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
Surveys Are Not the Most Effective Way to Improve Patient Satisfaction
I first became aware of measuring customer satisfaction when a service manager at a car dealership explained in an upbeat way that I would …Read More
Serious Upgrade for SHM’s 2016 State of Hospital Medicine Report
Great news! The long-anticipated 2016 State of Hospital Medicine (SoHM) Report was released last week to rave reviews. Pre-orders of the report blew away …Read More
A Quick Lesson on Bundled Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has too many new payment models for a practicing doctor to keep up with them all. …Read More
Hospitalists Are Not Alone
I’ve been writing a lot about hospitalist satisfaction and career sustainability, but a just-released report from The Physicians Foundation shows just how widespread low …Read More