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 »
All practitioners—employed or not—are to be held to the same minimally defined medical staff standards for clinical care, professionalism,...Read More »
Following a fair and thorough investigation, the medical staff in your hospital has determined a physician has clinical performance issues and has...Read More »
According to the Federation of State Medical Board’s biennial census, there were nearly 1 million licensed physicians in the United States in 2018...Read More »
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. is expected to experience a physician shortage of between 42,600 and 121,300...Read More »
An increasingly common mechanism is to establish a formal information-sharing agreement between the hospital medical staff and the employed physician group. These agreements allow the parties to recognize that patient safety and the effectiveness of their credentialing, privileging, and peer...
