How do they match: Hospitalists

  • Physician
  • Consultant Physician
  • Emergency Physician
  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Hospitalist Nocturnist Physician
  • Pediatric Hospitalist Physician
  • Pulmonary Critical Care Physician

  • Communicate with patients' primary care physicians upon admission, when treatment plans change, or at discharge to maintain continuity and quality of care.
  • Train or supervise medical students, residents, or other health professionals.
  • Write patient discharge summaries and send them to primary care physicians.

  • Manage healthcare operations.
  • Process healthcare paperwork.
  • Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.