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All concepts of hospitals systems including professional standards, ethics, quality improvement, and resource utilization are covered in this chapter. The structure of successful hospitalist programs is used as a template. Then tools utilized for quality improvement, which have been adopted from other industries, are discussed as well. The transition to post-acute care and the complications encountered are examined in this chapter.