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The Current State of Hospital Medicine: Trends in Compensation, Practice Patterns, Advanced Practice Providers, Malpractice, and Career Satisfaction

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Hospital medicine is approximately 20 years old. The term Hospitalist was first coined in a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article written by Lee Goldman and Bob Wachter (Wachter N Engl J Med 335:514–517, 1996). It has been the fastest growing specialty in the history of medicine, with 50,000 current practicing Hospitalists in the United States. This represents a steady and slightly exponential growth of roughly 2850 new hospitalists per year for the past 15 years (Society of Hospital Medicines 2016 Report Based on 2015 Data), making it the largest subspecialty of Internal Medicine. Approximately 75% of all Hospitals in the US employ hospitalists, with the percentage increasing yearly. This chapter explores the growth and development of hospital medicine over the years, with a focus on compensation, practice patterns, AP Providers, malpractice, and career satisfaction.

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  1. Hospital Medicine, Ochsner Health Systems 1514, Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA, 70121, USA

    Kevin Conrad

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    Theodora Valovska

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Conrad, K., Valovska, T. (2018). The Current State of Hospital Medicine: Trends in Compensation, Practice Patterns, Advanced Practice Providers, Malpractice, and Career Satisfaction. In: Conrad, K. (eds) Clinical Approaches to Hospital Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64774-6_18

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