title: Hospitalists at an academic medical center, part 2: guidelines and suggestions for the successful expansion of a voluntary pilot hospitalist program.
abstract: Previously, the authors discussed the successful introduction of a pilot hospitalist program at an academic medical center. Here they examine best practices for the expansion of such a program. Many studies have shown hospitalists to be associated with improvements in hospital quality indicators such as decreased length of stay, but the conditions necessary for the expansion of a hospitalist program have received considerably less attention. The authors review guidelines and empirical evidence from the literature for the successful implementation of hospitalist programs generally and present specific recommendations for a previously described pilot hospitalist program at an academic medical center.
authors.forename: Elliot
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nersesian
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers