Clinical activity in the Department of Internal Medicine is robust and growing. In 2001-2002, over 95,000 ambulatory outpatients were seen in specialty clinics at UI Hospitals and Clinics and around the State of Iowa in Outreach Clinics. For the same period, 6,500 patients were seen in medicine inpatient units. Responding to new models of health care delivery and collaborative management, the Department is leading the way at the University of Iowa in the development of multidisciplinary clinical centers. The UI Family Care Center offers primary ambulatory health care that covers the spectrum of primary specialties with general internists, family physicians, and pediatricians all practicing within the same facility. The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center coordinates all cancer-related research, education, and patient care throughout the University of Iowa by faculty from 38 departments in six colleges, as well as UI Hospitals and Clinics. UI Heart Care provides a complete range of heart related health care services. The Clifton Center for Digestive Diseases coordinates the clinical services of internal medicine, pediatrics, and surgery for patients with all types of gastroenterological and hepatological problems. A Hospitalist Program designed and coordinated by faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine was launched in 2002.