News
New Resources, Opportunities for Practice Administrators
January 2, 2011
The Practice Administrators’ Roundtable Series will continue in 2011 with such topics as Hospitalist Recruitment, Retention, & Orientation
(Feb. 24) and Patient Satisfaction (May 26).
News
New Voice for HM Administrators
August 1, 2008
Non-physician administrators are an integral part of most hospital medicine practices
Article
4 Things Hospitalists Can Do to Reduce Nursing Turnover
- Weijen Chang, MD, FAAP, SFHM
May 1, 2024
Hospitalists and hospital administrators know the greatest challenge to providing safe, high-quality healthcare day in and day out in the U.S. is adequate nurse staff. Already a problem before the...
Article
New ACGME Peds Program Requirements Present Challenges and Opportunities
May 1, 2024
Although updates to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) program requirements for pediatric graduate medical education will present financial challenges to some hospitals...
Article
Top 10 Challenges to QIPs
- Bryant Faria, MD, FACP, SFHM;
- Harvir Singh Gambhir, MD, FHM;
- Rupesh Prasad, MD, MPH, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV, SFHM;
- Sarah Baron, MD, MS, SFHM;
- Trushar Dungarani, DO, SFHM
April 1, 2024
Hospitalists are uniquely positioned to drive quality-improvement (QI) initiatives across the health care continuum. Our daily interactions span diverse health care teams and specialties. Our care...
Article
Hospitalists Play a Leading Role in Responding to Mass-Casualty Incidents
March 1, 2024
Mass shootings. Bioterror attacks. Natural disasters. Wars. There’s seemingly no shortage of potential mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) that can lead health care professionals, including...
Article
SIG Spotlight: Physician Advisors
February 1, 2024
Physician advisors are responsible for a lot. Their work exists at the intersection of clinical matters and revenue. Think clinical documentation, hospital quality measures, length-of-stay...
Article
Budgeting Tips: Keeping Division Finances on Track
January 2, 2024
Dr. Brotman For a hospitalist, managing a budget shouldn’t be that much different than maintaining a household budget. “Ideally, you should know approximately how much income you’ll...
Article
Is ChatGPT a Better Doctor Than You?
- Weijen Chang, MD, FAAP, SFHM
December 1, 2023
Dr. Chang That question may be on the minds of many physicians today. We’ve seen that ChatGPT can pass the U.S. medical licensing exams. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly improving the...
Article
Hospitalists Explore Evolving Roles in Telemedicine
December 1, 2023
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, health care providers had to learn in a hurry how to navigate telemedicine and virtual, distant encounters with patients—using technologies that...