Is it important for hospitalists to understand costs?

In Today’s Hospitalist, Jeremy Graham, DO discusses implications of research he’s published about hospitalists and costs (How much is that bed on the ward? Hospitalists are clueless about patient charges). Not surprisingly, hospitalists –like almost everyone in the hospital– have no idea what anything costs. That’s no real shock, as Graham points out: It’s often [...]

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