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  • noun Plural form of hospitalist.

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Examples

  • Some primary care physicians choose to work in hospitals and are referred to as hospitalists, but the majority work in out-patient settings.

    Helene Pavlov, M.D.: Should Tuition Be Free for Medical School? M.D. Helene Pavlov 2011

  • Some primary care physicians choose to work in hospitals and are referred to as hospitalists, but the majority work in out-patient settings.

    Helene Pavlov, M.D.: Should Tuition Be Free for Medical School? M.D. Helene Pavlov 2011

  • Doctors who specialize in the general care of hospital patients -- a relatively new category of doctors called "hospitalists" -- reduce the average hospital stay by 12%, but only modestly lower treatment costs, according to a new study.

    'Hospitalists' Are Seen as Help 2007

  • Increasingly, a group of doctors called "hospitalists" - physicians, usually internists, that specialize in the care of hospitalized patients - are filling the void left by primary-care physicians who no longer do hospital rounds.

    daytondailynews.com - News bsutherly@DaytonDailyNews.com 2010

  • Increasingly, a group of doctors called "hospitalists" - physicians, usually internists, that specialize in the care of hospitalized patients - are filling the void left by primary-care physicians who no longer do hospital rounds.

    daytondailynews.com - News bsutherly@DaytonDailyNews.com 2010

  • One of the most striking changes in health care over the last two decades has been a dramatic increase in physicians categorized as "hospitalists" - doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals, rather than combining both outpatient and inpatient care.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • GALVESTON, Texas -- One of the most striking changes in health care over the last two decades has been a dramatic increase in physicians categorized as "hospitalists" -- doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals, rather than combining both outpatient and inpatient care.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • One of the most striking changes in health care over the last two decades has been a dramatic increase in physicians categorized as "hospitalists" - doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals, rather than combining both outpatient and inpatient care.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • One solution gaining in popularity is to hire more nocturnists, a subset of the specialty group known as hospitalists -- physicians who work as full-time staff doctors with no outside patients.

    Hospitals Move 2008

  • The specialists, called hospitalists, are also supposed to improve quality by riding herd on the details of care, and I get more free time.

    How Family Doctors Can Make 2008

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