October 23, 2018 |  4
If you are not doing Schwartz Rounds, get them started. ASAP. I recently completed a 4-year tenure as physician moderator for our hospital’s Schwartz Rounds. An amazing team at my hospital helped pull the bi-monthly sessions together. These compassionate care rounds are a national initiative to help foster empathy and compassion in the healthcare setting. […]
By Rich Bottner, PA-C; Victoria Valencia, MPH
October 16, 2018 |  0
By: Rich Bottner, PA-C and Victoria Valencia, MPH You submit an issue to your Event Reporting System and never hear back. You discuss the need for institutional improvement with your colleagues around the water cooler, but few things seem to change. Sound familiar? Instead of passively waiting for quality improvement to happen in hospitals, organizations […]
October 2, 2018 |  0
On behalf of SHM’s Practice Analysis Committee, I’m delighted to announce that the 2018 State of Hospital Medicine Report is now available! This year’s report may be the most representative yet regarding the current state of hospital medicine. Of the survey’s 569 respondent groups: 52% are employed by hospitals or health systems 25% are employed […]