Dr. Nelson has been a practicing hospitalist since 1988. He is co-founder and past president of SHM and principal in Nelson Flores Hospital Medicine Consultants. He is co-director for SHM's "Best Practices in Managing a Hospital Medicine Program" course. Write to him at john.nelson@nelsonflores.com.
Opinion
Hospitalist burnout
The causes of hospitalist distress and burnout are very similar to that of doctors in other specialties, yet each specialty probably differs in...
News
On 15 years: Celebrating a nocturnist’s career longevity
On a regular basis, I talk with hospitalist groups lamenting their inability to find nocturnists willing to work the same number of hours and...
News
Revisiting citizenship bonus and surge capacity
Organizational and individual efforts are needed to combat physician burnout.
Opinion
Keeping up with New Payment Models
For hospitalists, the arrival of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS, originally Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, or PQRI) marks...
Opinion
John Nelson: Heavy Workloads
Dearth of data doesn’t green-light high patient census