The hospitalist: the new addition to the inpatient management team.
To coordinate care and manage costs, physicians are being added to the inpatient management team. To assist the chief nurse executive in assimilating this new team member into the patient care provider group, the authors describe the role of the hospitalist, the goals of the organization in using the new role, questions to ask and steps to take to ensure success for the whole-care team and the organization.
Noyes
B J
BJ
Noyes & Associates Ltd., Bainbridge Island, WA, USA. noyes@noyesconsult.com
Healy
S A
SA
D020445:Hospitalists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007325:Institutional Practice; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States