TI  - The hospitalism Will inpatient specialists improve care
DP  - 1998 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 297--300
VI  - 65
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/6/297.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/6/297.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1998 Jun 01; 65
AB  - The number of hospitalists—ie, practitioners who specialize in the care of hospital inpatients—is growing rapidly in the United States. In part a response to managed care’s push for better health outcomes with a minimum waste of time, effort, and money, this new specialty has its own national organization, affiliated with the American College of Physicians. Challenges to hospitalists include minimizing the use of consultations and unnecessary laboratory tests for inpatient care, and ensuring continuity of care once patients leave the hospital.