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Practice Administrator Elected Vice President of SHM Maryland Chapter
November 4, 2015
When you ask Tiffani Panek, division administrator for the division of hospital medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (BMC) in Baltimore, Md., about her thoughts on the future of hospital medicine, her passion and enthusiasm are immediately apparent.
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SHM Holding Roundtable for Hospitalist Practice Administrators
November 4, 2015
Are you a hospitalist practice administrator in a new role? SHM can help—and the upcoming roundtable discussion presented by Glenn Appelbaum, CHE, CPA, and Heather Fordyce, BS, on December 9 can help you find the resources to enable you to manage your practice effectively and efficiently.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Opens Enrollment for Practice Administrators’ Mentor Program
October 6, 2015
SHM’s Practice Administrators Committee piloted a mentor/mentee program in January 2014 as a way to assist those who were new to practice administration and/or to hospital medicine.
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Hospital Medicine Administrator Amanda Trask Values Hospitalists, HM Role in Healthcare
October 5, 2015
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Most people think a career in hospital medicine means a medical degree that confers those two ubiquitous letters after your name.
Amanda Trask blazed her
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Hospital Medicine’s Challenges, Rewards Lure Healthcare Administrator
July 6, 2015
Lisa Courtney’s journey into hospital medicine didn’t start with a chemistry set and didn’t take her to medical school.
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HM15 Session Analysis: The Physician-Administrator Management Dyad
- Amanda Trask, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CMPE, SFHM
April 9, 2015
Hm15 Presenters: Chuck Ainsworth, MD, MCC,; Dan Virnich, MD, MBA; Roberta Himebaugh, MBA, SFHM; Robert Hickling, MHA; Sendil Krishnan, MD
Summation: The presenters, a group of physicians and administrators for hospital medicine groups, explored three dyad models.
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Salary, Staffing Issues Common Sticking Points Between Hospitalists, Hospital Administrators
April 1, 2014
Shared sense of responsibility, goodwill, commitment needed by both groups to resolve differences, avoid outsourcing
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Nonphysician Practice Administrators More Common as Hospital Medicine Groups Expand
August 2, 2013
SHM’s 2012 State of Hospital Medicine survey shows 75% of HM groups rely on dedicated, non-physician managers
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Q&A with Hospitalist Administrator Amit Prachand
April 1, 2011
Amit Prachand, MEng
Division Administrator, Hospital Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern University, Chicago
Question: What motivated you to join SHM’s Administrators Task Force (ATF)?
A: I wanted to be able to directly interface with the comm
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Q&A with Hospitalist Administrator Kristi Gylten
April 1, 2011
Kristi Gylten, MBA
Director, Hospitalist Service,
Rapid City (S.D.) Regional Hospital
Question: What motivated you to join the Administrators Task Force (ATF)?
Answer: I wanted to have the opportunity to meet and network with my peers, and to be a part of developing resources and a place “on t