![1]()
News
Tips for Hospitalists to Understand, Promote Patient Satisfaction
- Cheryl W. O’Malley, MD;
- Christina R. Bergin, MD;
- Christine Donahue, MD
May 5, 2015
Patient satisfaction—“the patient experience”—is given great weight by hospitals and the public alike. Physicians have always aspired to take excellent care of patients. What has changed is that assessments of the patient experience are now being used to measure and report the quality of our care.
![1]()
News
HM15 Offers Hospitalist Leaders Training, Encouragement
May 5, 2015
HM leaders share tips on managing patient care in era of healthcare reform
![1]()
News
Hospitalist Nancy Zeitoun, MD, FHM, Seeks Better Health Outcomes
May 5, 2015
Nancy Zeitoun, MD, FHM, sees her expanding role as a leader at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., as a chance to make a difference.
News
Hospitalist Bob Wachter Tops Modern Healthcare’s Physician Leadership List
May 5, 2015
For the first time, a hospitalist tops Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders list.
The who’s who of standout physicians starts with HM pioneer Robert Wachter, MD, MHM, chief of the division of hospital medicine at the University of California San Francisco Medic
Audio
LISTEN NOW: SHM President Robert Harrington Jr., MD, SFHM, discusses hospital medicine, value of diversity and teamwork
May 1, 2015
New SHM President Robert Harrington Jr., MD, SFHM, talks about his views on hospital medicine, the society and the value of diversity and teamwork.
[audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Bob-Harrington_HM15_FINAL_050215.mp3"][/audio]
![1]()
News
Multi-Site Hospitalist Leaders: HM15 Session Summary
April 15, 2015
Session: Multi-site Hospitalist Leaders: Unique Challenges/What You Should Know
HM15 Presenter/Moderator: Scott Rissmiller, MD
Summation: This standing-room-only session was the result of a popular HMX e-community, which has become an active discussion board.
News
HM15 Session Analysis: Innovative Hospitalist Staffing Models
- Amanda Trask, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CMPE, SFHM
April 9, 2015
HM15 Presenters: John Nelson, MD, MHM; Daniel Hanson, MD, FHM; Darren Thomas, MD
Summation: The presenters, from three entirely different geographic regions across the U.S., walked the audience through several different innovative hospitalist staffing models, from staffing in a multi-hospital sy
News
SHM, IPC Healthcare Launch Hospitalist-Focused, Post–Acute-Care Educational Program
April 7, 2015
Hospitalists practicing in post–acute-care facilities have a new resource via an SHM partnership.
The society and IPC Healthcare of North Hollywood, Calif., debuted at the "Primer for Hospitalists on Skilled Nursing Facilities" at 2015 annual meeting.
The educational program, housed at SHM's L
![1]()
News
TeamHealth’s Dr. Jasen Gunderson Designs Own Path to Hospital Medicine
April 3, 2015
Jasen Gundersen, MD, MBA, CPE, SFHM, didn’t take the straightest path to HM. First, as he entered University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, he thought he’d be an emergency medicine physician. Then he thought about being a rural primary care physician.
News
Hospitalist Training Helps Phuoc Le, MD, MPH, Fight Global Health Inequality
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8736" align="alignright" width="279"] Left: Typical Ebola educational mural in Monrovia, Liberia. Inset: Left; Dr. Phuoc Le doffing personal protective equipment at CDC Ebola training in Atlanta prior to departure.