Hospital medicine is the fastest growing medical specialty in the US. Hospitalists manage high-acuity inpatients with serious conditions while under pressure to improve quality and reduce lengths of stay. This activity describes the strategic position hospitalists occupy in improving quality of care, what can be learned from medical malpractice claims against hospitalists, and risk management strategies for reducing risk.
Credit & MOC Details
Credit information is provided by the course provider. We recommend confirming credit eligibility with the provider or your licensing board before starting the activity.
Credit types
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Up to 1 credit
MOC types
ABIM — Medical KnowledgeUp to 1 pointABP — Lifelong Learning and Self-AssessmentUp to 1 point
FDA REMS
No
Qualifies for MIPS
No
Target Specialties
Specialties served/covered
- Adolescent Medicine
- Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
- Allergy & Clinical Immunology
- Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Anesthesia
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
- Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Foot & Ankle Surgery
- Gastroenterology
- General Internal Medicine
- General Operative Anesthesia
- General Otolaryngology
- General Pediatrics
- General Surgery
- Geriatric Medicine
- Head & Neck Surgery
- Hematology
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
- Laryngology
- Medical Microbiology
- Medical Oncology
- Medical Toxicology
- Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
- Musculoskeletal Oncology
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Neuro Anesthesia
- Neurocritical Care
- Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
- Neurological & Spinal Cord Injury Rehab
- Neuromuscular Medicine
- Obstetric Anesthesia
- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Trauma
- Otology & Neurotology
- Pain Medicine
- Pediatric Anesthesia
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric Neurology
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Practice Management & Ethics
- Primary Care Sports Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
- Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain
- Rheumatology
- Rhinology
- Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
- Sleep Medicine
- Spine Surgery
- Surgery of the Hand & Upper Extremity
- Surgical Critical Care
- Surgical Oncology
- Thoracic Anesthesia
- Thoracic Surgery
- Transplant Hepatology
- Transplant Surgery
- Trauma Surgery
- Urology
- Vascular Neurology
- Vascular Surgery
- Anesthesiology
- Cardio-Vascular
- Cross-Specialty
- Emergency & Critical Care
- ENT & Head Neck
- GI & Liver
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Subspecialties
- Neurology
- Oncology & Hematology
- Orthopedics
- Pain & Palliative
- Pathology & Lab
- Pediatrics
- Primary care
- Rehabilitation
- Sports & Exercise Medicine
- Surgery
- Urology
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- Online course / module
- Credit · Up to 1 credit
- MOC · Up to 1 point
- Paid · fee on provider site
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ReleasedAug 19, 2025
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Last day to claim creditAug 19, 2028 2 years left
