THE NEW ERA OF HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY - WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Managed care and competition are creating pressures to control costs a nd prevent adverse outcomes in health care. These forces are also crea ting a new era in hospital epidemiology, one in which there are many o pportunities for the infectious disease physician, The ability to crea te and administer a hospital epidemiology program is a valuable asset in this environment. Included in hospital epidemiology programs are ac tivities such as infection control, quality management, employee healt h, risk management, and microbiology and clinical pharmacy consultatio ns. The hospital epidemiologist must be prepared to take advantage of the opportunities created.