title: The inpatient's best friend. 'Hospitalists' specialize in managing care of the very ill.
abstract: Weston Chandler's business card reads: "Inpatient internal medicine specializing in the care of the hospitalized patient." In other words, he's a hospitalist, or a physician who cares for sick people in hospitals and nowhere else, and he's part of a new movement emerging in medicine. Modern Healthcare spent a day with Chandler to explore what hospitalists do and why their role may lead to more economical healthcare.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D004651:Employment; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D008511:Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States