Hospitalists and Patient Safety addresses the urgency of patient-centric care for the nearly 30,000 hospitalists expecting to be practicing in North America and abroad by the year 2010, including a focus on areas crucial to hospitalists' practices. The book includes a foreword from Robert M. Wachter, M.D., a leader in the hospitalist movement, and is co-published with the Society of Hospital Medicine. Hospitalists and Patient Safety also offers the following features: Discusses ways hospitalists can improve patient safety Explains how Joint Commission standards and the National Patient Safety Goals can direct hospitalists toward patient-centric care Offers real-world examples of how hospitalists are making patients safer within their organizations