Are Hospitalist Jobs an Emerging Trend?

A Hospitalist does not have a private practice, so alloffice practice. A keen benefit to this is that the
their patients are hospital based. The benefits ofHospitalist may have access to the latest trends and
Hospitalist jobs are the variety of patients that thenew medical research at their fingertips, especially if
physician can see and treat, and many prefer the briskthey choose employment in a university or teaching
pace of the hospital setting as opposed to the slowerhospital. This not only makes for a more informed
office pace. Many Hospitalists oversee most or all ofphysician, it can benefit their patients by offering them
the patients in a hospital, depending on how large thecutting edge treatments that an office based physician
facility is.may not have access to.
Hospitals benefit from having the Hospitalist on staffIt is a great comfort to the nursing staff knowing there
because it virtually guarantees that a patient will beis a Hospitalist on staff at all times. Most nurses will feel
seen by a physician very quickly in an emergency ormore confident in their own clinical and assessment
urgent situation. Prior to the advent of Hospitalist jobs,skills when there is a competent physician in the
the patient would have to wait longer to see a"house" that can be called upon when needed in an
physician and this not only can put the patient in harmsurgent situation. Physicians and nurses need to work
way, it also caused additional stress and anxiety to theas a team, and the combination of the Hospitalist and
patient and their families.the nurse together caring for patients not only benefits
One of the primary benefits of becoming a Hospitalistthe patients and their families, but the benefits are
is that the physician is an employee of the hospital andmutual for the physician and the nurse. Both have
therefore reaps the benefits such as medicalmuch experience in their respective fields and can
insurance, paid vacation, flexible working hours and paidshare valuable information with each other about
days off. Nationally, many medical schools andcurrent trends and direct patient care. The nurse
hospitals are focusing on advance training orspends the most time with the patient at the bedside
residencies specifically geared toward the Hospitalist.and therefore can offer critical assessment information
Many physicians, after graduating from medical schoolto the Hospitalist.
and completing their residencies are used to theThe position of Hospitalist can be a welcome change
academic environment that the hospital provides andfor the doctor in private practice. Many doctors may
are interested in pursuing their career in that samefind that they miss the hectic pace that the hospital
work environment.provides, especially larger academic hospitals and the
Working only in the hospital can be, for manygreat benefits it provides - not only professionally, but
physicians, an academically stimulating environmentpersonally as well.
which is a stark contrast to the traditional medical