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The Park Nicollet Experience in Establishing a Hospitalist System
- From Park Nicollet Clinic, HealthSystem Minnesota, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Note: This article is one of a series of articles comprising an Annals of Internal Medicine supplement entitled “ The Hospitalist Movement in the United States.” To see a complete list of the articles included in this supplement, please view its Table of Contents.
Abstract
A hospitalist system was developed at Park Nicollet Clinic in 1993, was implemented in 1994, and remains in existence today. It was established without knowledge of any other similar program in the United States. Internists and family practitioners were given the choice to continue to care for hospitalized patients or to become totally office based. The new system has met with good patient acceptance along with increased physician satisfaction and retention. This paper describes some key aspects of the institution of the system in a multispecialty group that includes both family practitioners and internists.
- Hospitalists
- Medical staff, hospital
- Quality of health care
- Health services research
- Patient satisfaction
Article and Author Information
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Acknowledgments: The author thanks the Health Research Center of the Park Nicollet Medical Foundation, particularly Jinnet Fowles, PhD, Elizabeth Kind, MS, RN, and Susan Adlis, MS, for conducting the research on patient satisfaction. He also thanks Robert M. Wachter, MD, and Lori Watkinson for their support in the preparation of this paper.
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Grant Support: In part by a grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
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Requests for Reprints: Richard B. Freese, MD, Park Nicollet Clinic, HealthSystem Minnesota, 3800 Park Nicollet Boulevard, St. Louis Park, MN 55416; e-mail, freesr{at}hsmnet.com.
- Copyright ©2004 by the American College of Physicians
