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Hospitalists and the patient experience

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

By Mike Stephens
Former CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianÂ
The growing shortage of general internal medicine physicians is occurring at a time when an aging population will require more, not fewer, to provide primary care. It’s estimated that fewer than 20 percent of those physicians who complete a general internal medicine residency intend to begin an active practice [...]