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Post-Hospitalist Medicine is the discipline concerned with the medical care of post-acute patients. Physicians whose primary professional focus is post-hospital care are post-hospitalists. Typical community PCPs and most other NP/PA/extender models do not have the time or ability to effectively monitor patient care when the patient is in a post-acute facility. As a result, increased hospitalizations, readmissions and unnecessary ER utilization occur frequently, increasing overall health care costs.〔http://www.slideshare.net/GeneralMedicine/why-hospital-readmissions-from-nursing-homes-dont-matter Why Hospital Readmissions from Nursing Homes Don’t Matter〕 When patients become ill with an urgent or non-emergency problem, most traditional care models typically direct the patient to the ER, utilizing the ER as an outpatient clinic rather than going to the post-acute facility, examining and treating the patient on-site.〔http://www.amednews.com/article/20080128/profession/301289967/7/ Study ties hospitalist care to shorter patient stays, American Medical News by the American Medical Association〕 By comparison, other models providing limited results and exposure to facilities include the following: * Traditional attending physicians (PCPs) and/or medical directors * NP practices – Independent NPs provide post-acute rounding services on behalf of collaborative physicians * Group practice extenders – Employed extenders of traditional practices provide post-acute rounding services. * Hospitalist extenders – Employed extenders of hospitalist programs provide post-acute rounding services. * Health system extenders – Employed extenders of hospitals/health systems provide post-acute rounding services. Post-hospitalist medical services focus on providing better care to meet the needs of high-risk, medically complex patients with the following common diagnoses: * Asthma 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Post-hospitalist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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