Brendon Shank

Tomorrow’s hospital will be increasingly oriented around quality and safety; today’s students must prepare to thrive in that environment.

That’s the philosophy behind SHM’s Quality and Safety Educators Academy (QSEA). Now in its second year, the two-and-a-half-day academy trains hospitalist educators to teach medical students and residents about quality and safety.

QSEA, co-hosted by SHM and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, is March 7-9 at Tempe Mission Palms in Tempe, Ariz. Registration is now open at www.hospitalmedicine.org/qsea.

“In order to be successful, we must teach medical students and residents about these goals so that they incorporate them into their practice from day one,” says Jennifer S. Myers, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine, patient safety officer, and director of quality and safety education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Progress in quality improvement (QI) and patient safety has been slow because many current physicians aren’t familiar with the materials, creating what Dr. Myers refers to as a “faculty development” gap. QSEA is the first and only academy designed to close that gap for hospitalist faculty by giving them specific knowledge, skills, a take-home toolkit, and a brand-new peer network of other quality-minded educators.

A major part of the academy is dedicated to the career trajectory of educators and, in Dr. Myers’ words, “how a hospitalist can be successful in making quality and safety education a career path.”

Despite the serious topics, she also is quick to point out that the academy is anything but dry.

“You have to experience it,” she says. “We have a ton of fun. You will leave with a new family.”

At the end of the inaugural QSEA, the faculty and course directors were so energized by the attendees that they formed a human pyramid. “It was a great moment,” she says.

Dr. Myers says she still enjoys receiving email from QSEA attendees about their new adventures in quality and safety education. “This makes it all worth it and why the QSEA team does this work,” she says.

Tomorrow’s hospital will be increasingly oriented around quality and safety; today’s students must prepare to thrive in that environment.

That’s the philosophy behind SHM’s Quality and Safety Educators Academy (QSEA). Now in its second year, the two-and-a-half-day academy trains hospitalist educators to teach medical students and residents about quality and safety.

QSEA, co-hosted by SHM and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, is March 7-9 at Tempe Mission Palms in Tempe, Ariz. Registration is now open at www.hospitalmedicine.org/qsea.

“In order to be successful, we must teach medical students and residents about these goals so that they incorporate them into their practice from day one,” says Jennifer S. Myers, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine, patient safety officer, and director of quality and safety education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Progress in quality improvement (QI) and patient safety has been slow because many current physicians aren’t familiar with the materials, creating what Dr. Myers refers to as a “faculty development” gap. QSEA is the first and only academy designed to close that gap for hospitalist faculty by giving them specific knowledge, skills, a take-home toolkit, and a brand-new peer network of other quality-minded educators.

A major part of the academy is dedicated to the career trajectory of educators and, in Dr. Myers’ words, “how a hospitalist can be successful in making quality and safety education a career path.”

Despite the serious topics, she also is quick to point out that the academy is anything but dry.

“You have to experience it,” she says. “We have a ton of fun. You will leave with a new family.”

At the end of the inaugural QSEA, the faculty and course directors were so energized by the attendees that they formed a human pyramid. “It was a great moment,” she says.

Dr. Myers says she still enjoys receiving email from QSEA attendees about their new adventures in quality and safety education. “This makes it all worth it and why the QSEA team does this work,” she says.

Tomorrow’s hospital will be increasingly oriented around quality and safety; today’s students must prepare to thrive in that environment.

That’s the philosophy behind SHM’s Quality and Safety Educators Academy (QSEA). Now in its second year, the two-and-a-half-day academy trains hospitalist educators to teach medical students and residents about quality and safety.

QSEA, co-hosted by SHM and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, is March 7-9 at Tempe Mission Palms in Tempe, Ariz. Registration is now open at www.hospitalmedicine.org/qsea.

“In order to be successful, we must teach medical students and residents about these goals so that they incorporate them into their practice from day one,” says Jennifer S. Myers, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine, patient safety officer, and director of quality and safety education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Progress in quality improvement (QI) and patient safety has been slow because many current physicians aren’t familiar with the materials, creating what Dr. Myers refers to as a “faculty development” gap. QSEA is the first and only academy designed to close that gap for hospitalist faculty by giving them specific knowledge, skills, a take-home toolkit, and a brand-new peer network of other quality-minded educators.

A major part of the academy is dedicated to the career trajectory of educators and, in Dr. Myers’ words, “how a hospitalist can be successful in making quality and safety education a career path.”

Despite the serious topics, she also is quick to point out that the academy is anything but dry.

“You have to experience it,” she says. “We have a ton of fun. You will leave with a new family.”

At the end of the inaugural QSEA, the faculty and course directors were so energized by the attendees that they formed a human pyramid. “It was a great moment,” she says.

Dr. Myers says she still enjoys receiving email from QSEA attendees about their new adventures in quality and safety education. “This makes it all worth it and why the QSEA team does this work,” she says.

Interested in becoming a leader in hospital medicine? Know someone who would be a great leader? SHM is seeking nominations for three open seats for its board of directors. These positions serve a three-year term beginning in May 2013.

Take this opportunity to help determine the course of this rapidly growing specialty.

Send all nominations—including a one-page nomination letter, CV, and recent headshot—no later than Oct. 31 to Joy Barnosky at [email protected]. For full eligibility and nomination requirements, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org and click on “About SHM,” then “Election Information.”

If you have questions, email [email protected] or call 267-702-2614.

Interested in becoming a leader in hospital medicine? Know someone who would be a great leader? SHM is seeking nominations for three open seats for its board of directors. These positions serve a three-year term beginning in May 2013.

Take this opportunity to help determine the course of this rapidly growing specialty.

Send all nominations—including a one-page nomination letter, CV, and recent headshot—no later than Oct. 31 to Joy Barnosky at [email protected]. For full eligibility and nomination requirements, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org and click on “About SHM,” then “Election Information.”

If you have questions, email [email protected] or call 267-702-2614.

Interested in becoming a leader in hospital medicine? Know someone who would be a great leader? SHM is seeking nominations for three open seats for its board of directors. These positions serve a three-year term beginning in May 2013.

Take this opportunity to help determine the course of this rapidly growing specialty.

Send all nominations—including a one-page nomination letter, CV, and recent headshot—no later than Oct. 31 to Joy Barnosky at [email protected]. For full eligibility and nomination requirements, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org and click on “About SHM,” then “Election Information.”

If you have questions, email [email protected] or call 267-702-2614.

More than 100 hospitals across the country have used Project BOOST to reduce readmissions and improve their discharge processes. You and your hospital can be next by applying for Project BOOST. The deadline for the next national cohort of Project BOOST is Sept. 1.

To improve your chances of acceptance, start soon. In addition to an online form, the application requires a letter of support from an executive sponsor from each institution.

In October, accepted Project BOOST sites will receive:

• A comprehensive intervention developed by a panel of nationally recognized experts based on the best available evidence;
• A comprehensive implementation guide that provides step-by-step instructions and project management tools, such as the “teachback” training curriculum, to help interdisciplinary teams redesign work flow and plan, implement, and evaluate the intervention;
• Longitudinal technical assistance that provides face-to-face training and a year of expert mentoring and coaching to implement BOOST interventions that build a culture that supports safe and complete transitions. The mentoring program provides a “train-the-trainer” DVD and curriculum for nurses and case managers on using the teachback process, and webinars targeting the educational needs of other team members, including administrators, data analysts, physicians, nurses; and others;
• A collaboration that allows sites to communicate with and learn from each other via the BOOST listserv, BOOST community site, and quarterly all-site teleconferences and webinars; and
• Access to the BOOST data center, an online resource center that allows sites to store and benchmark data against control units and other sites and generate reports.

To start the application process, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/boost.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president for communications.

More than 100 hospitals across the country have used Project BOOST to reduce readmissions and improve their discharge processes. You and your hospital can be next by applying for Project BOOST. The deadline for the next national cohort of Project BOOST is Sept. 1.

To improve your chances of acceptance, start soon. In addition to an online form, the application requires a letter of support from an executive sponsor from each institution.

In October, accepted Project BOOST sites will receive:

• A comprehensive intervention developed by a panel of nationally recognized experts based on the best available evidence;
• A comprehensive implementation guide that provides step-by-step instructions and project management tools, such as the “teachback” training curriculum, to help interdisciplinary teams redesign work flow and plan, implement, and evaluate the intervention;
• Longitudinal technical assistance that provides face-to-face training and a year of expert mentoring and coaching to implement BOOST interventions that build a culture that supports safe and complete transitions. The mentoring program provides a “train-the-trainer” DVD and curriculum for nurses and case managers on using the teachback process, and webinars targeting the educational needs of other team members, including administrators, data analysts, physicians, nurses; and others;
• A collaboration that allows sites to communicate with and learn from each other via the BOOST listserv, BOOST community site, and quarterly all-site teleconferences and webinars; and
• Access to the BOOST data center, an online resource center that allows sites to store and benchmark data against control units and other sites and generate reports.

To start the application process, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/boost.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president for communications.

More than 100 hospitals across the country have used Project BOOST to reduce readmissions and improve their discharge processes. You and your hospital can be next by applying for Project BOOST. The deadline for the next national cohort of Project BOOST is Sept. 1.

To improve your chances of acceptance, start soon. In addition to an online form, the application requires a letter of support from an executive sponsor from each institution.

In October, accepted Project BOOST sites will receive:

• A comprehensive intervention developed by a panel of nationally recognized experts based on the best available evidence;
• A comprehensive implementation guide that provides step-by-step instructions and project management tools, such as the “teachback” training curriculum, to help interdisciplinary teams redesign work flow and plan, implement, and evaluate the intervention;
• Longitudinal technical assistance that provides face-to-face training and a year of expert mentoring and coaching to implement BOOST interventions that build a culture that supports safe and complete transitions. The mentoring program provides a “train-the-trainer” DVD and curriculum for nurses and case managers on using the teachback process, and webinars targeting the educational needs of other team members, including administrators, data analysts, physicians, nurses; and others;
• A collaboration that allows sites to communicate with and learn from each other via the BOOST listserv, BOOST community site, and quarterly all-site teleconferences and webinars; and
• Access to the BOOST data center, an online resource center that allows sites to store and benchmark data against control units and other sites and generate reports.

To start the application process, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/boost.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president for communications.

Hospital medicine groups continue to grow and thrive across the country. And as they do, HM groups need experienced leaders to drive them toward continued success.

After all, the skills needed to lead hospitalist groups rarely are taught in medical school. And before employers—or potential employers—elevate hospitalists to senior positions, they need to be assured that their up-and-coming leaders can meet the challenge.

SHM’s specialty-leading Leadership Academy gives employers the confidence they want and new leaders the skill sets they need. The academy’s three courses comprise the only leadership-training program specifically designed for the challenges hospitalists face.

In the past, SHM has presented the Leadership Academy twice a year—once in the spring and once in fall. Now, SHM offers Leadership Academy once a year in the fall.

This year, hospitalists attending the Leadership Academy can take advantage of the majestic setting of the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch in Arizona, a 27-acre hotel-resort near the scenic McDowell Mountains.

The 2012 Leadership Academy will feature the entry-level course “Foundations of Leadership,” which helps hospitalists begin their leadership journey, and “Advanced Leadership: Strategies and Tools for Personal Leadership Excellence,” which enables hospitalists who have taken “Foundations of Leadership” to use their own personal leadership styles to drive culture change in their organizations.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

Hospital medicine groups continue to grow and thrive across the country. And as they do, HM groups need experienced leaders to drive them toward continued success.

After all, the skills needed to lead hospitalist groups rarely are taught in medical school. And before employers—or potential employers—elevate hospitalists to senior positions, they need to be assured that their up-and-coming leaders can meet the challenge.

SHM’s specialty-leading Leadership Academy gives employers the confidence they want and new leaders the skill sets they need. The academy’s three courses comprise the only leadership-training program specifically designed for the challenges hospitalists face.

In the past, SHM has presented the Leadership Academy twice a year—once in the spring and once in fall. Now, SHM offers Leadership Academy once a year in the fall.

This year, hospitalists attending the Leadership Academy can take advantage of the majestic setting of the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch in Arizona, a 27-acre hotel-resort near the scenic McDowell Mountains.

The 2012 Leadership Academy will feature the entry-level course “Foundations of Leadership,” which helps hospitalists begin their leadership journey, and “Advanced Leadership: Strategies and Tools for Personal Leadership Excellence,” which enables hospitalists who have taken “Foundations of Leadership” to use their own personal leadership styles to drive culture change in their organizations.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

Hospital medicine groups continue to grow and thrive across the country. And as they do, HM groups need experienced leaders to drive them toward continued success.

After all, the skills needed to lead hospitalist groups rarely are taught in medical school. And before employers—or potential employers—elevate hospitalists to senior positions, they need to be assured that their up-and-coming leaders can meet the challenge.

SHM’s specialty-leading Leadership Academy gives employers the confidence they want and new leaders the skill sets they need. The academy’s three courses comprise the only leadership-training program specifically designed for the challenges hospitalists face.

In the past, SHM has presented the Leadership Academy twice a year—once in the spring and once in fall. Now, SHM offers Leadership Academy once a year in the fall.

This year, hospitalists attending the Leadership Academy can take advantage of the majestic setting of the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch in Arizona, a 27-acre hotel-resort near the scenic McDowell Mountains.

The 2012 Leadership Academy will feature the entry-level course “Foundations of Leadership,” which helps hospitalists begin their leadership journey, and “Advanced Leadership: Strategies and Tools for Personal Leadership Excellence,” which enables hospitalists who have taken “Foundations of Leadership” to use their own personal leadership styles to drive culture change in their organizations.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

In his intern year, Jordan Messler, MD, SFHM, would walk by Grady Hospital, the venerable Atlanta institution staffed by the Emory University and Morehouse schools of medicine physicians, with little thought of how the building dates to 1892. Then, one day with professor Ruth Parker, MD, he noticed a picture of a century-old hospital in front of the building. The conversation that followed led the Emory student, and later faculty member, down a path into the past.

“I was just missing history right in front of my eyes, and missing the stories, as all my colleagues were,” says Dr. Messler, medical director at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla.

Not anymore.

Dr. Messler is a hospitalist historian. At HM12 in April in San Diego, he led a session titled “The History of Hospitals,” a workshop that took attendees on a guided tour of medicine, from the Egyptian vizier Imhotep to William Osler, often called the father of modern medicine. It took detours at Galen, Christian hospitals, Islamic practices, and medieval medicine. The story was told through paintings, drawings, and hours of Dr. Messler’s “midnight to 2 a.m.” research.

“The humanities is a lost piece at times,” he says. “It certainly can help shape what we do.

“[It] helps us give a different perspective, makes us think about things in a different way, and, hopefully, can add even to the day-to-day work that people still do on the ground. It’s not going to help you treat heart failure in the research sense, but it should help you treat it in how you face your patient and how you face your facility.” (Click here to listen to more of Dr. Messler's interview with The Hospitalist)

Hospitalist J. Scott Dalston, MD, of Amarillo Hospitalist Services in northwest Texas enjoyed the break from the didactic and lecture approaches taken in nearly all of the annual meeting’s other breakout sessions. Perhaps more important, he felt reminded of what made him want to be a physician in the first place.

“Before medical school, you get caught up in the higher reasons for doing medicine, the calling,” he says. “Then, when you get down and dirty on the front lines, you kind of forget about that. This, in a way, reminds you of that.”

Such was the point of the debut “potpourri” track, according to Brendon Shank, SHM’s associate vice president of communications. The track also featured such nonclinical sessions as “Using Art to Improve Your Clinical Observation Skills” and “Professionalism in the Digital Age” in an attempt to round out the meeting.

Dr. Messler says he hopes his dabble into medicine’s beginnings inspires physicians to wrap history into their present practices. He encourages teaching hospitalists to weave historical nuggets into clinical rounds. He suggests residents ask older patients what their hospital experience used to be like. And he pushes all physicians to take the time to invest in their institution’s past.

“Taking a step back, looking at the history of where we are, going through the footsteps of those people who gone before us, gives us a better appreciation for what we do day to day,” he says. “Sometimes by looking backward we know that’s the best way to look forward.”

Richard Quinn is a freelance writer based in New Jersey.

In his intern year, Jordan Messler, MD, SFHM, would walk by Grady Hospital, the venerable Atlanta institution staffed by the Emory University and Morehouse schools of medicine physicians, with little thought of how the building dates to 1892. Then, one day with professor Ruth Parker, MD, he noticed a picture of a century-old hospital in front of the building. The conversation that followed led the Emory student, and later faculty member, down a path into the past.

“I was just missing history right in front of my eyes, and missing the stories, as all my colleagues were,” says Dr. Messler, medical director at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla.

Not anymore.

Dr. Messler is a hospitalist historian. At HM12 in April in San Diego, he led a session titled “The History of Hospitals,” a workshop that took attendees on a guided tour of medicine, from the Egyptian vizier Imhotep to William Osler, often called the father of modern medicine. It took detours at Galen, Christian hospitals, Islamic practices, and medieval medicine. The story was told through paintings, drawings, and hours of Dr. Messler’s “midnight to 2 a.m.” research.

“The humanities is a lost piece at times,” he says. “It certainly can help shape what we do.

“[It] helps us give a different perspective, makes us think about things in a different way, and, hopefully, can add even to the day-to-day work that people still do on the ground. It’s not going to help you treat heart failure in the research sense, but it should help you treat it in how you face your patient and how you face your facility.” (Click here to listen to more of Dr. Messler's interview with The Hospitalist)

Hospitalist J. Scott Dalston, MD, of Amarillo Hospitalist Services in northwest Texas enjoyed the break from the didactic and lecture approaches taken in nearly all of the annual meeting’s other breakout sessions. Perhaps more important, he felt reminded of what made him want to be a physician in the first place.

“Before medical school, you get caught up in the higher reasons for doing medicine, the calling,” he says. “Then, when you get down and dirty on the front lines, you kind of forget about that. This, in a way, reminds you of that.”

Such was the point of the debut “potpourri” track, according to Brendon Shank, SHM’s associate vice president of communications. The track also featured such nonclinical sessions as “Using Art to Improve Your Clinical Observation Skills” and “Professionalism in the Digital Age” in an attempt to round out the meeting.

Dr. Messler says he hopes his dabble into medicine’s beginnings inspires physicians to wrap history into their present practices. He encourages teaching hospitalists to weave historical nuggets into clinical rounds. He suggests residents ask older patients what their hospital experience used to be like. And he pushes all physicians to take the time to invest in their institution’s past.

“Taking a step back, looking at the history of where we are, going through the footsteps of those people who gone before us, gives us a better appreciation for what we do day to day,” he says. “Sometimes by looking backward we know that’s the best way to look forward.”

Richard Quinn is a freelance writer based in New Jersey.

In his intern year, Jordan Messler, MD, SFHM, would walk by Grady Hospital, the venerable Atlanta institution staffed by the Emory University and Morehouse schools of medicine physicians, with little thought of how the building dates to 1892. Then, one day with professor Ruth Parker, MD, he noticed a picture of a century-old hospital in front of the building. The conversation that followed led the Emory student, and later faculty member, down a path into the past.

“I was just missing history right in front of my eyes, and missing the stories, as all my colleagues were,” says Dr. Messler, medical director at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla.

Not anymore.

Dr. Messler is a hospitalist historian. At HM12 in April in San Diego, he led a session titled “The History of Hospitals,” a workshop that took attendees on a guided tour of medicine, from the Egyptian vizier Imhotep to William Osler, often called the father of modern medicine. It took detours at Galen, Christian hospitals, Islamic practices, and medieval medicine. The story was told through paintings, drawings, and hours of Dr. Messler’s “midnight to 2 a.m.” research.

“The humanities is a lost piece at times,” he says. “It certainly can help shape what we do.

“[It] helps us give a different perspective, makes us think about things in a different way, and, hopefully, can add even to the day-to-day work that people still do on the ground. It’s not going to help you treat heart failure in the research sense, but it should help you treat it in how you face your patient and how you face your facility.” (Click here to listen to more of Dr. Messler's interview with The Hospitalist)

Hospitalist J. Scott Dalston, MD, of Amarillo Hospitalist Services in northwest Texas enjoyed the break from the didactic and lecture approaches taken in nearly all of the annual meeting’s other breakout sessions. Perhaps more important, he felt reminded of what made him want to be a physician in the first place.

“Before medical school, you get caught up in the higher reasons for doing medicine, the calling,” he says. “Then, when you get down and dirty on the front lines, you kind of forget about that. This, in a way, reminds you of that.”

Such was the point of the debut “potpourri” track, according to Brendon Shank, SHM’s associate vice president of communications. The track also featured such nonclinical sessions as “Using Art to Improve Your Clinical Observation Skills” and “Professionalism in the Digital Age” in an attempt to round out the meeting.

Dr. Messler says he hopes his dabble into medicine’s beginnings inspires physicians to wrap history into their present practices. He encourages teaching hospitalists to weave historical nuggets into clinical rounds. He suggests residents ask older patients what their hospital experience used to be like. And he pushes all physicians to take the time to invest in their institution’s past.

“Taking a step back, looking at the history of where we are, going through the footsteps of those people who gone before us, gives us a better appreciation for what we do day to day,” he says. “Sometimes by looking backward we know that’s the best way to look forward.”

Richard Quinn is a freelance writer based in New Jersey.

In addition to the annual meeting, SHM and its partners bring hospitalists the very best in education, professional development, and networking in the form of in-person meetings.

July: Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Every year, hundreds of pediatric hospitalists come together to share their passion for caring for hospitalized children. This year, Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2012 will convene July 19-22 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, just outside Cincinnati. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Academic Pediatric Association, SHM, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

For details and to register, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/events.

October: Leadership Academy

SHM’s Leadership Academy continues to create the next generation of hospitalist leaders and sharpen the skills of existing leaders.

SHM will present its next industry-leading Leadership Academy Oct. 1-4 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The program will feature the popular “Foundations of Effective Leadership” course and the second-level “Advanced Leadership: Strategies and Tools for Personal Leadership Excellence” course.

Both courses build leadership skills for hospitalists, or, as more than one hospitalist has called the curriculum, “everything they don’t teach you in medical school.”

In the highly interactive, four-day “Foundations of Effective Leadership” course, hospitalists learn how to evaluate personal leadership strengths and weaknesses, create and execute a communication strategy for key team members, understand key hospital drivers, and examine how hospital metrics are derived.

The “Advanced Leadership: Strategies and Tools for Personal Leadership Excellence” program provides skills building for hospitalists who want to drive culture change through specific leadership behaviors and actions. It also delves deep into financial storytelling, effective professional negotiation activities with proven techniques, and more.

“Advanced Leadership” is a second-level course and is open only to hospitalists who have completed the “Foundations of Effective Leadership” course, or who have earned an advanced management degree, such as an MBA.

Both courses are required for the new Leadership Certification program, which gives hospitalists the ability to demonstrate their leadership skills through certification.

Hospitalists planning to take any Leadership Academy course should note that, starting in 2013, Leadership Academy courses will be offered only in the fall.

For details and registration, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership.

Anytime: Online Education

Hospitalists working to demonstrate their expertise and commitment to HM through the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine designation can earn Maintenance of Certification (MOC) self-evaluation points and CME credit online at www.hospitalmedicine.org/mkm.

SHM’s Medical Knowledge Modules are online learning and self-evaluation tools that provide the user with industry-leading instruction on quality-improvement (QI) theory; project design; system processes; measurement; chance science; tools for implementation; epidemiology of patient safety; and error types, disclosure, prevention strategies, and theory.

Three Medical Knowledge Modules are available: Hospital QI and Patient Safety, Hospital QI and Patient Safety II, and Pediatric Hospital QI and Patient Safety. Each online module consists of 25 multiple-choice questions. If the correct answer is chosen, the module provides a rationale explaining why that answer was correct. When an incorrect answer is selected, users are encouraged to try again.

Each module will earn hospitalists 10 self-evaluation points for diplomates enrolled in ABIM’s MOC program and three AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits.

SHM will continue to roll out other topics throughout 2012.

Brendon Shank is SHM associate vice president of communications.

In addition to the annual meeting, SHM and its partners bring hospitalists the very best in education, professional development, and networking in the form of in-person meetings.

July: Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Every year, hundreds of pediatric hospitalists come together to share their passion for caring for hospitalized children. This year, Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2012 will convene July 19-22 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, just outside Cincinnati. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Academic Pediatric Association, SHM, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

For details and to register, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/events.

October: Leadership Academy

SHM’s Leadership Academy continues to create the next generation of hospitalist leaders and sharpen the skills of existing leaders.

SHM will present its next industry-leading Leadership Academy Oct. 1-4 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The program will feature the popular “Foundations of Effective Leadership” course and the second-level “Advanced Leadership: Strategies and Tools for Personal Leadership Excellence” course.

Both courses build leadership skills for hospitalists, or, as more than one hospitalist has called the curriculum, “everything they don’t teach you in medical school.”

In the highly interactive, four-day “Foundations of Effective Leadership” course, hospitalists learn how to evaluate personal leadership strengths and weaknesses, create and execute a communication strategy for key team members, understand key hospital drivers, and examine how hospital metrics are derived.

The “Advanced Leadership: Strategies and Tools for Personal Leadership Excellence” program provides skills building for hospitalists who want to drive culture change through specific leadership behaviors and actions. It also delves deep into financial storytelling, effective professional negotiation activities with proven techniques, and more.

“Advanced Leadership” is a second-level course and is open only to hospitalists who have completed the “Foundations of Effective Leadership” course, or who have earned an advanced management degree, such as an MBA.

Both courses are required for the new Leadership Certification program, which gives hospitalists the ability to demonstrate their leadership skills through certification.

Hospitalists planning to take any Leadership Academy course should note that, starting in 2013, Leadership Academy courses will be offered only in the fall.

For details and registration, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership.

Anytime: Online Education

Hospitalists working to demonstrate their expertise and commitment to HM through the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine designation can earn Maintenance of Certification (MOC) self-evaluation points and CME credit online at www.hospitalmedicine.org/mkm.

SHM’s Medical Knowledge Modules are online learning and self-evaluation tools that provide the user with industry-leading instruction on quality-improvement (QI) theory; project design; system processes; measurement; chance science; tools for implementation; epidemiology of patient safety; and error types, disclosure, prevention strategies, and theory.

Three Medical Knowledge Modules are available: Hospital QI and Patient Safety, Hospital QI and Patient Safety II, and Pediatric Hospital QI and Patient Safety. Each online module consists of 25 multiple-choice questions. If the correct answer is chosen, the module provides a rationale explaining why that answer was correct. When an incorrect answer is selected, users are encouraged to try again.

Each module will earn hospitalists 10 self-evaluation points for diplomates enrolled in ABIM’s MOC program and three AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits.

SHM will continue to roll out other topics throughout 2012.

Brendon Shank is SHM associate vice president of communications.

In addition to the annual meeting, SHM and its partners bring hospitalists the very best in education, professional development, and networking in the form of in-person meetings.

July: Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Every year, hundreds of pediatric hospitalists come together to share their passion for caring for hospitalized children. This year, Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2012 will convene July 19-22 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, just outside Cincinnati. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Academic Pediatric Association, SHM, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

For details and to register, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/events.

October: Leadership Academy

SHM’s Leadership Academy continues to create the next generation of hospitalist leaders and sharpen the skills of existing leaders.

SHM will present its next industry-leading Leadership Academy Oct. 1-4 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The program will feature the popular “Foundations of Effective Leadership” course and the second-level “Advanced Leadership: Strategies and Tools for Personal Leadership Excellence” course.

Both courses build leadership skills for hospitalists, or, as more than one hospitalist has called the curriculum, “everything they don’t teach you in medical school.”

In the highly interactive, four-day “Foundations of Effective Leadership” course, hospitalists learn how to evaluate personal leadership strengths and weaknesses, create and execute a communication strategy for key team members, understand key hospital drivers, and examine how hospital metrics are derived.

The “Advanced Leadership: Strategies and Tools for Personal Leadership Excellence” program provides skills building for hospitalists who want to drive culture change through specific leadership behaviors and actions. It also delves deep into financial storytelling, effective professional negotiation activities with proven techniques, and more.

“Advanced Leadership” is a second-level course and is open only to hospitalists who have completed the “Foundations of Effective Leadership” course, or who have earned an advanced management degree, such as an MBA.

Both courses are required for the new Leadership Certification program, which gives hospitalists the ability to demonstrate their leadership skills through certification.

Hospitalists planning to take any Leadership Academy course should note that, starting in 2013, Leadership Academy courses will be offered only in the fall.

For details and registration, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership.

Anytime: Online Education

Hospitalists working to demonstrate their expertise and commitment to HM through the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine designation can earn Maintenance of Certification (MOC) self-evaluation points and CME credit online at www.hospitalmedicine.org/mkm.

SHM’s Medical Knowledge Modules are online learning and self-evaluation tools that provide the user with industry-leading instruction on quality-improvement (QI) theory; project design; system processes; measurement; chance science; tools for implementation; epidemiology of patient safety; and error types, disclosure, prevention strategies, and theory.

Three Medical Knowledge Modules are available: Hospital QI and Patient Safety, Hospital QI and Patient Safety II, and Pediatric Hospital QI and Patient Safety. Each online module consists of 25 multiple-choice questions. If the correct answer is chosen, the module provides a rationale explaining why that answer was correct. When an incorrect answer is selected, users are encouraged to try again.

Each module will earn hospitalists 10 self-evaluation points for diplomates enrolled in ABIM’s MOC program and three AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits.

SHM will continue to roll out other topics throughout 2012.

Brendon Shank is SHM associate vice president of communications.

If the SHM Award of Excellence winners are the MVPs of HM, then the specialty’s new Masters in Hospital Medicine are this year’s Hall of Famers.

SHM is proud to announce that Patrick J. Cawley, MD, MBA, MHM, Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc, FACP, MHM, and Mark V. Williams, MD, FACP, MHM, have earned the Master in Hospital Medicine designation. They are the eighth, ninth, and 10th SHM members to receive the exclusive designation. In addition to being honored at HM12, they have earned the right to use the “MHM” credential.

“Hospitalists of all stripes owe our new Masters in Hospital Medicine a great debt for their commitment to the specialty, to their patients, and to healthcare,” says Joseph Ming Wah Li, MD, SFHM, SHM president. “Their innovation, leadership, and vision have helped grow the influence and credibility of the hospital medicine specialty.”

Dr. Cawley is a charter member and past president of SHM who has served on the Ethics and Public Policy committees. He is a frequent speaker at the society’s annual meetings. Dr. Cawley received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and trained as a resident at Duke University Medical Center, where he also served as an assistant chief resident. He has been a contributing writer to The Hospitalist and several other journals and books.

Dr. Lindenauer is a board-certified internist and founding SHM board member. His research focuses on measuring the quality and outcomes of hospital care for patients with common medical conditions. He is supported by grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the NIH’s National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. His research has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Health Affairs, Medical Care, and other general internal medicine and subspecialty journals.

Dr. Williams is professor and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He is the principal investigator for SHM’s Project BOOST and is a former SHM president and board member. He has served in numerous leadership roles since the society’s establishment in 1996. In 1998, Dr. Williams established the first hospitalist program at a public hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.

Drs. Cawley, Lindenauer, and Williams represent the third year of the Masters program. This marks the first year that nominations could be submitted to the SHM Masters Selection committee.

Joining the new masters in earning a new designation are 120 new Fellows in Hospital Medicine (FHM) and 52 Senior Fellows in Hospital Medicine (SFHM). The new members push the fellows program totals to 947 FHMs, 243 SFHMs, and 10 MHMs.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

If the SHM Award of Excellence winners are the MVPs of HM, then the specialty’s new Masters in Hospital Medicine are this year’s Hall of Famers.

SHM is proud to announce that Patrick J. Cawley, MD, MBA, MHM, Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc, FACP, MHM, and Mark V. Williams, MD, FACP, MHM, have earned the Master in Hospital Medicine designation. They are the eighth, ninth, and 10th SHM members to receive the exclusive designation. In addition to being honored at HM12, they have earned the right to use the “MHM” credential.

“Hospitalists of all stripes owe our new Masters in Hospital Medicine a great debt for their commitment to the specialty, to their patients, and to healthcare,” says Joseph Ming Wah Li, MD, SFHM, SHM president. “Their innovation, leadership, and vision have helped grow the influence and credibility of the hospital medicine specialty.”

Dr. Cawley is a charter member and past president of SHM who has served on the Ethics and Public Policy committees. He is a frequent speaker at the society’s annual meetings. Dr. Cawley received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and trained as a resident at Duke University Medical Center, where he also served as an assistant chief resident. He has been a contributing writer to The Hospitalist and several other journals and books.

Dr. Lindenauer is a board-certified internist and founding SHM board member. His research focuses on measuring the quality and outcomes of hospital care for patients with common medical conditions. He is supported by grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the NIH’s National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. His research has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Health Affairs, Medical Care, and other general internal medicine and subspecialty journals.

Dr. Williams is professor and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He is the principal investigator for SHM’s Project BOOST and is a former SHM president and board member. He has served in numerous leadership roles since the society’s establishment in 1996. In 1998, Dr. Williams established the first hospitalist program at a public hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.

Drs. Cawley, Lindenauer, and Williams represent the third year of the Masters program. This marks the first year that nominations could be submitted to the SHM Masters Selection committee.

Joining the new masters in earning a new designation are 120 new Fellows in Hospital Medicine (FHM) and 52 Senior Fellows in Hospital Medicine (SFHM). The new members push the fellows program totals to 947 FHMs, 243 SFHMs, and 10 MHMs.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

If the SHM Award of Excellence winners are the MVPs of HM, then the specialty’s new Masters in Hospital Medicine are this year’s Hall of Famers.

SHM is proud to announce that Patrick J. Cawley, MD, MBA, MHM, Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc, FACP, MHM, and Mark V. Williams, MD, FACP, MHM, have earned the Master in Hospital Medicine designation. They are the eighth, ninth, and 10th SHM members to receive the exclusive designation. In addition to being honored at HM12, they have earned the right to use the “MHM” credential.

“Hospitalists of all stripes owe our new Masters in Hospital Medicine a great debt for their commitment to the specialty, to their patients, and to healthcare,” says Joseph Ming Wah Li, MD, SFHM, SHM president. “Their innovation, leadership, and vision have helped grow the influence and credibility of the hospital medicine specialty.”

Dr. Cawley is a charter member and past president of SHM who has served on the Ethics and Public Policy committees. He is a frequent speaker at the society’s annual meetings. Dr. Cawley received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and trained as a resident at Duke University Medical Center, where he also served as an assistant chief resident. He has been a contributing writer to The Hospitalist and several other journals and books.

Dr. Lindenauer is a board-certified internist and founding SHM board member. His research focuses on measuring the quality and outcomes of hospital care for patients with common medical conditions. He is supported by grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the NIH’s National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. His research has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Health Affairs, Medical Care, and other general internal medicine and subspecialty journals.

Dr. Williams is professor and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He is the principal investigator for SHM’s Project BOOST and is a former SHM president and board member. He has served in numerous leadership roles since the society’s establishment in 1996. In 1998, Dr. Williams established the first hospitalist program at a public hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.

Drs. Cawley, Lindenauer, and Williams represent the third year of the Masters program. This marks the first year that nominations could be submitted to the SHM Masters Selection committee.

Joining the new masters in earning a new designation are 120 new Fellows in Hospital Medicine (FHM) and 52 Senior Fellows in Hospital Medicine (SFHM). The new members push the fellows program totals to 947 FHMs, 243 SFHMs, and 10 MHMs.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

Hospitalists across the country are taking the lead—leading their HM groups, leading care teams, and leading quality-improvement (QI) efforts.

With this year’s annual SHM Awards of Excellence, thousands of hospitalists at HM12 saluted the leaders in the specialty. Five individuals and one team were recognized at the San Diego Convention Center for their efforts to transform healthcare and revolutionize patient care.

In addition to being recognized at HM12, the honorees were the subjects of a video presented at HM12 and posted on SHM’s YouTube channel.

Brendon Shank is associate vice president of communications at SHM

The 2012 SHM Award of Excellence winners are:

Excellence in Teamwork and Quality Improvement

The In-Hospital Stroke QI Team at the University of Colorado Hospital, led by Ethan Cumbler, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine and hospitalist at University of Colorado Hospital, was recognized for exemplary quality improvement initiatives in hospital medicine that engage the full patient care team.

Excellence in Hospital Medicine for Non-Physicians

Jina Saltzman, physician assistant, University of Chicago.

Outstanding Service in Hospital Medicine

William D. Atchley Jr., MD, FACP, SFHM, regional senior medical director, Eagle Hospital Physicians.

Excellence in Teaching

Jeff Barsuk, MD, MS, FHM, associate professor of medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago.

Clinical Excellence

Douglas W. Carlson, MD, SFHM, professor of pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Excellence in Research

Ron Keren, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Hospitalists across the country are taking the lead—leading their HM groups, leading care teams, and leading quality-improvement (QI) efforts.

With this year’s annual SHM Awards of Excellence, thousands of hospitalists at HM12 saluted the leaders in the specialty. Five individuals and one team were recognized at the San Diego Convention Center for their efforts to transform healthcare and revolutionize patient care.

In addition to being recognized at HM12, the honorees were the subjects of a video presented at HM12 and posted on SHM’s YouTube channel.

Brendon Shank is associate vice president of communications at SHM

The 2012 SHM Award of Excellence winners are:

Excellence in Teamwork and Quality Improvement

The In-Hospital Stroke QI Team at the University of Colorado Hospital, led by Ethan Cumbler, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine and hospitalist at University of Colorado Hospital, was recognized for exemplary quality improvement initiatives in hospital medicine that engage the full patient care team.

Excellence in Hospital Medicine for Non-Physicians

Jina Saltzman, physician assistant, University of Chicago.

Outstanding Service in Hospital Medicine

William D. Atchley Jr., MD, FACP, SFHM, regional senior medical director, Eagle Hospital Physicians.

Excellence in Teaching

Jeff Barsuk, MD, MS, FHM, associate professor of medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago.

Clinical Excellence

Douglas W. Carlson, MD, SFHM, professor of pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Excellence in Research

Ron Keren, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Hospitalists across the country are taking the lead—leading their HM groups, leading care teams, and leading quality-improvement (QI) efforts.

With this year’s annual SHM Awards of Excellence, thousands of hospitalists at HM12 saluted the leaders in the specialty. Five individuals and one team were recognized at the San Diego Convention Center for their efforts to transform healthcare and revolutionize patient care.

In addition to being recognized at HM12, the honorees were the subjects of a video presented at HM12 and posted on SHM’s YouTube channel.

Brendon Shank is associate vice president of communications at SHM

The 2012 SHM Award of Excellence winners are:

Excellence in Teamwork and Quality Improvement

The In-Hospital Stroke QI Team at the University of Colorado Hospital, led by Ethan Cumbler, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine and hospitalist at University of Colorado Hospital, was recognized for exemplary quality improvement initiatives in hospital medicine that engage the full patient care team.

Excellence in Hospital Medicine for Non-Physicians

Jina Saltzman, physician assistant, University of Chicago.

Outstanding Service in Hospital Medicine

William D. Atchley Jr., MD, FACP, SFHM, regional senior medical director, Eagle Hospital Physicians.

Excellence in Teaching

Jeff Barsuk, MD, MS, FHM, associate professor of medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago.

Clinical Excellence

Douglas W. Carlson, MD, SFHM, professor of pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Excellence in Research

Ron Keren, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

HM12 is the annual destination for hospitalists of all kinds. For Kendall Rogers, MD, SFHM, associate professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, it’s a chance to gain new energy and find new ideas. The Hospitalist caught up with the chair of SHM’s IT Core Committee and found out why he’s excited about next month’s annual meeting in San Diego.

Are you looking forward to going to HM12? Why?

Definitely. I enjoy the networking and breadth of topics and venues. The energy at the annual meeting always makes me remember why I chose hospital medicine as a career. I wouldn’t miss it.

 

What do you get out of the annual meeting that’s beneficial to your work?

New ideas. That is the primary take-home I get from every annual meeting.

All of us are trying to figure the same things out in our individual institutions. All of us do something well, and none of us do everything well. So this is the best place to learn from others and take those ideas back to your hospital.

 

Why is the annual meeting important to hospitalists involved in quality improvement?

While quality improvement [QI] is the niche of hospital medicine, most hospitalists are not adept in this science. The annual meeting is an excellent venue for everyone to get up to speed on this necessary and vital aspect of the care we provide.

Those already knee-deep in quality often do not have many others at their own site who are knowledgeable about more advanced aspects of QI, and the annual meeting is an opportunity to learn from others a little further up the road than you on this journey.

QI managed poorly is frustrating for all involved. Training makes this much more successful. But even the best-executed projects are bound to hit some road bumps, and sometimes you just need to hear from those who have lived it already to keep from getting discouraged during those times. Successful quality projects add a new source of professional satisfaction to your job, and each project helps you—and your team—become more adept at completing them.

This is the one place that you can impact hundreds, if not thousands, of patients over time from a single intervention. What better use of your time is there?

 At HM12, I would suggest quality and leadership courses for anyone interested in quality. You must have skills in both of these areas to be successful.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

HM12 is the annual destination for hospitalists of all kinds. For Kendall Rogers, MD, SFHM, associate professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, it’s a chance to gain new energy and find new ideas. The Hospitalist caught up with the chair of SHM’s IT Core Committee and found out why he’s excited about next month’s annual meeting in San Diego.

Are you looking forward to going to HM12? Why?

Definitely. I enjoy the networking and breadth of topics and venues. The energy at the annual meeting always makes me remember why I chose hospital medicine as a career. I wouldn’t miss it.

 

What do you get out of the annual meeting that’s beneficial to your work?

New ideas. That is the primary take-home I get from every annual meeting.

All of us are trying to figure the same things out in our individual institutions. All of us do something well, and none of us do everything well. So this is the best place to learn from others and take those ideas back to your hospital.

 

Why is the annual meeting important to hospitalists involved in quality improvement?

While quality improvement [QI] is the niche of hospital medicine, most hospitalists are not adept in this science. The annual meeting is an excellent venue for everyone to get up to speed on this necessary and vital aspect of the care we provide.

Those already knee-deep in quality often do not have many others at their own site who are knowledgeable about more advanced aspects of QI, and the annual meeting is an opportunity to learn from others a little further up the road than you on this journey.

QI managed poorly is frustrating for all involved. Training makes this much more successful. But even the best-executed projects are bound to hit some road bumps, and sometimes you just need to hear from those who have lived it already to keep from getting discouraged during those times. Successful quality projects add a new source of professional satisfaction to your job, and each project helps you—and your team—become more adept at completing them.

This is the one place that you can impact hundreds, if not thousands, of patients over time from a single intervention. What better use of your time is there?

 At HM12, I would suggest quality and leadership courses for anyone interested in quality. You must have skills in both of these areas to be successful.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

HM12 is the annual destination for hospitalists of all kinds. For Kendall Rogers, MD, SFHM, associate professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, it’s a chance to gain new energy and find new ideas. The Hospitalist caught up with the chair of SHM’s IT Core Committee and found out why he’s excited about next month’s annual meeting in San Diego.

Are you looking forward to going to HM12? Why?

Definitely. I enjoy the networking and breadth of topics and venues. The energy at the annual meeting always makes me remember why I chose hospital medicine as a career. I wouldn’t miss it.

 

What do you get out of the annual meeting that’s beneficial to your work?

New ideas. That is the primary take-home I get from every annual meeting.

All of us are trying to figure the same things out in our individual institutions. All of us do something well, and none of us do everything well. So this is the best place to learn from others and take those ideas back to your hospital.

 

Why is the annual meeting important to hospitalists involved in quality improvement?

While quality improvement [QI] is the niche of hospital medicine, most hospitalists are not adept in this science. The annual meeting is an excellent venue for everyone to get up to speed on this necessary and vital aspect of the care we provide.

Those already knee-deep in quality often do not have many others at their own site who are knowledgeable about more advanced aspects of QI, and the annual meeting is an opportunity to learn from others a little further up the road than you on this journey.

QI managed poorly is frustrating for all involved. Training makes this much more successful. But even the best-executed projects are bound to hit some road bumps, and sometimes you just need to hear from those who have lived it already to keep from getting discouraged during those times. Successful quality projects add a new source of professional satisfaction to your job, and each project helps you—and your team—become more adept at completing them.

This is the one place that you can impact hundreds, if not thousands, of patients over time from a single intervention. What better use of your time is there?

 At HM12, I would suggest quality and leadership courses for anyone interested in quality. You must have skills in both of these areas to be successful.

Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.

SHM’s annual meeting will bring some of the top thinkers in healthcare and HM to San Diego in April to present the ideas hospitalists will be talking about for the next year. In fact, with their experience in healthcare policy, this year’s presenters will frame the conversations that hospitalists will have at HM13, outside of Washington, D.C.

HM12’s featured speakers include:

Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, FAAP, SFHM, chief medical officer and director of the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS);

Norman J. Ornstein, PhD, MA, resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; and

Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM, professor and associate chairman of medicine, University of California at San Francisco.

 

“The featured speakers at HM12 in San Diego are guaranteed to provoke conversation among hospitalists, other caregivers, and policymakers throughout the year and beyond,” says HM12 course director Jeff Glasheen, MD, SFHM. “This year’s lineup brings some of the best hospitalists, nonhospitalists, and perennial favorites to the podium. The breadth of their experience and their insight into providing the best care possible in the hospital will resonate with all of the hospitalists who come to the meeting—and will give them fresh new ideas to take back to their hospitals.”

Dr. Conway and Dr. Ornstein will present starting at 8:15 a.m. Monday, April 2 (visit www.hospitalmedicine2012.org for a complete schedule). Dr. Conway will address the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and how hospitalists can help lead the transformation of the healthcare system. Dr. Ornstein will immediately follow Dr. Conway with his featured address, “Making Health Policy in an Age of Dysfunctional Politics.”

As in years past, Dr. Wachter’s featured presentation will be one of HM12’s final events. His presentation, “The Great Physician, c. 2012: How Hospitalists Must Lead Efforts to Identify and Become This New Breed,” is set for noon Wednesday, April 4.

“If hospitalists really want to be part of the transformation of healthcare and lead their hospitals forward, the featured presentations at HM12 should be required courses,” Dr. Glasheen says.

SHM’s annual meeting will bring some of the top thinkers in healthcare and HM to San Diego in April to present the ideas hospitalists will be talking about for the next year. In fact, with their experience in healthcare policy, this year’s presenters will frame the conversations that hospitalists will have at HM13, outside of Washington, D.C.

HM12’s featured speakers include:

Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, FAAP, SFHM, chief medical officer and director of the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS);

Norman J. Ornstein, PhD, MA, resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; and

Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM, professor and associate chairman of medicine, University of California at San Francisco.

 

“The featured speakers at HM12 in San Diego are guaranteed to provoke conversation among hospitalists, other caregivers, and policymakers throughout the year and beyond,” says HM12 course director Jeff Glasheen, MD, SFHM. “This year’s lineup brings some of the best hospitalists, nonhospitalists, and perennial favorites to the podium. The breadth of their experience and their insight into providing the best care possible in the hospital will resonate with all of the hospitalists who come to the meeting—and will give them fresh new ideas to take back to their hospitals.”

Dr. Conway and Dr. Ornstein will present starting at 8:15 a.m. Monday, April 2 (visit www.hospitalmedicine2012.org for a complete schedule). Dr. Conway will address the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and how hospitalists can help lead the transformation of the healthcare system. Dr. Ornstein will immediately follow Dr. Conway with his featured address, “Making Health Policy in an Age of Dysfunctional Politics.”

As in years past, Dr. Wachter’s featured presentation will be one of HM12’s final events. His presentation, “The Great Physician, c. 2012: How Hospitalists Must Lead Efforts to Identify and Become This New Breed,” is set for noon Wednesday, April 4.

“If hospitalists really want to be part of the transformation of healthcare and lead their hospitals forward, the featured presentations at HM12 should be required courses,” Dr. Glasheen says.

SHM’s annual meeting will bring some of the top thinkers in healthcare and HM to San Diego in April to present the ideas hospitalists will be talking about for the next year. In fact, with their experience in healthcare policy, this year’s presenters will frame the conversations that hospitalists will have at HM13, outside of Washington, D.C.

HM12’s featured speakers include:

Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, FAAP, SFHM, chief medical officer and director of the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS);

Norman J. Ornstein, PhD, MA, resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; and

Robert M. Wachter, MD, MHM, professor and associate chairman of medicine, University of California at San Francisco.

 

“The featured speakers at HM12 in San Diego are guaranteed to provoke conversation among hospitalists, other caregivers, and policymakers throughout the year and beyond,” says HM12 course director Jeff Glasheen, MD, SFHM. “This year’s lineup brings some of the best hospitalists, nonhospitalists, and perennial favorites to the podium. The breadth of their experience and their insight into providing the best care possible in the hospital will resonate with all of the hospitalists who come to the meeting—and will give them fresh new ideas to take back to their hospitals.”

Dr. Conway and Dr. Ornstein will present starting at 8:15 a.m. Monday, April 2 (visit www.hospitalmedicine2012.org for a complete schedule). Dr. Conway will address the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and how hospitalists can help lead the transformation of the healthcare system. Dr. Ornstein will immediately follow Dr. Conway with his featured address, “Making Health Policy in an Age of Dysfunctional Politics.”

As in years past, Dr. Wachter’s featured presentation will be one of HM12’s final events. His presentation, “The Great Physician, c. 2012: How Hospitalists Must Lead Efforts to Identify and Become This New Breed,” is set for noon Wednesday, April 4.

“If hospitalists really want to be part of the transformation of healthcare and lead their hospitals forward, the featured presentations at HM12 should be required courses,” Dr. Glasheen says.