Nonphysician providers in the hospitalist model: A prescription for change and a warning about unintended side effects

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-102

  Ford, William T ^a   Britting, Lorraine L ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; REVIEW; TEAMWORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76149085880     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.556     Document Type: Review

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