What is the optimal role for hospitalists in the care of surgical patients?
The jury is still out. Options range from consulting hospitalists only when medical complications occur to a broad net of comanagement of all patients. Another approach is to screen for high risk patients who stand to benefit most. A hospitalist group from the University of Chicago Medical Center presented their data on this approach at the 2009 Cleveland Clinic Perioperative Medicine Summit.
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