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Hospitalist Infectious Disease Service in Academic Medical Centers: A Win-Win for Hospitalists and Fellows

Authors: Jennifer Townsend, MD, Kittane Srinivas Vishnupriya, MBBS, Eili Klein, PhD, Brian Spoelhof, PharmD, Jonathan Zenilman, MD

Abstract

In the last decade, inpatient care has changed dramatically at academic centers nationwide. In part this has been driven by resident work-hour restrictions, which have forced most teaching hospitals to develop and expand hospitalist services.1,2 Our institution initiated an inpatient hospitalist team, called the Collaborative Inpatient Medical Service, in 2000. The service has grown significantly since its inception, and in 2014 included 40 providers and admitted 63% (N = 7170) of the medicine admissions.

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