Executive Briefing: Specialty Hospitalists
where physician shortages exist, specialty hospitalists
can reduce the pressure local private practice physicians face to fill the void in the ED. A specialty hospitalist program can also keep an ED from going uncovered
in specialties or services for which physician shortages
exist, says Mr. Krumanocker.
The presence of specialty hospitalists proves to be advantageous for private practice physicians, resulting in a
positive situation for both hospitals and their physicians.
Having private practice physicians and specialty hospitalists work together at a hospital is an ideal model, and
one that will hopefully become a standard of care in the
future, says Dr. Lin. n
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Specialty hospitalists help
private physicians by
relieving them of the burden
of ED calls, which can
be very unpredictable"
— Gene Krumanocker, COO,
Delphi of TeamHealth
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healthcare professionals provide emergency medicine, hospital medicine, anesthesia, urgent care, and pediatric staffing and management services to approximately 800 civilian and military hospitals, clinics, and physician groups in 47 states. The term "TeamHealth" as
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