Hospitalists
Code: 29-1069.03
Description : Provide inpatient care predominantly in settings such as medical wards, acute care units, intensive care units, rehabilitation centers, or emergency rooms. Manage and coordinate patient care throughout treatment.
JobTitles : Hospitalist, Medical Director, Hospitalist Program Director, Chief of Hospital Medicine, Chief of Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine Director, Hospitalist Medical Director, Inpatient Services Director
Tasks:
- Diagnose, treat, or provide continuous care to hospital inpatients.
- Prescribe medications or treatment regimens to hospital inpatients.
- Admit patients for hospital stays.
- Write patient discharge summaries and send them to primary care physicians.
- Conduct discharge planning and discharge patients.
- Order or interpret the results of tests such as laboratory tests and radiographs (x-rays).
- Communicate with patients' primary care physicians upon admission, when treatment plans change, or at discharge to maintain continuity and quality of care.
- Refer patients to medical specialists, social services or other professionals as appropriate.
- Participate in continuing education activities to maintain or enhance knowledge and skills.
- Attend inpatient consultations in areas of specialty.