The Endocrine Hospitalist: Enhancing the Quality of Diabetes Care
Mihail Zilbermint
Abstract
The endocrine hospitalist and inpatient diabetes management team increases access to endocrinology consultations and improves glycemic control and quality metrics such as length of stay and hospital readmission. Enhanced glycemic care is needed in both academic and community hospital settings. Endocrine fellowship programs should implement endocrine hospitalist rotations with emphasis on training endocrine fellows to deliver fast-paced inpatient endocrine care. Entrepreneurship, innovation, and a "start-up" culture within the field of Endocrinology should be encouraged and supported by healthcare systems.
Topics & Concepts
Endocrine systemGlycemicMedicineHealth careDiabetes mellitusQuality (philosophy)NursingInternal medicineEndocrinologyHormoneEpistemologyEconomic growthPhilosophyEconomicsHyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patientsHospital Admissions and OutcomesDiabetes Management and Research