title: Developing a successful hospitalist program.
abstract: In 1998, St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico, became one of the first hospitals to develop a hospitalist program. The administration and physicians discovered critical elements that must be built to achieve success.
authors.affiliation: St. Vincent's Hospital, Santa Fe, N.M., USA. Gary.frank@stvin.org
authors.forename: Gary D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gonzales
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009516:New Mexico; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation