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The Past and Future of Hospital Medicine

May 14, 2019 John Nelson, MD, MHMUncategorizedLeave a comment0

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

May 14, 2019 John Nelson, MD, MHMUncategorizedLeave a comment0

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

October 20, 2017 John Nelson, MD, MHMUncategorizedLeave a comment0

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

September 22, 2017 John Nelson, MD, MHMPractice ManagementLeave a comment0

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

July 6, 2017 John Nelson, MD, MHMPractice ManagementLeave a comment1

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

May 11, 2017 John Nelson, MD, MHMPractice ManagementLeave a comment0

“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

March 9, 2017 John Nelson, MD, MHMPractice ManagementLeave a comment0

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

December 16, 2016 John Nelson, MD, MHMPractice ManagementLeave a comment0

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

December 1, 2016 John Nelson, MD, MHMPractice ManagementLeave a comment0

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

November 17, 2016 John Nelson, MD, MHMPractice ManagementLeave a comment0

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

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