26
2011
The Growth of Hospitalists and Hospitalist Jobs
The growth of the number of physicians that can be categorized as Hospitalists — doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals — has been one of the most striking developments in medicine over the last two decades. And this trend shows no signs of slowing.
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston produced the first quantitative analysis of the increase in the number of Hospitalists in a 2009 study. Using Medicare data, they calculated that the percentage of internal medicine physicians practicing as Hospitalists jumped from 5.9 percent in 1995 to 19 percent in 2006. The trend has continued as some estimates say that there are over 30,000 working in Hospitalist Medicine today.
Just as it was difficult to imagine a hospital without an emergency department or an intensive care unit, it is now almost as difficult to imagine a hospital without a Hospitalist Medicine program. This is why interest in the field is at an all-time high, not just among internists, but with residents and mid-level practitioners as well.
You can lean more about the Hospitalist jobs we have here and tips on starting a career in Hospitalist Medicine here.
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Comments
Sunil Pandya
July 26th at 7:21pm
There are four main types of Hospitalist programs out there.
1. Hospital Owned
2. Small Privately Run Local group
3. Funded and Backed by insurance company or large multispeciality.
4. Large Corporation with regional or national presence
While there are pros and cons to all four, one must consider what their
individual career goals are when choosing rather then looking merely at
schedule, salary, and location. In my 9 year experience as a Hospitalist,
owner, and now chief medical officer, I can safely say the process of matching a given provider to their approriate group type, is the most crucial
piece to a succesful program and career.
Atlanta Hospice
August 16th at 5:23am
Good thing that there are so many people that studying medical to help ill people, there are so many graduates of medical degree every year but only few become a great doctor, I mean those people who study to help and save the lives of ill people and not just for the money that they can get from their job.