The Past and Future of Hospital Medicine
While I hope I’ll still be doing much the same work for many more years, I’m clearly at a stage of life that most …Read More
The Work Schedule That Prevents Burnout
Burnout is influenced by a seemingly infinite combination of variables. An optimal schedule alone isn’t the key to preventing it, but maybe a good …Read More
More Thoughts About Hospitalist Burnout
I wrote about physician burnout and well-being in the July 2017 version of this column, and am still thinking a great deal about those issues. In …Read More
New hospitalist unit has stellar patient satisfaction scores
It’s very unusual for hospitalists to achieve top quartile performance on the Physician Communication domain of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and …Read More
Hospitalist burnout
Some things I’ve been thinking about:
Physician well-being, morale, and burnout seem to be getting more attention in both the medical and the lay …Read More
On 15 years: Celebrating a nocturnist’s career longevity
“Nocturnist years are like dog years. So really we’re celebrating you for 105 years of service!”
Shawn Lee, MD, a day shift hospitalist at Overlake …Read More
Revisiting citizenship bonus and surge capacity
I devoted an entire column to the idea of a citizenship bonus in November 2011. At that time I expressed some ambivalence about its …Read More
Effective Hospitalist Roles for NPs, PAs
I’m often asked about effective roles for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), collectively known as advanced practice clinicians (APCs). My first response …Read More
Keeping Up With New Payment Models
While in medical school, I learned about what was then called GRID (gay-related immune deficiency) and we now know as HIV/AIDS. I thought this …Read More
An Open Letter to Hospital Executives about Their Hospitalist Programs
Dear Hospital Executive,
If you are like many of the hospital leaders with whom I regularly talk, you’re probably concerned that your hospitalist program isn’t …Read More