Sometimes I get envious of my hospitalist friends but then I have to remember what their day looks like. Can't imaging rounding on 10-20 pts, admissions, orders, notes, follow up on tests, discharge, etc. Can you really make a 30 year career out of that? Same with EM.
At least where I practice a lot of the hospitalists have an army of nps who do much of the work. The pay and hours are surprisingly good for the area. 7 on, 7 off 300k+ and like I said nps are doing a lot of the work. Too bad the nps can manage these sick inpatients but cant babysit my linac or see a breast otv.