Type: Term Pronunciation: hos′pi-tăl-ist Definitions: 1. A physician whose professional activities are performed chiefly within a hospital, anesthesiologists, emergency department physicians, intensivists (intensive care specialists), pathologists, and radiologists. 2. A primary care physician (not a house officer) who assumes responsibi...
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Hospitalist: A hospital-based general physician. Hospitalists assume the care of hospitalized patients in the place of patients' primary care physician. The term 'hospitalist' was first introduced in 1996 by RM Wachter and L Goldman to describe physicians who devote much of their professional time and focus to the care of hospitalized patients. In ...
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