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Hospitalist — A hospital based general physician. Hospitalists assume the care of hospitalized patients in the place of patients’ primary care physician. The term hospitalist was first introduced in 1996 by RM Wachter and L Goldman to describe physicians who… … Medical dictionary
hospitalist — n. A doctor who practices medicine only in a hospital. Example Citations: The medical center has also hired three hospitalists expected to draw as many as 300 new patients this year a move that Stephen Shortell, a health policy professor at the… … New words
hospitalist — /hos pi tl ist/, n. a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine. [1990 95; HOSPITAL + IST] * * * … Universalium
hospitalist — hos•pi•tal•ist [[t]ˈhɒs pɪ tl ɪst[/t]] n. a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine • Etymology: 1990–95 … From formal English to slang
hospitalist — /ˈhɒspətələst/ (say hospuhtuhluhst) noun a medical practitioner who works in the public healthcare sector to provide cross specialty expertise and facilitate a patient s access to a variety of medical services. {hospital(ism) + ist; a system… …
hospitalist — /hos pi tl ist/, n. a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine. [1990 95; HOSPITAL + IST] … Useful english dictionary
Hospital medicine — in the United States is the discipline concerned with the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Doctors, Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners whose primary professional focus is hospital medicine are called hospitalists; this type … Wikipedia
Inpatient care — is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital. Progress in modern medicine and the advent of comprehensive out patient clinics ensure that patients are only admitted to a hospital when they are extremely ill or are have … Wikipedia
Martin A. Samuels — Martin A. Samuels, MD, DSc (hon), FAAN, MACP, FRCP, is an eminent American physician, teacher of medicine and internationally recognized expert in the field of neurology. A leading authority on the relationships between neurology and the rest of… … Wikipedia
surgicalist — n. A surgeon who works exclusively in a hospital. [Shortening of surgical hospitalist.] Example Citations: He s on call 24 hours day, ready to perform an appendectomy, remove a gall bladder, or do a surgery another doctor can t get to. It s just… … New words
