Patient Satisfaction: the Hospitalist’s Role

The development and growth of hospital medicine is the latest site-specific evolution of practice specialization and focuses on the complex care of hospitalized patients. Hospitalists spend most of their professional time in the hospital providing care for general medical patients and are well positioned and uniquely committed to improving the care of hospitalized patients. Exceptional patient satisfaction is a key outcome that should result from the care provided by hospitalists.

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