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Correlating with the release of its new Syndicated
Study on Hospitalists, HRA Research offered an
informational webinar on the Growing Importance of
the Hospitalist Specialist, on Monday, May 10th at
11:00 am, US Eastern Time, 8:00 am US Pacific Time
If you missed us or would like to review either the
Audio Highlights with featured speaker Dr. Srour
(mp3) or the full Slide Presentation (pdf), they can be accessed using the links below.
Hospital Medicine is a growing specialty that has a
great deal of influence in the selection and use of
drugs in hospitals. Its demographics and role are
very different from other specialties. Its drug
information needs are unique–presenting a special
opportunity for pharmaceutical companies that
understand these differences.
There are currently 28,000 hospitalists in the
United States and their numbers are growing rapidly.
This is because:
• Growing numbers of primary care physicians (PCPs)
are using them to care for their patients when they
are hospitalized. Since the growth of managed care
guidelines has put constraints on the incomes of
PCPs, there are economic incentives for them to use
hospitalists for their hospitalized patients.
• The trend towards the use of hospitalists is also
supported by hospital administrators and managed
care executives as they have found that use of
hospitalists achieves patient discharges in a timely
manner, thus reducing duration of hospital stays
and, consequently, the costs of hospital stays.
• Pharmaceutical companies that have products which
are used in hospitals have a lot to gain by
understanding the power and the special needs of
hospitalists.
To understand the profile of this specialty and
learn about topics such as their practice trends,
drugs prescribed by them, their special information
needs and other related topics, HRA Research
conducted this informational webinar to provide
insight on the topic.
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