Medicina Hospitalaria a 15 años de su implementación. ¿Cuáles son los potenciales beneficios en nuestro medio?

Autores/as

  • Gonzalo Eymin Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.Fellow in Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and LeadershipDivision of Hospital Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
  • Amir K Jaffer Professor of Medicine and Division Chief of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.

Palabras clave:

Home care services, hospital-based, Hospitalists, Hospital medicine

Resumen

HOSPITAL MEDICINE IN CHILE

After 15 years of development of Hospital Medicine in Chile, there are several benefits of this discipline. Among others, a reduction in the length of hospital stay, readmissions, costs, and improved medical teaching of students, residents and fellows has been observed. However, in South America there are only isolated groups dedicated to Hospital Medicine in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, with a rather slow growth. The unjustified fear of competition from sub specialists, and the fee for service system of payment in our environment may be important factors to understand this phenomenon. The aging of the population makes imperative to improve the safety of our patients and to optimize processes and resources within the hospital, to avoid squandering healthcare resources. The following is a detailed and evidence-based article, on how hospital medicine might benefit both the public and private healthcare systems in Chile.

Biografía del autor/a

Gonzalo Eymin, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.Fellow in Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and LeadershipDivision of Hospital Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

Instructor adjunto, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Grupo de Medicina Hospitalaria, Hospital Clínico de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Fellow in Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and Leadership Division of Hospital Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA 1120 NW, 14th Street, Suite 1183, Miami, Florida, Zip Code 33136, USA Fono: 1-305-2432754, Fax: 1-305-2431538 Email: glago@med.miami.edu/geymin@med.puc.cl

Amir K Jaffer, Professor of Medicine and Division Chief of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.

Professor of Medicine and Division Chief of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA. 1120 NW, 14th Street, Suite 1138, Miami, Florida, Zip Code 33136, USA Fono: 1-305-2431960, Fax: 1-305-2431538 Email: ajaffer@med.miami.edu

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Publicado

2013-03-14

Cómo citar

Eymin, G., & Jaffer, A. K. (2013). Medicina Hospitalaria a 15 años de su implementación. ¿Cuáles son los potenciales beneficios en nuestro medio?. Revista Médica De Chile, 141(3). Recuperado a partir de https://revistamedicadechile.cl/index.php/rmedica/article/view/2148

Número

Vol. 141 Núm. 3 (2013): MARZO 2013

Sección

Articulo Especial

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