As we incorporate social distancing measures into our everyday routines to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), hospitals...Read More »
Make sure that you are covering all of the bases in your orientation program: Use comprehensive checklists detailing new hospitalists’ first days on the job. They should be specific, down to the detail of naming the individual who will tour the new physician through the facility on day one, for...
This sample form is used for surveying new hospitalists. This form may be administered to the new hospitalists by the hospitalist program director, medical director, or other appropriate medical staff leader in a one-on-one meeting approximately six to 10 weeks after the physician’s start date...
The job postings in hospitalist-targeted publications provide ample anecdotal evidence that the demand for hospitalists outweighs the supply. As a...Read More »
After pushback from minority communities and people with disabilities, Massachusetts has revised its care-rationing guidelines in the case of a...Read More »
According to John Lynch, MD, the medical director of Harbor View Medical Center’s infection prevention and control program, the Seattle hospital...Read More »