title: Hospitalists at an academic medical center, part 1: impact of a voluntary pilot hospitalist program.
abstract: The use of hospitalists-physicians who limit their practice largely or exclusively to hospital inpatient care-has been a growing trend in the United States. The authors examine some pressures affecting an academic medical center and present the results of a hospitalist pilot project there. Based on the criteria of reduced patient length of hospital stay, hospital financial savings, physician satisfaction, and payer interest, the pilot hospitalist program was successful within 6 months.
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; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers