Making the Implicit Explicit
Last month, I wrote about some interesting workplace trends, in particular about how the implied compact between U.S. workers and their employers is evolving rapidly. …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
What We Expect and What We Get from Work
Are American workers becoming happier with less? An interesting article in last Friday’s Wall Street Journal reported on the findings of a recent survey of U.S. workers …Read More
Many Paths to a Richer Job
No, I’m not talking about a job that will make you richer – at least financially. But as I think about strategies for making …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
We Go to the Altar Together
Last month, I wrote about onboarding and the important responsibility that everyone associated with a hospitalist program has to ensure that each new provider quickly comes …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
Does Your Onboarding Process Really Get Folks On Board?
Not long ago, I had a conversation with a good friend who is the hospitalist medical director for a five-hospital health system in the …Read More
Equal Time for Hospital Execs
Last month, I wrote a letter to hospital executives, urging them to deliberately invest their own personal time and effort in fostering hospitalist wellbeing. …Read More