Hospitalists: who they are and what they do.

The hospitalist movement is spreading like wildfire. Find out the latest statistics on hospitalists.

Analyzing patterns-of-treatment data to provide feedback to physicians.

Physicians' practice patterns can be influenced through feedback programs. The purpose of this article is to define a methodology that provides the feedback information necessary to affect physicians' practice patterns, using data collected by a large multispecialty physician group and individualized feedback plans for primary care physicians.