Gauge the medical staff's view of the hospitalist service to foster alignment

Hospitalists are an integral, indispensable part of hospitals' around-the-clock operations. They are increasingly responsible for in-hospital patient care and necessary for managing publicly reportable clinical and service-related outcomes. At the same time, hospitalists can be disruptive as hospitalists and medical staffs face the challenge of sharing their professional spaces, responsibilities, and obligations.

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