TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 26. Building, Growing, and Managing a Hospitalist Practice A1 - Bessler, Robert A. A2 - McKean, Sylvia C. A2 - Ross, John J. A2 - Dressler, Daniel D. A2 - Brotman, Daniel J. A2 - Ginsberg, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine AB - According to the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), the number of hospitalists has increased from approximately 5,000 hospitaists in 2005 to more than 30,000 hospitalists in 2010. Despite this explosive growth and the fact that the majority of hospitals now have hospitalist programs, not all of them have been successful in establishing a thriving organization with staying power. The need for financial support of hospitalist programs and overextension of services coupled with recruitment issues, turnover, and leave of absences may lead to excessive workloads and possibly burnout. The overall annual turnover percentage of hospitalists is high, approximately 22% nationwide, despite opportunities to improve retention of physicians within a practice (SHM data). None of these issues are unique to Hospital Medicine and have been experienced by other geographically localized specialties including emergency medicine and critical care. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56192662 ER -