Developing a successful hospitalist program

Physician Exec. 2002 Nov-Dec;28(6):32-6.

Abstract

In 1998, St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico, became one of the first hospitals to develop a hospitalist program. The administration and physicians discovered critical elements that must be built to achieve success.

MeSH terms

  • Decision Making, Organizational
  • Hospitalists / organization & administration*
  • Hospitals, Community / organization & administration*
  • Models, Organizational
  • New Mexico
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Program Development / methods*
  • Program Evaluation