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'''Placement''' or '''placementology''' is the subspecialty once known as [[Hospitalist|hospital medicine]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/12/placement-medicine/ “Hospital Medicine” Renamed “Placement Medicine”(Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/09/placement-hospitalists-perspective/ Placement: A Hospitalist’s Perspective(Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/05/dramatic-code-placement/ Dramatic “Code Placement” Captured on Tape(Gomerblog)]</ref>

One of the current controversies regarding '''placement''' is whether or not a discharge home is '''placement.''' Many would argue that '''placement''' is merely the act of placing someone somewhere else other than an acute inpatient unit, even if that place happens to be home. This is a huge talking point because if the formal recognition is made, then the goal of achieving 100% placement of all inpatients is feasible.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/place-americans-2020/ Hospitalists Aim to Place All Americans by 2020(Gomerblog)]</ref>