WOLFBORO — Huggins Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of a Hospitalist Program to bring better access to physicians for all patients. The concept of a hospitalist, a doctor who specializes in caring for patients in the hospital, was first mentioned in a 1996 article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Since that time, many hospitals throughout the country have successfully implemented hospitalist programs. According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, from 1997 to 2006 the number of physicians identified as hospitalists increased from less than 6 percent to almost 20 percent in that time period. The same study concluded that there has been a substantial increase in the care of hospitalized patients by hospitalist physicians during that time period.
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