hospitalist

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The Word of the Day for February 17 is: 

hospitalist   \HOSS-pih-tuh-list\   noun
     : a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients of other 
physicians in order to minimize the number of hospital visits by other 
physicians 

Example sentence:
     Naomi worried that as a hospitalist she would have to work harder to 
achieve personalized relationships with her patients.

Did you know?
     "Hospitalist" refers to what is rapidly becoming a new specialty in 
medicine, perhaps due in part to the rise of organized health care. These days, 
the care that you receive during a hospital stay may be coordinated and 
monitored by a doctor who is not your regular doctor or the referring 
physician. The word "hospitalist" itself first appeared in print in 1996 and 
derives, of course, from "hospital," which in turn can be traced back to the 
Medieval Latin "hospitale," meaning "hospice" or "guest house."





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