PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ari Hoffman
AU  - Arian Hatefi
AU  - Robert Wachter
TI  - Hospitalists, value and the future
AID  - 10.7861/futurehosp.3-1-62
DP  - 2016 Feb 01
TA  - Future Hospital Journal
PG  - 62--64
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/1/62.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/1/62.full
SO  - Future Hosp J2016 Feb 01; 3
AB  - Health systems face increasing pressure to optimise value: providing the best quality care for the lowest possible cost. In the US, changes in modern healthcare, along with early efforts to contain costs, fuelled the growth of a new cadre of inpatient clinicians known as hospitalists. This commentary briefly reviews the history of the hospitalist movement through the lens of healthcare value, examines the evidence for value improvement in the care and training provided by hospitalists, and concludes by exploring both the lessons learned and remaining challenges facing hospitalists. We believe that openness to challenging the status quo was a critical enabler of the US hospitalist’s impact on both the healthcare workforce and the American care delivery model. This spirit of re-engineering has far-reaching implications, both in the USA and abroad.