Practice Management
Practice Management
Trends in hospital medicine program operations during COVID-19
Hospitals faced unprecedented financial challenges in 2020, and these effects rippled through to hospitalists.
SHM Converge
Telehealth takeaways for hospitalists outlined
Hospitalists can play a key role in the expansion of telehealth services, including management of acute care patients.
SHM Converge
Survey offers a snapshot of nationwide COVID-19 discharge practices
More than one-quarter of sites (27%) gave little or no guidance for clinical discharge critera,” while 14% gave very specific detailed algorithms...
SHM Converge
Strategies to turn the tide on racial and gender inequity
“Behavior change comes with accountability,” Dr. Vanessa Durand said.
SHM Converge
Improving health disparities starts with acknowledging structural racism
“We have to get uncomfortable enough to advocate with urgency,” Dr. Kimberly D. Manning said.
SHM Converge
Military leader shows hospitalists a way out of pandemic ‘combat’
Hospitalists treating patients during the pandemic must take stock of the physical and mental toll on their own health.
Career
Moral distress in the COVID era weighs on hospitalists
“The volume of deaths and the apparent dangers to providers themselves reflect some of the critical aspects of war,” Dr. Asken said.
News
Percentage of doctors who are Black barely changed in 120 years
A study also found a significant wage gap between Black and White physicians.
Quality
Correlating hospitalist work schedules with patient outcomes
How do hospitalist schedules correlate with patient care outcomes?
Practice Management
The interplay between staffing and scheduling
More than half of adult hospitalist groups report having their schedules disrupted by COVID-19.