HealthProviders DB is a comprehensive database of healthcare providers, including a complete directory of all Hospitalist Physicians.
Physician Healthcare Taxonomy Code 208M00000X
As of today, the following are the total number of Hospitalist Physicians nationally, in your state, and near your location.
Select the State to show the list of Hospitalist Physicians by State. In addition, you can also narrow the list by City and more from the filter panel.
Alaska – Alabama – Armed Forces Pacific – Arkansas – American Samoa – Arizona – California – Colorado – Connecticut – District of Columbia – Delaware – Florida – Federated States of Micronesia – Georgia – Guam – Hawaii – Iowa – Idaho – Illinois – Indiana – Kansas – Kentucky – Louisiana – Massachusetts – Maryland – Maine – Marshall Islands – Michigan – Minnesota – Missouri – Northern Mariana Islands – Mississippi – Montana – North Carolina – North Dakota – Nebraska – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New Mexico – Nevada – New York – Ohio – Oklahoma – Oregon – Pennsylvania – Puerto Rico – Palau – Rhode Island – South Carolina – South Dakota – Tennessee – Texas – Utah – Virginia – Virgin Islands – Vermont – Washington – Wisconsin – West Virginia – Wyoming
Medicare
The following are the total number of Hospitalist Physicians who accept Medicare in your state, the number who have opted out of Medicare, and the total number excluded from participation in Medicare nationwide.
You can download the Hospitalist Physicians dataset using HealthProviders DB Export.
What do Hospitalist Physicians do?
A hospitalist is a doctor who provides medical care to hospitalized patients, focusing on their care from admission to discharge.
They diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, coordinate with specialists, and manage a patient’s overall care within the hospital setting.
Hospitalists act as a consistent point of contact, answer questions, and ensure smooth transitions for patients returning to their primary care physicians.
What they do
Patient care: Provide day-to-day medical management for inpatients, including diagnosing and treating a wide range of conditions.
Coordination: Act as the central point of contact for a patient’s care team, including specialists, nurses, and therapists.
Testing and treatment: Order and review diagnostic tests (like X-rays and lab work), prescribe medications, and adjust treatment plans as needed.
Communication: Keep patients and their families informed, answer questions about their treatment, and communicate with the patient’s primary care doctor upon discharge.
Hospital system expertise: They are experts in the hospital environment, enabling faster decision-making, improved hospital efficiency, and better patient outcomes.
How they differ from primary care physicians
Specialization: A hospitalist’s specialization is the hospital itself, rather than a specific organ system or disease, as with a traditional specialist. However, hospitalists can have specialized training in areas like pediatrics, internal medicine, or oncology.
Scope of practice: Hospitalists focus exclusively on hospitalized patients, while primary care physicians (PCPs) focus on long-term outpatient care.
Continuity of care: A hospitalist is a temporary physician for a patient’s hospital stay, and the patient returns to their PCP for all future outpatient needs.