NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Inefficient hospital staffing structures can waste resources, stifle work flow, and frustrate hospitalists and their teams.
That’s why hospitalists should consider unique ways to approach staffing that can increase productivity and enhance care delivery, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Examples of innovative staffing include rethinking provider hand-offs, shifting the workloads of interns and residents, and changing hospitalist rotations.
In a video interview, Dr. John R. Nelson of Overlake Medical Center, Bellevue, Wash., and Dr. Daniel J. Hanson of Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, discuss innovative staffing models employed at their hospitals and how they have impacted their teams.
View the video interview on YouTube.
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