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The Neurohospitalist is a new, quarterly, international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the practice and performance of neurohospitalist medicine. The Neurohospitalist offers comprehensive ground-breaking research focused on neurological diseases in the hospital setting, neurohospitalist centered systems-based practice, practice based improvement, and inpatient quality metrics. The journal presents clinically oriented and evidence-based original research, topic reviews, a best practices healthcare quality forum, real case studies, and clinical problem-solving exercises.

The Neurohospitalist will address

• The diagnosis and treatment of inpatient neurological diseases and disorders
• Neurocritical care and emergency neurology
• Implementation of evidence-based practice
• Validated approaches to healthcare quality, systems, and outcomes
• Performance measures and patient safety
• The challenges of maintaining a neurohospitalist program
• Neurology residency and fellowship training; in-hospital team building and education
• Medical-legal and ethical issues

Among the likely topics in forthcoming issues are

• Stroke and Cerebrovascular Neurology
• Encephalopathy and Delirium
• Healthcare Quality and Safety and Outcomes Research
• Seizures and Status Epilepticus
• Critical Care Neurology
• Neurologic Emergencies
• Neurological Complications of General Medical and Surgical Disease
• Central Nervous System Infections
• Neurological Complications of HIV Infection
• Neurological Complications of Solid-Organ Transplantation
• Neuromuscular Disease, (for example, Myasthenic Crisis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome and other acute neuropathies)
• Brain Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury
• Disorders of Intracranial Pressure
• Headache (for example, Intractable Headache)
• Nervous System Trauma
• In-Hospital Procedures, such as Transcranial Doppler and Electroencephalography

This is a must-read journal for neurohospitalists, neurologists, neurointensivists, vascular neurologists, emergency physicians, internal medicine hospitalists, neurological medical residents, neurological nurses, and other medical professionals interested in inpatient neurological care.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).