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May
2019
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17:58 PM
America/New_York

10 Key Trends in Hospital Medicine

Staff Care News Blog highlights 10 key trends in hospital medicine, and what institutions and hospitalists can anticipate in the foreseeable future.

Staff Care News Blog spoke to Linda A. Russell, MD, director of perioperative medicine at HSS, who commented on the trending growth of the hospitalist field, saying, “Hospitalists are not going away.” While nearly half of hospital medicine physicians are internists, a report has shown several specialty physicians do exist. Dr. Russell explained the role of the hospitalists at HSS, citing, “They [hospitalists at HSS] care for emergency admissions and respond to rapid response requests and codes.”

Read the full article at StaffCare.com.