Dr. Dal Molin admitted Brazil’s healthcare system is just learning about the HM model, and groups face myriad clinical, financial, and professional issues. “HM in Brazil is not recognized as a specialty yet,” she said. “We’re working on it. I’m thinking maybe in the next two years it will be recognized.”
As scientific director of the Brazilian Society of Hospital Medicine, Dr. Dal Molin was one of a small contingency of hospitalists from the Southern Hemisphere at HM12. The group is planning its second Brazilian Congress of HM Nov. 15-16 in Sao Paulo.
Richard Quinn is a freelance writer based in New Jersey.