Hospitalists: in-house docs can ease some vexing problems, but first you've got to win over the skeptics. Hospitals & health networks / AHA. [Hosp Health Netw] Journal article

In-house physicians can alleviate many headaches, such as keeping the ED staffed and making sure a doctor is on hand when a patient's regular physician is unavailable. Success depends on resolving turf wars between hospitalists and other docs, dearly defining duties and workload, and designing pay to reward both volume and quality.

Hospitals & health networks / AHA. [Hosp Health Netw]

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Employment
Health Care Surveys
Hospital-Physician Relations
Hospitalists
Humans
Institutional Practice
Interprofessional Relations
Models, Organizational
Physician-Patient Relations
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Specialties, Medical
United States
Workload