Harrison Medical Center's Hospitalist Program
Patients whose physicians take part in Harrison Medical Center's voluntary hospitalist program receive
care during hospitalization from an inpatient specialist—or hospitalist—for
any condition their physician would normally treat. Harrison hospitalists
are board-certified internal medicine specialists; they have no clinic
affiliation and practice only within the hospital. A team of 12 provides
care 24 hours a day.
Hospitalists communicate along the way with physicians about patient
treatment and progress. At discharge, physicians resume follow-up care,
continuing to see their own patients for office visits and overseeing
their care as usual. Just as hospitalists only treat patients in the
hospital, these participating physicians focus on the care of patients
outside the hospital.