Realizing the Potential of Hospitalist Medicine

The bar to break even is high, and the goal is not to break even. Hospital medicine has been the fastest growing field in medicine due to multiple factors; none of which are a proven net benefit over the traditional model when the posthospitalization period is considered. A traditional model, which can also be called “historic” in recognition of its current impracticality and rarity, here refers to a primary care physician (PCP) who sees a patient longitudinally over years, provides care as the attending of record while the patient is hospitalized, and seamlessly resumes outpatient care promptly after discha rge.
Source: Medical Clinics of North America - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research