hospitalist

noun

Definition of hospitalistnext
as in physician

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Recent Examples of hospitalist Adam Rodman, a hospitalist who researches AI programs at Harvard Medical School, discourages people from using AI to triage emergency situations, but says AI can add significant value to a patient's interaction with a human medical practitioner. — Katia Riddle, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026 Beth Mork Mork is a hospitalist at M Health Fairview and a parent in the district. — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026 Individuals under the age of 21 can contact Valley Med’s youth opioid inpatient program by calling (408) 885-5255 and asking for the pediatric hospitalist on call. — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2025 Her journey from hospitalist to a leader in lifestyle medicine is driven by a powerful belief that health is determined by the total quality of one's life. — Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hospitalist
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  1. physician
  2. doctor
  3. clinician
  4. attending
  5. doc
  6. internist
Noun
  • Most questions are screened by the office staff before they are relayed to the physician.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The physician runs a social media account critical of the communist government.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of physician
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  • This plan will break up monopolies, lower medical debt, bring down the cost of prescription drugs, and ensure doctors decide what medication their patients need — not insurance companies.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The baby was last, which might have been why doctors were able to briefly restart a heartbeat once he was rushed to the hospital after his father returned home.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of doctor
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  • Implement VisualDx software, training, and program management to help participating FQHC clinicians diagnose and manage conditions that often require specialty input.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Separately this summer, Cigna announced a $100 million investment through 2028 to use AI to reduce the time clinicians need to spend documenting their cases and speed up the prescription process.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of clinician
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  • Then, on Sunday, Syria convened an unannounced but highly anticipated opening of the first post-revolution Parliament, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa attending.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
  • The watch party near the Garden has become a major event all through the playoffs, but with Trump attending, that event was moved a few blocks away outside the security perimeter, at Bryant Park.
    — Stephen Whyno, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Definition of attending
Noun
  • Others are likely to follow in his footsteps, because docs about the worst day of someone’s life and the terrible things people do to one another is a genre of entertainment that audiences can’t get enough of.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Producer and 10 Lives founder and CEO Daniel Catullo set the stage for such a party by introducing the film and encouraging audience members to get out of their seats during the showing and record clips of the doc.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of doc
Noun
  • Jeffrey Millstein is an internist and regional medical director for primary and specialty care at Penn Medicine.
    — Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Cara developed new symptoms over the course of the summer, including unexplained vomiting, and so her parents took her to see an internist in August.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Definition of internist

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“Hospitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalist. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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