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SHM presidents: Innovate and avoid complacency
ORLANDO – In a time of tumult in American health care, hospital medicine can expect to see a reimagined – but not reduced – role, said the outgoing and current presidents of the Society of Hospital Medicine at Monday’s HM18 opening plenary.
Despite the many successes of the relatively young field of hospital medicine, there’s no room for complacency, said SHM’s immediate past president Ron Greeno, MD, MHM.
Dr. Greeno drew on his 25-year career in hospital medicine to frame past successes and upcoming challenges for hospital medicine in the 21st century.
As the profession defined itself and grew from the 1980s onward, “the model was challenged, and challenged significantly, mostly by our physician colleagues,” who either feared or didn’t understand the model, he said. All along, though, pioneers in hospital medicine were just trying “to figure out a way to take better care of patients in the hospital.”
The result, said Dr. Greeno, is that hospital medicine stands unique among physician specialties. “We as a specialty are in a very enviable position as we move into the post–health care reform era. More than any other specialty in the history of medicine, we are not expected to p
“Colleagues honor us by trusting us with their patients’ care … but we need to be aware that they are watching us and judging whether we are living up to our promises,” Dr. Greeno said. “So we need to be asking ourselves some tough questions. Perhaps we’re becoming too self-satisfied. Perhaps we are starting to believe our own press.”
Without an appetite for innovation as well as hard work, hospitalists could risk becoming “highly paid worker bees,” said Dr. Greeno.
“There are people who think this is happening. I know because I have talked to them while traveling around the country” as SHM president, he said. “I am not among that group. I think the best is yet to come … that we will become more integrated and have ever more impact and influence in the redesign of the U.S. health care system.”
More than anything, Dr. Greeno’s faith in the profession’s future is grounded in its human capital. Addressing the plenary attendees, he said, “You come here just to become better, to try to make things better. I see all of you who refuse to let the urgent get in the way of the important.”
In her first address as the new SHM president, Nasim Afsar, MD, SFHM, agreed that the people really do make the profession. “We will prevail because of our perseverance and our passion to be part of the solution for challenges in health care,” she said.
Dr. Afsar is chief ambulatory officer and chief medical officer for ACOs at UC Irvine Health. She said that earlier this year, she’d never felt more sure of her job security. Serving on the inpatient hospitalist service during the height of this year’s surging influenza season, Dr. Afsar saw a packed emergency department and a completely full house for her hospital. “We had to create a new hospitalist service” just to handle the volume, she said.
A sobering experience later that month, though, had her rethinking things. At a meeting of chief executive officers of health care systems, leaders spoke of hospitals transitioning from profit centers to cost centers. Some of the proposed innovations were startling: “When I heard talk of hospitals at home, and of virtual hospitals, I got a very different sense of our specialty,” said Dr. Afsar.
Still, she said, she’s confident there will be jobs for hospitalists in the future. “We can’t ignore the significant, irrefutable fact that has emerged: Value will prevail. And the only way to deliver that is population health management,” meaning the delivery of high value care at fair cost across the entire human lifespan, she said.
This call can be answered in two ways, said Dr. Afsar. “First, we have to define and deliver value for hospitalized patients every single day. Second, we have to look at what population health management means for our specialty.”
“I encourage us not to be confined by our names,” Dr. Afsar said. Rather, hospitalists will be defined by the attributes that they’ve become known for over the years: “Innovators. Problem solvers. Collaborators. Patient advocates.”
ORLANDO – In a time of tumult in American health care, hospital medicine can expect to see a reimagined – but not reduced – role, said the outgoing and current presidents of the Society of Hospital Medicine at Monday’s HM18 opening plenary.
Despite the many successes of the relatively young field of hospital medicine, there’s no room for complacency, said SHM’s immediate past president Ron Greeno, MD, MHM.
Dr. Greeno drew on his 25-year career in hospital medicine to frame past successes and upcoming challenges for hospital medicine in the 21st century.
As the profession defined itself and grew from the 1980s onward, “the model was challenged, and challenged significantly, mostly by our physician colleagues,” who either feared or didn’t understand the model, he said. All along, though, pioneers in hospital medicine were just trying “to figure out a way to take better care of patients in the hospital.”
The result, said Dr. Greeno, is that hospital medicine stands unique among physician specialties. “We as a specialty are in a very enviable position as we move into the post–health care reform era. More than any other specialty in the history of medicine, we are not expected to p
“Colleagues honor us by trusting us with their patients’ care … but we need to be aware that they are watching us and judging whether we are living up to our promises,” Dr. Greeno said. “So we need to be asking ourselves some tough questions. Perhaps we’re becoming too self-satisfied. Perhaps we are starting to believe our own press.”
Without an appetite for innovation as well as hard work, hospitalists could risk becoming “highly paid worker bees,” said Dr. Greeno.
“There are people who think this is happening. I know because I have talked to them while traveling around the country” as SHM president, he said. “I am not among that group. I think the best is yet to come … that we will become more integrated and have ever more impact and influence in the redesign of the U.S. health care system.”
More than anything, Dr. Greeno’s faith in the profession’s future is grounded in its human capital. Addressing the plenary attendees, he said, “You come here just to become better, to try to make things better. I see all of you who refuse to let the urgent get in the way of the important.”
In her first address as the new SHM president, Nasim Afsar, MD, SFHM, agreed that the people really do make the profession. “We will prevail because of our perseverance and our passion to be part of the solution for challenges in health care,” she said.
Dr. Afsar is chief ambulatory officer and chief medical officer for ACOs at UC Irvine Health. She said that earlier this year, she’d never felt more sure of her job security. Serving on the inpatient hospitalist service during the height of this year’s surging influenza season, Dr. Afsar saw a packed emergency department and a completely full house for her hospital. “We had to create a new hospitalist service” just to handle the volume, she said.
A sobering experience later that month, though, had her rethinking things. At a meeting of chief executive officers of health care systems, leaders spoke of hospitals transitioning from profit centers to cost centers. Some of the proposed innovations were startling: “When I heard talk of hospitals at home, and of virtual hospitals, I got a very different sense of our specialty,” said Dr. Afsar.
Still, she said, she’s confident there will be jobs for hospitalists in the future. “We can’t ignore the significant, irrefutable fact that has emerged: Value will prevail. And the only way to deliver that is population health management,” meaning the delivery of high value care at fair cost across the entire human lifespan, she said.
This call can be answered in two ways, said Dr. Afsar. “First, we have to define and deliver value for hospitalized patients every single day. Second, we have to look at what population health management means for our specialty.”
“I encourage us not to be confined by our names,” Dr. Afsar said. Rather, hospitalists will be defined by the attributes that they’ve become known for over the years: “Innovators. Problem solvers. Collaborators. Patient advocates.”
ORLANDO – In a time of tumult in American health care, hospital medicine can expect to see a reimagined – but not reduced – role, said the outgoing and current presidents of the Society of Hospital Medicine at Monday’s HM18 opening plenary.
Despite the many successes of the relatively young field of hospital medicine, there’s no room for complacency, said SHM’s immediate past president Ron Greeno, MD, MHM.
Dr. Greeno drew on his 25-year career in hospital medicine to frame past successes and upcoming challenges for hospital medicine in the 21st century.
As the profession defined itself and grew from the 1980s onward, “the model was challenged, and challenged significantly, mostly by our physician colleagues,” who either feared or didn’t understand the model, he said. All along, though, pioneers in hospital medicine were just trying “to figure out a way to take better care of patients in the hospital.”
The result, said Dr. Greeno, is that hospital medicine stands unique among physician specialties. “We as a specialty are in a very enviable position as we move into the post–health care reform era. More than any other specialty in the history of medicine, we are not expected to p
“Colleagues honor us by trusting us with their patients’ care … but we need to be aware that they are watching us and judging whether we are living up to our promises,” Dr. Greeno said. “So we need to be asking ourselves some tough questions. Perhaps we’re becoming too self-satisfied. Perhaps we are starting to believe our own press.”
Without an appetite for innovation as well as hard work, hospitalists could risk becoming “highly paid worker bees,” said Dr. Greeno.
“There are people who think this is happening. I know because I have talked to them while traveling around the country” as SHM president, he said. “I am not among that group. I think the best is yet to come … that we will become more integrated and have ever more impact and influence in the redesign of the U.S. health care system.”
More than anything, Dr. Greeno’s faith in the profession’s future is grounded in its human capital. Addressing the plenary attendees, he said, “You come here just to become better, to try to make things better. I see all of you who refuse to let the urgent get in the way of the important.”
In her first address as the new SHM president, Nasim Afsar, MD, SFHM, agreed that the people really do make the profession. “We will prevail because of our perseverance and our passion to be part of the solution for challenges in health care,” she said.
Dr. Afsar is chief ambulatory officer and chief medical officer for ACOs at UC Irvine Health. She said that earlier this year, she’d never felt more sure of her job security. Serving on the inpatient hospitalist service during the height of this year’s surging influenza season, Dr. Afsar saw a packed emergency department and a completely full house for her hospital. “We had to create a new hospitalist service” just to handle the volume, she said.
A sobering experience later that month, though, had her rethinking things. At a meeting of chief executive officers of health care systems, leaders spoke of hospitals transitioning from profit centers to cost centers. Some of the proposed innovations were startling: “When I heard talk of hospitals at home, and of virtual hospitals, I got a very different sense of our specialty,” said Dr. Afsar.
Still, she said, she’s confident there will be jobs for hospitalists in the future. “We can’t ignore the significant, irrefutable fact that has emerged: Value will prevail. And the only way to deliver that is population health management,” meaning the delivery of high value care at fair cost across the entire human lifespan, she said.
This call can be answered in two ways, said Dr. Afsar. “First, we have to define and deliver value for hospitalized patients every single day. Second, we have to look at what population health management means for our specialty.”
“I encourage us not to be confined by our names,” Dr. Afsar said. Rather, hospitalists will be defined by the attributes that they’ve become known for over the years: “Innovators. Problem solvers. Collaborators. Patient advocates.”
Hospitalists 'perfectly poised' to drive health care reform
ORLANDO – As dizzying as the alphabet soup of payment reform might seem – with its swirl of new incentives, alignments, and models – hospitalists should already be familiar with many of its main ideas, said keynote speaker Kate Goodrich, MD, director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
That makes hospitalists poised to help reform a U.S. health care system with the dubious pairing of staggering costs and poor outcomes, Dr. Goodrich told a packed ballroom on Monday at the annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Many of the measures involved in payment reform – with its Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), and Advanced Payment Models (APMs) – focus on outpatient and ambulatory care, Dr. Goodrich acknowledged. But it’s also about medical systems, she said.
“What do you focus on as hospitalists? Improving systems of care,” she said. “We focus on clinical care for our individual patient, but part of our job is also to think about it in terms of how do I improve the care across my hospital system?”
One aspect of reform that is most likely to directly affect hospitalists is the facility-based measurement part of the Quality Payment Program, slated to take effect in 2019. If participating in MIPS – the payment model in which clinicians can receive an increase or decrease in payments based on performance measured by data on quality, cost, and other factors – clinicians can choose to have their hospital’s quality measures count toward their MIPS quality score. The facility measurement was developed in part after conversations between CMS and SHM, Dr. Goodrich said.
“Many stakeholders are very excited about this possibility for a couple of reasons: No. 1, there would be absolutely no quality-reporting burden for you if you chose to do that,” she said. “No. 2, it really aligns the incentives between you and the hospital that you’re working in. Because, after all, we are all in this together. And some folks have felt like they aren’t always aligned with the incentives of the hospital that they are working with, or working for.”
Dr. Goodrich didn’t try to send a message that payment reform isn’t a challenge for hospitalists or anyone else – she called the new system “complicated” and said that “we are in a stage of fairly dramatic health system transformation.”
But she said there are steps hospitalists can take to make quality change – and necessary change – happen.
“First of all, of course, continue to provide high-quality patient care, focus on the patients in front of you, and lead the teams that you need in order to provide high-quality care,” she said.
Also, Dr. Goodrich said, hospitalists should learn to work more closely with their own hospital administrators and the post-acute facilities in their local communities.
“We have to figure out ways to collaborate with them and align the incentives across all of these systems of care,” she said. “Some of that comes top down from payers, but much of that can happen at the local level as well.”
Yet, she noted that she often senses trepidation.
“I always get the question: ‘Well, how do we do this? How do we make this change? It’s not something that we’re necessarily trained for,’ ” Dr. Goodrich said. “There are people out there who are doing this well. This is actually spreading across the country. So seek out those high-performers and learn from them. There’s a lot of learning networks out there that you can access to learn how to make some of these changes.”
ORLANDO – As dizzying as the alphabet soup of payment reform might seem – with its swirl of new incentives, alignments, and models – hospitalists should already be familiar with many of its main ideas, said keynote speaker Kate Goodrich, MD, director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
That makes hospitalists poised to help reform a U.S. health care system with the dubious pairing of staggering costs and poor outcomes, Dr. Goodrich told a packed ballroom on Monday at the annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Many of the measures involved in payment reform – with its Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), and Advanced Payment Models (APMs) – focus on outpatient and ambulatory care, Dr. Goodrich acknowledged. But it’s also about medical systems, she said.
“What do you focus on as hospitalists? Improving systems of care,” she said. “We focus on clinical care for our individual patient, but part of our job is also to think about it in terms of how do I improve the care across my hospital system?”
One aspect of reform that is most likely to directly affect hospitalists is the facility-based measurement part of the Quality Payment Program, slated to take effect in 2019. If participating in MIPS – the payment model in which clinicians can receive an increase or decrease in payments based on performance measured by data on quality, cost, and other factors – clinicians can choose to have their hospital’s quality measures count toward their MIPS quality score. The facility measurement was developed in part after conversations between CMS and SHM, Dr. Goodrich said.
“Many stakeholders are very excited about this possibility for a couple of reasons: No. 1, there would be absolutely no quality-reporting burden for you if you chose to do that,” she said. “No. 2, it really aligns the incentives between you and the hospital that you’re working in. Because, after all, we are all in this together. And some folks have felt like they aren’t always aligned with the incentives of the hospital that they are working with, or working for.”
Dr. Goodrich didn’t try to send a message that payment reform isn’t a challenge for hospitalists or anyone else – she called the new system “complicated” and said that “we are in a stage of fairly dramatic health system transformation.”
But she said there are steps hospitalists can take to make quality change – and necessary change – happen.
“First of all, of course, continue to provide high-quality patient care, focus on the patients in front of you, and lead the teams that you need in order to provide high-quality care,” she said.
Also, Dr. Goodrich said, hospitalists should learn to work more closely with their own hospital administrators and the post-acute facilities in their local communities.
“We have to figure out ways to collaborate with them and align the incentives across all of these systems of care,” she said. “Some of that comes top down from payers, but much of that can happen at the local level as well.”
Yet, she noted that she often senses trepidation.
“I always get the question: ‘Well, how do we do this? How do we make this change? It’s not something that we’re necessarily trained for,’ ” Dr. Goodrich said. “There are people out there who are doing this well. This is actually spreading across the country. So seek out those high-performers and learn from them. There’s a lot of learning networks out there that you can access to learn how to make some of these changes.”
ORLANDO – As dizzying as the alphabet soup of payment reform might seem – with its swirl of new incentives, alignments, and models – hospitalists should already be familiar with many of its main ideas, said keynote speaker Kate Goodrich, MD, director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
That makes hospitalists poised to help reform a U.S. health care system with the dubious pairing of staggering costs and poor outcomes, Dr. Goodrich told a packed ballroom on Monday at the annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Many of the measures involved in payment reform – with its Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), and Advanced Payment Models (APMs) – focus on outpatient and ambulatory care, Dr. Goodrich acknowledged. But it’s also about medical systems, she said.
“What do you focus on as hospitalists? Improving systems of care,” she said. “We focus on clinical care for our individual patient, but part of our job is also to think about it in terms of how do I improve the care across my hospital system?”
One aspect of reform that is most likely to directly affect hospitalists is the facility-based measurement part of the Quality Payment Program, slated to take effect in 2019. If participating in MIPS – the payment model in which clinicians can receive an increase or decrease in payments based on performance measured by data on quality, cost, and other factors – clinicians can choose to have their hospital’s quality measures count toward their MIPS quality score. The facility measurement was developed in part after conversations between CMS and SHM, Dr. Goodrich said.
“Many stakeholders are very excited about this possibility for a couple of reasons: No. 1, there would be absolutely no quality-reporting burden for you if you chose to do that,” she said. “No. 2, it really aligns the incentives between you and the hospital that you’re working in. Because, after all, we are all in this together. And some folks have felt like they aren’t always aligned with the incentives of the hospital that they are working with, or working for.”
Dr. Goodrich didn’t try to send a message that payment reform isn’t a challenge for hospitalists or anyone else – she called the new system “complicated” and said that “we are in a stage of fairly dramatic health system transformation.”
But she said there are steps hospitalists can take to make quality change – and necessary change – happen.
“First of all, of course, continue to provide high-quality patient care, focus on the patients in front of you, and lead the teams that you need in order to provide high-quality care,” she said.
Also, Dr. Goodrich said, hospitalists should learn to work more closely with their own hospital administrators and the post-acute facilities in their local communities.
“We have to figure out ways to collaborate with them and align the incentives across all of these systems of care,” she said. “Some of that comes top down from payers, but much of that can happen at the local level as well.”
Yet, she noted that she often senses trepidation.
“I always get the question: ‘Well, how do we do this? How do we make this change? It’s not something that we’re necessarily trained for,’ ” Dr. Goodrich said. “There are people out there who are doing this well. This is actually spreading across the country. So seek out those high-performers and learn from them. There’s a lot of learning networks out there that you can access to learn how to make some of these changes.”
Video: SHM President Nasim Afsar seeks an “unrelenting focus on delivering value”
ORLANDO – In a video interview, Nasim Afsar, MD, SFHM, details the career road that led her to the “tremendous honor” of becoming president of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Having been on the board of directors for 6 years was a profound experience, according to Dr. Afsar, and now as president she looks to take what she has learned and focus on the future of the field.
When asked about her overall vision for the coming year for the Society, Dr. Afsar said that she is committed to “an unrelenting focus on delivering value to our patients, our institutions, and society, and the way we do that is through population health management.”
ORLANDO – In a video interview, Nasim Afsar, MD, SFHM, details the career road that led her to the “tremendous honor” of becoming president of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Having been on the board of directors for 6 years was a profound experience, according to Dr. Afsar, and now as president she looks to take what she has learned and focus on the future of the field.
When asked about her overall vision for the coming year for the Society, Dr. Afsar said that she is committed to “an unrelenting focus on delivering value to our patients, our institutions, and society, and the way we do that is through population health management.”
ORLANDO – In a video interview, Nasim Afsar, MD, SFHM, details the career road that led her to the “tremendous honor” of becoming president of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Having been on the board of directors for 6 years was a profound experience, according to Dr. Afsar, and now as president she looks to take what she has learned and focus on the future of the field.
When asked about her overall vision for the coming year for the Society, Dr. Afsar said that she is committed to “an unrelenting focus on delivering value to our patients, our institutions, and society, and the way we do that is through population health management.”
REPORTING FROM HOSPITAL MEDICINE 2018
Boosting bedside skills in hands-on session
A low faculty-to-learner ratio helped HM18 attendees get the most from their learning experience in the Sunday pre-conference course “Bedside Procedures for the Hospitalist.”
The pre-course blended live didactic teaching and hands-on training with simulators so participants could not only learn but also review and demonstrate techniques for many common invasive procedures hospitalists encounter in practice.
“Our goal is to make the entire bedside procedures pre-course a unique experience,” course codirector Alyssa Burkhart, MD, of the Billings (Mont.) Clinic, said in an interview before the session. 
“We carefully select the curriculum to create a program most relevant to the participants and their day-to-day work in patient care,” said Dr. Burkhart.
“The low faculty-to-learner ratio coupled with ample time to practice under expert guidance separates us from others. ... It’s a privilege to share our love of procedures with this year’s SHM participants,” said Dr. Burkhart, who comoderated the session with Joshua Lenchus, DO, SFHM, of the University of Miami.
An interactive focus on bedside procedures benefits novices and experienced clinicians, said Dr. Lenchus.
The simulation experience involved practice with ultrasound as well as anatomically representative training equipment.
“Our hope is that many hospitalists may once again find that spark of interest in performing more of their own procedures. The interactive sessions embedded within the pre-course are vital to the success of our program. Many other training sessions are didactics based. We strive to keep lecture time to a minimum so that small groups can learn from the expert facilitators,” Dr. Burkhart added.
“Ample hands-on practice time, interactive experience, and direct supervision separate our pre-course from other commercially available offerings,” Dr. Lenchus said.
The agenda kicked off with vascular and intraosseous access in the morning, followed by paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, and basic airway management, including the use of supraglottic devices.
Dr. Burkhart noted that the course included two separate practice sessions for vascular access because of the number of technical steps and potential complications. “Attendees typically wish to spend a considerable amount of time on vascular access,” she said. “The intraosseous access station and its exceptional trainers always receive very positive feedback.”
Dr. Burkhart and Dr. Lenchus had no financial conflicts to disclose.
A low faculty-to-learner ratio helped HM18 attendees get the most from their learning experience in the Sunday pre-conference course “Bedside Procedures for the Hospitalist.”
The pre-course blended live didactic teaching and hands-on training with simulators so participants could not only learn but also review and demonstrate techniques for many common invasive procedures hospitalists encounter in practice.
“Our goal is to make the entire bedside procedures pre-course a unique experience,” course codirector Alyssa Burkhart, MD, of the Billings (Mont.) Clinic, said in an interview before the session.
“We carefully select the curriculum to create a program most relevant to the participants and their day-to-day work in patient care,” said Dr. Burkhart.
“The low faculty-to-learner ratio coupled with ample time to practice under expert guidance separates us from others. ... It’s a privilege to share our love of procedures with this year’s SHM participants,” said Dr. Burkhart, who comoderated the session with Joshua Lenchus, DO, SFHM, of the University of Miami.
An interactive focus on bedside procedures benefits novices and experienced clinicians, said Dr. Lenchus.
The simulation experience involved practice with ultrasound as well as anatomically representative training equipment.
“Our hope is that many hospitalists may once again find that spark of interest in performing more of their own procedures. The interactive sessions embedded within the pre-course are vital to the success of our program. Many other training sessions are didactics based. We strive to keep lecture time to a minimum so that small groups can learn from the expert facilitators,” Dr. Burkhart added.
“Ample hands-on practice time, interactive experience, and direct supervision separate our pre-course from other commercially available offerings,” Dr. Lenchus said.
The agenda kicked off with vascular and intraosseous access in the morning, followed by paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, and basic airway management, including the use of supraglottic devices.
Dr. Burkhart noted that the course included two separate practice sessions for vascular access because of the number of technical steps and potential complications. “Attendees typically wish to spend a considerable amount of time on vascular access,” she said. “The intraosseous access station and its exceptional trainers always receive very positive feedback.”
Dr. Burkhart and Dr. Lenchus had no financial conflicts to disclose.
A low faculty-to-learner ratio helped HM18 attendees get the most from their learning experience in the Sunday pre-conference course “Bedside Procedures for the Hospitalist.”
The pre-course blended live didactic teaching and hands-on training with simulators so participants could not only learn but also review and demonstrate techniques for many common invasive procedures hospitalists encounter in practice.
“Our goal is to make the entire bedside procedures pre-course a unique experience,” course codirector Alyssa Burkhart, MD, of the Billings (Mont.) Clinic, said in an interview before the session.
“We carefully select the curriculum to create a program most relevant to the participants and their day-to-day work in patient care,” said Dr. Burkhart.
“The low faculty-to-learner ratio coupled with ample time to practice under expert guidance separates us from others. ... It’s a privilege to share our love of procedures with this year’s SHM participants,” said Dr. Burkhart, who comoderated the session with Joshua Lenchus, DO, SFHM, of the University of Miami.
An interactive focus on bedside procedures benefits novices and experienced clinicians, said Dr. Lenchus.
The simulation experience involved practice with ultrasound as well as anatomically representative training equipment.
“Our hope is that many hospitalists may once again find that spark of interest in performing more of their own procedures. The interactive sessions embedded within the pre-course are vital to the success of our program. Many other training sessions are didactics based. We strive to keep lecture time to a minimum so that small groups can learn from the expert facilitators,” Dr. Burkhart added.
“Ample hands-on practice time, interactive experience, and direct supervision separate our pre-course from other commercially available offerings,” Dr. Lenchus said.
The agenda kicked off with vascular and intraosseous access in the morning, followed by paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, and basic airway management, including the use of supraglottic devices.
Dr. Burkhart noted that the course included two separate practice sessions for vascular access because of the number of technical steps and potential complications. “Attendees typically wish to spend a considerable amount of time on vascular access,” she said. “The intraosseous access station and its exceptional trainers always receive very positive feedback.”
Dr. Burkhart and Dr. Lenchus had no financial conflicts to disclose.
Practical changes for improving practice management
An all-day HM18 pre-course – “Hospitalist Practice Management: How to Thrive in a Time of Intense Change” – for hospitalist leaders and practice administrators was all about practicality.
One of the goals of the session was to provide “quick, actionable interventions that attendees can implement right away, as well as alternatives for attendees to consider, which will require some work to employ,” said John Nelson, MD, MHM, a partner at Nelson Flores Hospital Medicine Consultants, La Quinta, Calif., the medical director of the Overlake Medical Center, Bellevue, Wash., and a course codirector and a faculty presenter.
Dr. Nelson pointed out that the hospitalist practice is a unique practice model. “We can’t effectively use the same approaches that other medical specialties use to ensure we have successful practices,” he said.
The pre-course, held Sunday before the official start of HM18, included more commentary and specifics than in past years about how to prosper in the rapidly changing health care landscape and how to reduce the chance of burnout.
Topics addressed included how to find, measure, and demonstrate value; how to incorporate different types of providers and clinical support staffing into a practice to support hospitalists; and how to recruit the right people and build a desirable culture.
The pre-course also covered effective roles for a variety of providers in a hospitalist group, including nurses, scribes, and coordinators, and delineated the benefits of providing telemedicine.
For group leaders and administrators in attendance, the session also shed light on how to interact with individual providers in their group and how to collaborate to build a healthy culture and practice, Ms. Flores said.
The day began with presentations that laid out valuable information and frameworks, including “A Tour of Survey Data: What It Does and Doesn’t Tell You” and “Defining and Measuring Value.” Sessions included six didactic lectures with a question-and-answer period, as well as what Dr. Nelson has dubbed “point/counterpoint” sessions in which faculty members debated particular issues, such as work scheduling models. During the last session, “Learning From Each Other,” participants shared with other attendees their own best practices in the areas covered.
Although there is no single best way to organize a hospitalist’s practice, the course provided lots of information and perspective to help listeners decide what is best for their practice.
“Even though we work in a stressful environment of constant change, hospitalists do have some control over their destiny, and there are things they can do to make hospitalist groups thrive in this challenging environment,” Ms. Flores concluded.
An all-day HM18 pre-course – “Hospitalist Practice Management: How to Thrive in a Time of Intense Change” – for hospitalist leaders and practice administrators was all about practicality.
One of the goals of the session was to provide “quick, actionable interventions that attendees can implement right away, as well as alternatives for attendees to consider, which will require some work to employ,” said John Nelson, MD, MHM, a partner at Nelson Flores Hospital Medicine Consultants, La Quinta, Calif., the medical director of the Overlake Medical Center, Bellevue, Wash., and a course codirector and a faculty presenter.
Dr. Nelson pointed out that the hospitalist practice is a unique practice model. “We can’t effectively use the same approaches that other medical specialties use to ensure we have successful practices,” he said.
The pre-course, held Sunday before the official start of HM18, included more commentary and specifics than in past years about how to prosper in the rapidly changing health care landscape and how to reduce the chance of burnout.
Topics addressed included how to find, measure, and demonstrate value; how to incorporate different types of providers and clinical support staffing into a practice to support hospitalists; and how to recruit the right people and build a desirable culture.
The pre-course also covered effective roles for a variety of providers in a hospitalist group, including nurses, scribes, and coordinators, and delineated the benefits of providing telemedicine.
For group leaders and administrators in attendance, the session also shed light on how to interact with individual providers in their group and how to collaborate to build a healthy culture and practice, Ms. Flores said.
The day began with presentations that laid out valuable information and frameworks, including “A Tour of Survey Data: What It Does and Doesn’t Tell You” and “Defining and Measuring Value.” Sessions included six didactic lectures with a question-and-answer period, as well as what Dr. Nelson has dubbed “point/counterpoint” sessions in which faculty members debated particular issues, such as work scheduling models. During the last session, “Learning From Each Other,” participants shared with other attendees their own best practices in the areas covered.
Although there is no single best way to organize a hospitalist’s practice, the course provided lots of information and perspective to help listeners decide what is best for their practice.
“Even though we work in a stressful environment of constant change, hospitalists do have some control over their destiny, and there are things they can do to make hospitalist groups thrive in this challenging environment,” Ms. Flores concluded.
An all-day HM18 pre-course – “Hospitalist Practice Management: How to Thrive in a Time of Intense Change” – for hospitalist leaders and practice administrators was all about practicality.
One of the goals of the session was to provide “quick, actionable interventions that attendees can implement right away, as well as alternatives for attendees to consider, which will require some work to employ,” said John Nelson, MD, MHM, a partner at Nelson Flores Hospital Medicine Consultants, La Quinta, Calif., the medical director of the Overlake Medical Center, Bellevue, Wash., and a course codirector and a faculty presenter.
Dr. Nelson pointed out that the hospitalist practice is a unique practice model. “We can’t effectively use the same approaches that other medical specialties use to ensure we have successful practices,” he said.
The pre-course, held Sunday before the official start of HM18, included more commentary and specifics than in past years about how to prosper in the rapidly changing health care landscape and how to reduce the chance of burnout.
Topics addressed included how to find, measure, and demonstrate value; how to incorporate different types of providers and clinical support staffing into a practice to support hospitalists; and how to recruit the right people and build a desirable culture.
The pre-course also covered effective roles for a variety of providers in a hospitalist group, including nurses, scribes, and coordinators, and delineated the benefits of providing telemedicine.
For group leaders and administrators in attendance, the session also shed light on how to interact with individual providers in their group and how to collaborate to build a healthy culture and practice, Ms. Flores said.
The day began with presentations that laid out valuable information and frameworks, including “A Tour of Survey Data: What It Does and Doesn’t Tell You” and “Defining and Measuring Value.” Sessions included six didactic lectures with a question-and-answer period, as well as what Dr. Nelson has dubbed “point/counterpoint” sessions in which faculty members debated particular issues, such as work scheduling models. During the last session, “Learning From Each Other,” participants shared with other attendees their own best practices in the areas covered.
Although there is no single best way to organize a hospitalist’s practice, the course provided lots of information and perspective to help listeners decide what is best for their practice.
“Even though we work in a stressful environment of constant change, hospitalists do have some control over their destiny, and there are things they can do to make hospitalist groups thrive in this challenging environment,” Ms. Flores concluded.
SHM to induct new Masters in Hospital Medicine
The Society of Hospital Medicine will induct four new Masters in Hospital Medicine (MHM), the society’s highest professional honor, at HM18. Recipients are distinguished by the excellence and significance of their contributions to the field of hospital medicine and health care overall, said Larry Wellikson, MD, MHM, CEO of the Society of Hospital Medicine. They have been selected because of personal character; positions of honor; contributions toward furthering the society’s goals; distinction in practice, education, medical research; and other achievements in science or in the art of hospital medicine.
MHM nominees must be highly accomplished individuals in the hospital medicine specialty. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of activities, such as excellence in clinical care, health care initiatives, education, research, writing and publication, volunteerism, and administrative positions. Current members of the society’s board are not eligible for nomination or selection.
This is truly the Hall of Fame for hospital medicine. Congratulations to this year’s MHMs.
Andrew Auerbach, MD, MPH, MHM, is professor of medicine in residence at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also serves as director of innovation research for the Center for Digital Health and Innovation. He was one of the first 200 members of the Society of Hospital Medicine when it was first called the National Association of Inpatient Physicians. “I have contributed to the field and society through my research and national role as a hospitalist in high-profile policy and guideline initiatives,” he said. These include formulating guidelines for the Institute of Medicine, American College of Cardiology, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Dr. Auerbach has been deeply involved with the society through his role as chair of its Research Committee and Academic Hospitalist Committee for several years. Other accomplishments include being a founding framer of the Academic Hospitalist Academy, contributing to white papers outlining academic hospitalists’ needs, cofounding a national research network for hospitalists, and serving as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine for 7 years.
“Being named an MHM is wonderful recognition,” he said. “I just hope it does not represent a ‘lifetime achievement’ award – I still have many things I want to accomplish in my career!”
Daniel J. Brotman, MD, MHM, professor of medicine, director of the hospitalist program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine since 2000, has served in many roles at the organization. These include being a member of the Annual Meeting Planning Committee (2007-2016), course director for the annual meeting (2013, 2014), chair of the Education Committee (2012-2016), and a member of the Research Committee (2008-2015). Dr. Brotman also won the society’s Research Award in 2015. He has been a staple of the editorial team at the Journal of Hospital Medicine since its founding in 2006.
“I am truly honored to be recognized for my participation and leadership in the field of hospital medicine and the society,” he said. “I am humbled to be included among the many luminaries who have won the award in prior years.”
He has been in his current role at Johns Hopkins since 2005, where he has more than tripled the program’s size and grown its academic profile.
“I have had the good fortune to work with a lot of talented faculty members and have helped them advance professionally and academically, while they pushed me to be a better leader,” Dr. Brotman said. “I encourage my team members to participate in the Society of Hospital Medicine; it is a fabulous way to gain leadership opportunities while staying abreast of the most important developments in the field.”
Bob Harrington, MD, MHM, is president and chief medical officer, SurveyVitals, an organization that provides digital patient experience and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys nationwide to hospitals, health care systems, and physician practices. He believes he is an award recipient because he is a long-time advocate for hospitalists trained in family medicine (HTFMs). “I have always looked for ways to level the playing field for clinical and leadership opportunities for HTFMs,” he said.
Dr. Harrington first became involved with the Society of Hospital Medicine as chair of its Family Medicine Committee in the late 1990s. In that role, his committee looked at unique needs of HTFMs, including hiring practices, providing education to potential employers, and assisting HTFM members in career advancement.
“Our efforts resulted in tremendous growth of the HTFM membership, as these physicians began to view the society as their professional home and not as an internal medicine–dominant organization,” he said. He went on to become the first HTFM to serve on the society’s board and then became the first HTFM to be its president.
“This award is the greatest professional honor that I have received,” Dr. Harrington said. “It is especially important to me, because it is from a group of people whom I hold in the highest professional regard. They always put quality and patients first. I have been privileged to play a small part in that.”
Janet Nagamine, MD, BSN, MHM, is a hospitalist in the department of hospital-based specialty and inpatient palliative care at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Santa Clara, Calif.
Dr. Nagamine was one of the first 200 people to join the Society of Hospital Medicine. Among her many roles within the society were serving on its board of directors from 2009 to 2014 and chairing the Quality and Safety committee for 5 years.
“I’m honored to be acknowledged in this formal and prestigious way, because my career path hasn’t always followed the traditional course of recipients who receive this type of award,” commented Dr. Nagamine, who has worked in a community hospital for the last 18 years. “This speaks volumes to the type of organization that the Society of Hospital Medicine is, and it makes me proud.”
She started her career as an ICU nurse and spent the last 30 years in various institutional and organizational roles trying to make hospitals a better place.
“At times, I was juggling family responsibilities and had to defer the fancy titles, but I always found a way to contribute meaningfully through my work with the Society of Hospital Medicine.”
The Society of Hospital Medicine will induct four new Masters in Hospital Medicine (MHM), the society’s highest professional honor, at HM18. Recipients are distinguished by the excellence and significance of their contributions to the field of hospital medicine and health care overall, said Larry Wellikson, MD, MHM, CEO of the Society of Hospital Medicine. They have been selected because of personal character; positions of honor; contributions toward furthering the society’s goals; distinction in practice, education, medical research; and other achievements in science or in the art of hospital medicine.
MHM nominees must be highly accomplished individuals in the hospital medicine specialty. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of activities, such as excellence in clinical care, health care initiatives, education, research, writing and publication, volunteerism, and administrative positions. Current members of the society’s board are not eligible for nomination or selection.
This is truly the Hall of Fame for hospital medicine. Congratulations to this year’s MHMs.
Andrew Auerbach, MD, MPH, MHM, is professor of medicine in residence at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also serves as director of innovation research for the Center for Digital Health and Innovation. He was one of the first 200 members of the Society of Hospital Medicine when it was first called the National Association of Inpatient Physicians. “I have contributed to the field and society through my research and national role as a hospitalist in high-profile policy and guideline initiatives,” he said. These include formulating guidelines for the Institute of Medicine, American College of Cardiology, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Dr. Auerbach has been deeply involved with the society through his role as chair of its Research Committee and Academic Hospitalist Committee for several years. Other accomplishments include being a founding framer of the Academic Hospitalist Academy, contributing to white papers outlining academic hospitalists’ needs, cofounding a national research network for hospitalists, and serving as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine for 7 years.
“Being named an MHM is wonderful recognition,” he said. “I just hope it does not represent a ‘lifetime achievement’ award – I still have many things I want to accomplish in my career!”
Daniel J. Brotman, MD, MHM, professor of medicine, director of the hospitalist program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine since 2000, has served in many roles at the organization. These include being a member of the Annual Meeting Planning Committee (2007-2016), course director for the annual meeting (2013, 2014), chair of the Education Committee (2012-2016), and a member of the Research Committee (2008-2015). Dr. Brotman also won the society’s Research Award in 2015. He has been a staple of the editorial team at the Journal of Hospital Medicine since its founding in 2006.
“I am truly honored to be recognized for my participation and leadership in the field of hospital medicine and the society,” he said. “I am humbled to be included among the many luminaries who have won the award in prior years.”
He has been in his current role at Johns Hopkins since 2005, where he has more than tripled the program’s size and grown its academic profile.
“I have had the good fortune to work with a lot of talented faculty members and have helped them advance professionally and academically, while they pushed me to be a better leader,” Dr. Brotman said. “I encourage my team members to participate in the Society of Hospital Medicine; it is a fabulous way to gain leadership opportunities while staying abreast of the most important developments in the field.”
Bob Harrington, MD, MHM, is president and chief medical officer, SurveyVitals, an organization that provides digital patient experience and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys nationwide to hospitals, health care systems, and physician practices. He believes he is an award recipient because he is a long-time advocate for hospitalists trained in family medicine (HTFMs). “I have always looked for ways to level the playing field for clinical and leadership opportunities for HTFMs,” he said.
Dr. Harrington first became involved with the Society of Hospital Medicine as chair of its Family Medicine Committee in the late 1990s. In that role, his committee looked at unique needs of HTFMs, including hiring practices, providing education to potential employers, and assisting HTFM members in career advancement.
“Our efforts resulted in tremendous growth of the HTFM membership, as these physicians began to view the society as their professional home and not as an internal medicine–dominant organization,” he said. He went on to become the first HTFM to serve on the society’s board and then became the first HTFM to be its president.
“This award is the greatest professional honor that I have received,” Dr. Harrington said. “It is especially important to me, because it is from a group of people whom I hold in the highest professional regard. They always put quality and patients first. I have been privileged to play a small part in that.”
Janet Nagamine, MD, BSN, MHM, is a hospitalist in the department of hospital-based specialty and inpatient palliative care at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Santa Clara, Calif.
Dr. Nagamine was one of the first 200 people to join the Society of Hospital Medicine. Among her many roles within the society were serving on its board of directors from 2009 to 2014 and chairing the Quality and Safety committee for 5 years.
“I’m honored to be acknowledged in this formal and prestigious way, because my career path hasn’t always followed the traditional course of recipients who receive this type of award,” commented Dr. Nagamine, who has worked in a community hospital for the last 18 years. “This speaks volumes to the type of organization that the Society of Hospital Medicine is, and it makes me proud.”
She started her career as an ICU nurse and spent the last 30 years in various institutional and organizational roles trying to make hospitals a better place.
“At times, I was juggling family responsibilities and had to defer the fancy titles, but I always found a way to contribute meaningfully through my work with the Society of Hospital Medicine.”
The Society of Hospital Medicine will induct four new Masters in Hospital Medicine (MHM), the society’s highest professional honor, at HM18. Recipients are distinguished by the excellence and significance of their contributions to the field of hospital medicine and health care overall, said Larry Wellikson, MD, MHM, CEO of the Society of Hospital Medicine. They have been selected because of personal character; positions of honor; contributions toward furthering the society’s goals; distinction in practice, education, medical research; and other achievements in science or in the art of hospital medicine.
MHM nominees must be highly accomplished individuals in the hospital medicine specialty. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of activities, such as excellence in clinical care, health care initiatives, education, research, writing and publication, volunteerism, and administrative positions. Current members of the society’s board are not eligible for nomination or selection.
This is truly the Hall of Fame for hospital medicine. Congratulations to this year’s MHMs.
Andrew Auerbach, MD, MPH, MHM, is professor of medicine in residence at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also serves as director of innovation research for the Center for Digital Health and Innovation. He was one of the first 200 members of the Society of Hospital Medicine when it was first called the National Association of Inpatient Physicians. “I have contributed to the field and society through my research and national role as a hospitalist in high-profile policy and guideline initiatives,” he said. These include formulating guidelines for the Institute of Medicine, American College of Cardiology, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Dr. Auerbach has been deeply involved with the society through his role as chair of its Research Committee and Academic Hospitalist Committee for several years. Other accomplishments include being a founding framer of the Academic Hospitalist Academy, contributing to white papers outlining academic hospitalists’ needs, cofounding a national research network for hospitalists, and serving as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine for 7 years.
“Being named an MHM is wonderful recognition,” he said. “I just hope it does not represent a ‘lifetime achievement’ award – I still have many things I want to accomplish in my career!”
Daniel J. Brotman, MD, MHM, professor of medicine, director of the hospitalist program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine since 2000, has served in many roles at the organization. These include being a member of the Annual Meeting Planning Committee (2007-2016), course director for the annual meeting (2013, 2014), chair of the Education Committee (2012-2016), and a member of the Research Committee (2008-2015). Dr. Brotman also won the society’s Research Award in 2015. He has been a staple of the editorial team at the Journal of Hospital Medicine since its founding in 2006.
“I am truly honored to be recognized for my participation and leadership in the field of hospital medicine and the society,” he said. “I am humbled to be included among the many luminaries who have won the award in prior years.”
He has been in his current role at Johns Hopkins since 2005, where he has more than tripled the program’s size and grown its academic profile.
“I have had the good fortune to work with a lot of talented faculty members and have helped them advance professionally and academically, while they pushed me to be a better leader,” Dr. Brotman said. “I encourage my team members to participate in the Society of Hospital Medicine; it is a fabulous way to gain leadership opportunities while staying abreast of the most important developments in the field.”
Bob Harrington, MD, MHM, is president and chief medical officer, SurveyVitals, an organization that provides digital patient experience and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys nationwide to hospitals, health care systems, and physician practices. He believes he is an award recipient because he is a long-time advocate for hospitalists trained in family medicine (HTFMs). “I have always looked for ways to level the playing field for clinical and leadership opportunities for HTFMs,” he said.
Dr. Harrington first became involved with the Society of Hospital Medicine as chair of its Family Medicine Committee in the late 1990s. In that role, his committee looked at unique needs of HTFMs, including hiring practices, providing education to potential employers, and assisting HTFM members in career advancement.
“Our efforts resulted in tremendous growth of the HTFM membership, as these physicians began to view the society as their professional home and not as an internal medicine–dominant organization,” he said. He went on to become the first HTFM to serve on the society’s board and then became the first HTFM to be its president.
“This award is the greatest professional honor that I have received,” Dr. Harrington said. “It is especially important to me, because it is from a group of people whom I hold in the highest professional regard. They always put quality and patients first. I have been privileged to play a small part in that.”
Janet Nagamine, MD, BSN, MHM, is a hospitalist in the department of hospital-based specialty and inpatient palliative care at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Santa Clara, Calif.
Dr. Nagamine was one of the first 200 people to join the Society of Hospital Medicine. Among her many roles within the society were serving on its board of directors from 2009 to 2014 and chairing the Quality and Safety committee for 5 years.
“I’m honored to be acknowledged in this formal and prestigious way, because my career path hasn’t always followed the traditional course of recipients who receive this type of award,” commented Dr. Nagamine, who has worked in a community hospital for the last 18 years. “This speaks volumes to the type of organization that the Society of Hospital Medicine is, and it makes me proud.”
She started her career as an ICU nurse and spent the last 30 years in various institutional and organizational roles trying to make hospitals a better place.
“At times, I was juggling family responsibilities and had to defer the fancy titles, but I always found a way to contribute meaningfully through my work with the Society of Hospital Medicine.”
HM18 satellite symposia schedule, information
From Hospital Admission to Home: New Standards for Extended Duration VTE Prophylaxis in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
Sunday, April 8
5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Canary Room 1-2
Dinner provided at 5:30 p.m.
Learning Objective: To educate on the risk of VTE in acutely ill medical patients, APEX clinical trial results, and Bevyxxa (betrixaban).
Overview:
- Review the burden of VTE in acutely ill medical patients.
- Provide an overview of the unmet need for extended-duration VTE prophylaxis from hospital admission to home.
- Review the APEX clinical trial data.
- Provide an overview of Bevyxxa (betrixaban) indication, safety information, dosing, and appropriate patient types.
Presenter: Hameed Ali, DO, FHM, clinical assistant professor of medicine and hospitalist, Baylor Scott and White Health Hospital, Temple, Tex.
This program is supported by Portola Pharmaceuticals.
Reducing COPD-related Readmissions through Individualized Maintenance Therapy and Increased Patient Engagement
Sunday, April 8
5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Canary Room 3-4
Dinner provided at 5:30 p.m.
Overview: Hospitals are a critical point of intervention in the care pathway of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Clinicians in this setting must be well versed in current treatment guidelines, as well as the full spectrum of medications and delivery devices, to provide disease management tailored to the physical and cognitive needs of each patient. Moreover, hospital clinicians also need to be adept at communicating with patients and engaging them in the management of their own disease. Collectively, these measures can significantly reduce symptom severity and the risk for future exacerbations, increase physical activity, and improve overall quality of life in patients with COPD. This program will improve the knowledge and competence of clinicians who care for patients with COPD.
Learning objectives: Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify long-term treatment strategies to reduce hospital readmissions for COPD exacerbations.
- Review the clinical evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of long-acting maintenance regimens for COPD.
- Select medication delivery devices for patients with COPD based upon individual physical and cognitive characteristics.
- Outline a transitional care plan that promotes patient self-management to reduce the risk for future exacerbations and hospital readmissions.
Presenters: Stanley B. Fiel, MD, regional chair in the department of medicine, Atlantic Health System, and the deNeufville Professor, chairman of the department of medicine, Morristown (NJ) Medical Center; José Luis González, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine, department of internal medicine, University of Southern California, and primary care physician, department of primary care, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Accreditation statement: Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit designation: Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
A Physician’s Keys to Locking Out Lawsuits and Reducing Taxes
Monday, April 9
Noon – 1:00 p.m., Anaheim/Atlanta/Boston Room
Lunch provided at noon.
Objectives:
- Protect your license from negative reports to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) following a settlement from your insurance company. If there is no NPDB report, it’s unlikely that a board investigation into the legal matter will materialize. Preventing any sanctions from the state licensing board.
- Show how to structure: C-corps, S-corps, FLPs, LLCs, etc.
- Teach the use of legal tools that will protect their professional and personal assets from lawsuits. (Statistically, not even 1 in 100,000 are using these tools in the right way.)
- Learn how to protect business, property, and personal assets in the event of a judgment in excess of liability insurance.
- Learn how to protect your license from negative reports to the NPDB following a settlement from your insurance company. If there is no NPDB report, it’s unlikely that a board investigation into the legal matter will materialize. Preventing any sanctions from the state licensing board.
- Learn the best business structure for income tax reduction. Learn the new tax laws passed in 2017 and how they can benefit you.
Faculty: Art McOmber
Sponsored by Legally Mine.
Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) in the Hospital Setting: Why Are Patients Not Getting Better?
Monday, April 9
7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Canary Room 1-2
Dinner provided at 7:30 p.m.
Program Summary: Appropriate management of pneumonia in the hospital setting can have a substantial impact on patient outcomes and hospital measures such as readmission rates and length of stay. Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) is one of the most common infectious diseases, one of the most frequent infections requiring antibiotics, and remains a leading cause of death in the United States. During this presentation, we will review current CABP guidelines from IDSA (the Infectious Diseases Society of America) and discuss the importance of appropriate antibiotic selection as it relates to the tenets of antimicrobial stewardship. The faculty will present two case studies and will solicit audience participation with a focus on antibiotic resistance and the importance of transition of care.
Chair: William Ford, MD, SFHM, Abington Jefferson Health, Abington, Penn.
Faculty: Mauricio Pinto, MD, St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, Round Rock, Tex.; Sumeet Shetty, MD, MBA, FHM, Axel Health, Fort Meyers, Fla.
This program is supported by Nabriva Therapeutics, plc.
Register: NabrivaEvents@HCAGroup.com www.nabrivaevents.com/SHM/Symposium, or call 877-547-5640.
Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs): Current Evidence for Extended VTE Prophylaxis in Medically Ill Patients and Reversal
Monday, April 9
7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Canary Room 3-4
Dinner provided at 7:30 p.m.
Overview: Patients hospitalized for an acute medical illness are at an increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). With increasingly shortened hospital stays, acutely ill hospitalized patients are at an increased risk of developing VTE both in the hospital and after discharge. Outpatient VTE episodes often occur within 30 days of hospital discharge and fewer than half of those discharged patients receive VTE prophylaxis. Therefore, it is important for clinicians to be able to risk-stratify patients and provide extended prophylaxis for medical patients at increased risk for VTE.
This symposium will discuss the risk factors and burden of VTE and review ACCP guideline recommendations for VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients. Faculty will assess the safety and efficacy of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for extended VTE prophylaxis, explain the stratification of VTE and bleeding risk, as well as the process for devising evidence-based antithrombotic regimens. The presentation also will include an outline of current and emerging options for reversal of direct oral anticoagulants.
Learning objectives:
- Outline the risk factors and burden of VTE in medically ill patients post hospitalization.
- Review ACCP and ASH guideline recommendations for VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients.
- Assess the safety and efficacy of DOACs for extended VTE prophylaxis in medically ill patients.
- Devise evidence-based antithrombotic regimens for medically ill patients taking into consideration patient-specific factors that impact VTE and bleeding risk
- Outline current and emerging options for reversal of DOACs
Faculty: Amir K. Jaffer, MD, MBA, chief medical officer, New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital, New York; Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD, FACP, FCCP, FRCPC, professor of medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, system director – anticoagulation and clinical thrombosis services, Northwell Health at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY; and Alan Jacobson, MD, FACC, assistant professor of medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, director of anticoagulation services, Loma Linda VA Medical Center, Calif.
Target audience: Hospitalists, internists, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs) who practice in a hospital setting.
Credit designation: Horizon CME designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the providership of Horizon CME. Horizon CME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ABIM MOC statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Supporter statement: This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Portola Pharmaceuticals.
Register: http://bit.ly/2EoP1tb
From Hospital Admission to Home: New Standards for Extended Duration VTE Prophylaxis in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
Sunday, April 8
5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Canary Room 1-2
Dinner provided at 5:30 p.m.
Learning Objective: To educate on the risk of VTE in acutely ill medical patients, APEX clinical trial results, and Bevyxxa (betrixaban).
Overview:
- Review the burden of VTE in acutely ill medical patients.
- Provide an overview of the unmet need for extended-duration VTE prophylaxis from hospital admission to home.
- Review the APEX clinical trial data.
- Provide an overview of Bevyxxa (betrixaban) indication, safety information, dosing, and appropriate patient types.
Presenter: Hameed Ali, DO, FHM, clinical assistant professor of medicine and hospitalist, Baylor Scott and White Health Hospital, Temple, Tex.
This program is supported by Portola Pharmaceuticals.
Reducing COPD-related Readmissions through Individualized Maintenance Therapy and Increased Patient Engagement
Sunday, April 8
5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Canary Room 3-4
Dinner provided at 5:30 p.m.
Overview: Hospitals are a critical point of intervention in the care pathway of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Clinicians in this setting must be well versed in current treatment guidelines, as well as the full spectrum of medications and delivery devices, to provide disease management tailored to the physical and cognitive needs of each patient. Moreover, hospital clinicians also need to be adept at communicating with patients and engaging them in the management of their own disease. Collectively, these measures can significantly reduce symptom severity and the risk for future exacerbations, increase physical activity, and improve overall quality of life in patients with COPD. This program will improve the knowledge and competence of clinicians who care for patients with COPD.
Learning objectives: Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify long-term treatment strategies to reduce hospital readmissions for COPD exacerbations.
- Review the clinical evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of long-acting maintenance regimens for COPD.
- Select medication delivery devices for patients with COPD based upon individual physical and cognitive characteristics.
- Outline a transitional care plan that promotes patient self-management to reduce the risk for future exacerbations and hospital readmissions.
Presenters: Stanley B. Fiel, MD, regional chair in the department of medicine, Atlantic Health System, and the deNeufville Professor, chairman of the department of medicine, Morristown (NJ) Medical Center; José Luis González, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine, department of internal medicine, University of Southern California, and primary care physician, department of primary care, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Accreditation statement: Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit designation: Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
A Physician’s Keys to Locking Out Lawsuits and Reducing Taxes
Monday, April 9
Noon – 1:00 p.m., Anaheim/Atlanta/Boston Room
Lunch provided at noon.
Objectives:
- Protect your license from negative reports to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) following a settlement from your insurance company. If there is no NPDB report, it’s unlikely that a board investigation into the legal matter will materialize. Preventing any sanctions from the state licensing board.
- Show how to structure: C-corps, S-corps, FLPs, LLCs, etc.
- Teach the use of legal tools that will protect their professional and personal assets from lawsuits. (Statistically, not even 1 in 100,000 are using these tools in the right way.)
- Learn how to protect business, property, and personal assets in the event of a judgment in excess of liability insurance.
- Learn how to protect your license from negative reports to the NPDB following a settlement from your insurance company. If there is no NPDB report, it’s unlikely that a board investigation into the legal matter will materialize. Preventing any sanctions from the state licensing board.
- Learn the best business structure for income tax reduction. Learn the new tax laws passed in 2017 and how they can benefit you.
Faculty: Art McOmber
Sponsored by Legally Mine.
Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) in the Hospital Setting: Why Are Patients Not Getting Better?
Monday, April 9
7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Canary Room 1-2
Dinner provided at 7:30 p.m.
Program Summary: Appropriate management of pneumonia in the hospital setting can have a substantial impact on patient outcomes and hospital measures such as readmission rates and length of stay. Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) is one of the most common infectious diseases, one of the most frequent infections requiring antibiotics, and remains a leading cause of death in the United States. During this presentation, we will review current CABP guidelines from IDSA (the Infectious Diseases Society of America) and discuss the importance of appropriate antibiotic selection as it relates to the tenets of antimicrobial stewardship. The faculty will present two case studies and will solicit audience participation with a focus on antibiotic resistance and the importance of transition of care.
Chair: William Ford, MD, SFHM, Abington Jefferson Health, Abington, Penn.
Faculty: Mauricio Pinto, MD, St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, Round Rock, Tex.; Sumeet Shetty, MD, MBA, FHM, Axel Health, Fort Meyers, Fla.
This program is supported by Nabriva Therapeutics, plc.
Register: NabrivaEvents@HCAGroup.com www.nabrivaevents.com/SHM/Symposium, or call 877-547-5640.
Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs): Current Evidence for Extended VTE Prophylaxis in Medically Ill Patients and Reversal
Monday, April 9
7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Canary Room 3-4
Dinner provided at 7:30 p.m.
Overview: Patients hospitalized for an acute medical illness are at an increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). With increasingly shortened hospital stays, acutely ill hospitalized patients are at an increased risk of developing VTE both in the hospital and after discharge. Outpatient VTE episodes often occur within 30 days of hospital discharge and fewer than half of those discharged patients receive VTE prophylaxis. Therefore, it is important for clinicians to be able to risk-stratify patients and provide extended prophylaxis for medical patients at increased risk for VTE.
This symposium will discuss the risk factors and burden of VTE and review ACCP guideline recommendations for VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients. Faculty will assess the safety and efficacy of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for extended VTE prophylaxis, explain the stratification of VTE and bleeding risk, as well as the process for devising evidence-based antithrombotic regimens. The presentation also will include an outline of current and emerging options for reversal of direct oral anticoagulants.
Learning objectives:
- Outline the risk factors and burden of VTE in medically ill patients post hospitalization.
- Review ACCP and ASH guideline recommendations for VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients.
- Assess the safety and efficacy of DOACs for extended VTE prophylaxis in medically ill patients.
- Devise evidence-based antithrombotic regimens for medically ill patients taking into consideration patient-specific factors that impact VTE and bleeding risk
- Outline current and emerging options for reversal of DOACs
Faculty: Amir K. Jaffer, MD, MBA, chief medical officer, New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital, New York; Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD, FACP, FCCP, FRCPC, professor of medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, system director – anticoagulation and clinical thrombosis services, Northwell Health at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY; and Alan Jacobson, MD, FACC, assistant professor of medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, director of anticoagulation services, Loma Linda VA Medical Center, Calif.
Target audience: Hospitalists, internists, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs) who practice in a hospital setting.
Credit designation: Horizon CME designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the providership of Horizon CME. Horizon CME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ABIM MOC statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Supporter statement: This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Portola Pharmaceuticals.
Register: http://bit.ly/2EoP1tb
From Hospital Admission to Home: New Standards for Extended Duration VTE Prophylaxis in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
Sunday, April 8
5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Canary Room 1-2
Dinner provided at 5:30 p.m.
Learning Objective: To educate on the risk of VTE in acutely ill medical patients, APEX clinical trial results, and Bevyxxa (betrixaban).
Overview:
- Review the burden of VTE in acutely ill medical patients.
- Provide an overview of the unmet need for extended-duration VTE prophylaxis from hospital admission to home.
- Review the APEX clinical trial data.
- Provide an overview of Bevyxxa (betrixaban) indication, safety information, dosing, and appropriate patient types.
Presenter: Hameed Ali, DO, FHM, clinical assistant professor of medicine and hospitalist, Baylor Scott and White Health Hospital, Temple, Tex.
This program is supported by Portola Pharmaceuticals.
Reducing COPD-related Readmissions through Individualized Maintenance Therapy and Increased Patient Engagement
Sunday, April 8
5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Canary Room 3-4
Dinner provided at 5:30 p.m.
Overview: Hospitals are a critical point of intervention in the care pathway of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Clinicians in this setting must be well versed in current treatment guidelines, as well as the full spectrum of medications and delivery devices, to provide disease management tailored to the physical and cognitive needs of each patient. Moreover, hospital clinicians also need to be adept at communicating with patients and engaging them in the management of their own disease. Collectively, these measures can significantly reduce symptom severity and the risk for future exacerbations, increase physical activity, and improve overall quality of life in patients with COPD. This program will improve the knowledge and competence of clinicians who care for patients with COPD.
Learning objectives: Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify long-term treatment strategies to reduce hospital readmissions for COPD exacerbations.
- Review the clinical evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of long-acting maintenance regimens for COPD.
- Select medication delivery devices for patients with COPD based upon individual physical and cognitive characteristics.
- Outline a transitional care plan that promotes patient self-management to reduce the risk for future exacerbations and hospital readmissions.
Presenters: Stanley B. Fiel, MD, regional chair in the department of medicine, Atlantic Health System, and the deNeufville Professor, chairman of the department of medicine, Morristown (NJ) Medical Center; José Luis González, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine, department of internal medicine, University of Southern California, and primary care physician, department of primary care, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Accreditation statement: Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit designation: Integrity Continuing Education, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
A Physician’s Keys to Locking Out Lawsuits and Reducing Taxes
Monday, April 9
Noon – 1:00 p.m., Anaheim/Atlanta/Boston Room
Lunch provided at noon.
Objectives:
- Protect your license from negative reports to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) following a settlement from your insurance company. If there is no NPDB report, it’s unlikely that a board investigation into the legal matter will materialize. Preventing any sanctions from the state licensing board.
- Show how to structure: C-corps, S-corps, FLPs, LLCs, etc.
- Teach the use of legal tools that will protect their professional and personal assets from lawsuits. (Statistically, not even 1 in 100,000 are using these tools in the right way.)
- Learn how to protect business, property, and personal assets in the event of a judgment in excess of liability insurance.
- Learn how to protect your license from negative reports to the NPDB following a settlement from your insurance company. If there is no NPDB report, it’s unlikely that a board investigation into the legal matter will materialize. Preventing any sanctions from the state licensing board.
- Learn the best business structure for income tax reduction. Learn the new tax laws passed in 2017 and how they can benefit you.
Faculty: Art McOmber
Sponsored by Legally Mine.
Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) in the Hospital Setting: Why Are Patients Not Getting Better?
Monday, April 9
7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Canary Room 1-2
Dinner provided at 7:30 p.m.
Program Summary: Appropriate management of pneumonia in the hospital setting can have a substantial impact on patient outcomes and hospital measures such as readmission rates and length of stay. Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) is one of the most common infectious diseases, one of the most frequent infections requiring antibiotics, and remains a leading cause of death in the United States. During this presentation, we will review current CABP guidelines from IDSA (the Infectious Diseases Society of America) and discuss the importance of appropriate antibiotic selection as it relates to the tenets of antimicrobial stewardship. The faculty will present two case studies and will solicit audience participation with a focus on antibiotic resistance and the importance of transition of care.
Chair: William Ford, MD, SFHM, Abington Jefferson Health, Abington, Penn.
Faculty: Mauricio Pinto, MD, St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, Round Rock, Tex.; Sumeet Shetty, MD, MBA, FHM, Axel Health, Fort Meyers, Fla.
This program is supported by Nabriva Therapeutics, plc.
Register: NabrivaEvents@HCAGroup.com www.nabrivaevents.com/SHM/Symposium, or call 877-547-5640.
Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs): Current Evidence for Extended VTE Prophylaxis in Medically Ill Patients and Reversal
Monday, April 9
7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Canary Room 3-4
Dinner provided at 7:30 p.m.
Overview: Patients hospitalized for an acute medical illness are at an increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). With increasingly shortened hospital stays, acutely ill hospitalized patients are at an increased risk of developing VTE both in the hospital and after discharge. Outpatient VTE episodes often occur within 30 days of hospital discharge and fewer than half of those discharged patients receive VTE prophylaxis. Therefore, it is important for clinicians to be able to risk-stratify patients and provide extended prophylaxis for medical patients at increased risk for VTE.
This symposium will discuss the risk factors and burden of VTE and review ACCP guideline recommendations for VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients. Faculty will assess the safety and efficacy of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for extended VTE prophylaxis, explain the stratification of VTE and bleeding risk, as well as the process for devising evidence-based antithrombotic regimens. The presentation also will include an outline of current and emerging options for reversal of direct oral anticoagulants.
Learning objectives:
- Outline the risk factors and burden of VTE in medically ill patients post hospitalization.
- Review ACCP and ASH guideline recommendations for VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients.
- Assess the safety and efficacy of DOACs for extended VTE prophylaxis in medically ill patients.
- Devise evidence-based antithrombotic regimens for medically ill patients taking into consideration patient-specific factors that impact VTE and bleeding risk
- Outline current and emerging options for reversal of DOACs
Faculty: Amir K. Jaffer, MD, MBA, chief medical officer, New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital, New York; Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD, FACP, FCCP, FRCPC, professor of medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, system director – anticoagulation and clinical thrombosis services, Northwell Health at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY; and Alan Jacobson, MD, FACC, assistant professor of medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, director of anticoagulation services, Loma Linda VA Medical Center, Calif.
Target audience: Hospitalists, internists, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs) who practice in a hospital setting.
Credit designation: Horizon CME designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the providership of Horizon CME. Horizon CME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ABIM MOC statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Supporter statement: This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Portola Pharmaceuticals.
Register: http://bit.ly/2EoP1tb
HM18 Special Interest Forums
The Society of Hospital Medicine presents a variety of special interest forums during its annual conference. The small-group sessions take place Monday, April 9, 4:30-5:25 p.m.
Academic and Research
Greg Seymann, MD, SFHM; Nicole Adler, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 12-14
The Academic and Research Forum brings together faculty and researchers to discuss topics of interest to the academic hospital medicine community, such as mentorship, research support, and professional development. Join this collaborative offering of the Academic and Research Committees.
Advocacy & Public Policy
Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, SFHM; Josh Boswell
Key Biscayne Room
During this forum with SHM’s Advocacy leaders and staff, you will learn about the direction of SHM’s Advocacy & Public Policy work and how you can help. Discussion will focus on SHM’s new Advocacy & Public Policy Section, its role, and how you can participate and share your own ideas.
Canadian Hospitalists
Serge Soolsma, MD
Key Largo Room
This forum provides a unique setting for hospitalists based in Canada to gather as an organized group, network with each other, and discuss the common issues with which they are faced.
Care for Vulnerable Populations
Mara Bann, MD; Pallabi Sanyal-Day, MD
Key West Room
SHM’s Caring for Vulnerable Populations Section aims to increase awareness and improve quality of care for vulnerable and underserved patient populations in the hospital setting. The principles and skills needed to care effectively for vulnerable patients span practitioners across all health systems, although they are important particularly for hospitalists practicing in safety-net and resource-limited settings.
Community-Based Hospitalists
Steve Behnke, MD; Jason Robertson, MD, SFHM
Sawgrass Room
This session provides a forum for sharing principles of successful clinical practices, quality care, and professional sustainability, as well as other “hot” topics of interest to the community-based hospitalist.
NEW: Critical Care
David Aymond, MD
Grand Ballroom 4-6
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of critical care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing critical care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
NEW: Diversity and Inclusion
Marisha Burden, MD, SFHM; Flora Kisuule, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 7A
SHM is committed to a diverse and inclusive membership that works to provide high-quality, equitable care to diverse populations. This forum invites hospitalists from any underrepresented group to discuss issues, concerns, and solutions to improve workforce diversity and their own career opportunities. In addition, this forum would be for HM leaders who would like to discuss strategies and opportunities for expanding the diversity and inclusion of their HM groups.
NEW: Ethics in Hospital Medicine
David Alfandre, MD, MSPH
West Indies Room
This forum serves as a resource for discussion, coaching, and mentorship regarding common and challenging ethical concerns that hospitalists face. We aim to support SHM members in collaborating on ethics scholarships and projects that address ethics in clinical care, education, and policy.
Global Health and Human Rights
Brett Hendel-Paterson, MD, FHM
Harbor Beach Room
SHM’s Global Health and Human Rights Section has been established to build interest and engagement in global health and human rights work among hospitalists so they can share their expertise. The section also plans to build long-term collaborations in the United States and abroad.
Hospitalists Trained in Family Medicine
David Goldstein, MD; Patricia Seymour, MD
Anaheim Room
Participants will network and discuss their training, how they’ve achieved recognition and access in the job market, as well as national trends related to hospitalists trained in family medicine.
Information Technology
Cheng-Kai Kao, MD; Andrew Young, DO
St. Thomas Room
This forum provides an opportunity for attendees to provide SHM and the IT Committee with input on what would be most beneficial regarding implementing, managing, and participating in health/hospital IT initiatives.
International Hospital Medicine
Guillherme Barcellos, MD, SFHM; Rafaela Dal Molin, MD, MEd, FHM; Nerea Fernandez, MEd, PhD
Crystal Ballroom G1/A&B
This forum is designed to provide an opportunity for attendees who practice hospital medicine outside of North America to share their ideas and discuss issues they’ve faced.
Leadership in Hospital Medicine
Thomas McIlraith, MD, SFHM, CLHM; Rob Zipper, MD, MMM, SFHM
Marco Island Room
Want to be a better leader? A better coach and mentor? Do you want to drive quality improvement (QI) at your hospital? Developing ourselves and our teams is what we are all here to do! We will review, discuss, and shape the resources and programmatic offerings that are needed to promote leadership skills development at all levels. We will also review SHMs existing programs, including the Leadership Academies, the Leadership Certificate Program, e-learning opportunities, and the HMX: Leadership Alumni Forum.
Med-Peds Hospitalists
Heather Toth, MD, SFHM; Carrie Herzke, MD, SFHM
Crystal Ballroom H
This special interest forum will explore the role of Med-Peds physicians in hospitalist medicine. Discussion items may include personal experiences, how to create more Med-Peds jobs, and how to succeed as a Med-Peds hospitalist.
Multi-Site HMG Leaders
Leslie Flores, MHA, SFHM; Ryan Brown, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 1-3
This forum is for physician and administrative leaders who are responsible for managing multiple hospitalist practice sites within the same health system. The number of people with this role has increased significantly in the last few years and comes with challenges that are different from those faced by the lead hospitalist at a single-practice site.
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Emilie Davis, PA-C, FHM; Noam Shabani, MS, PA-C
Vinoy Room
Share best practices and challenges. Learn about SHM resources for NPs and PAs in practice, as well as onboarding and recruitment resources. Network with peers and help build membership engagement.
Oncology Hospitalists
Maria Campagna, MD, FHM; Barbara Egan, MD, SFHM; Kerry Reynolds, MD
Aruba Room
This special interest forum will explore the role of hospitalists in oncology services. Discussion items may include personal experiences and how to succeed as an oncology hospitalist.
Palliative Care
Rab Razzak, MBBS, MD; Jeffrey Frank, MD, MBA
Bahamas Room
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of palliative care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing palliative care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
Patient Experience
Mark Rudolph, MD, SFHM; Patrick Kneeland, MD
Grand Ballroom 7B
Join the Patient Experience Forum to exchange ideas about how hospitalists can enhance patients’ care experiences while also improving professional satisfaction. Learn about the work of SHM’s Patient Experience Committee and opportunities for getting involved in SHM’s patient experience initiatives.
Pediatric Hospitalists
Sandy Gage, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 9-11
This special interest forum will provide an opportunity for pediatric hospitalists to network, share, and discuss topics and issues of particular interest to them. Topics will include an updates on SHM’s pediatric activities, on potential paths to specialty certification, and about the relationships between SHM, AAP, APA, PRIS, and the Joint Council on Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
NEW: Perioperative Care
Steven Cohn, MD, SFHM; Kurt Pfeifer, MD
San Francisco Room
In this special interest forum, learn about guideline updates and recent literature while communicating controversial or difficult patient management issues around perioperative medicine.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Benji Mathews, MD, CLHM, SFHM; Gordon Johnson, MD, FHM
Atlanta Room
This special interest forum will discuss opportunities to collaborate and standardize processes for POCUS certification, including what resources already exist. In addition, discussion will revolve around privileging at your own institution, gaining skills, and the challenges and successes of procedural teams in the hospital.
Post-Acute Care Providers
Robert Reynolds, MD
Puerto Rico Room
This forum provides opportunities for hospitalists who practice in or are interested in learning more about working in or becoming more involved in the post-acute care arena, such as SNFs, LTACs, and rehab facilities.
Practice Administrators
Tiffani Panek, CLHM; Roberta Himebaugh, MBA, SFHM
Boston Room
Practice administrators are important members of the hospitalist team, providing key management and organizational skills. In this forum, administrators can voice their unique perspectives and hear from their peers.
Quality Improvement
Mangla Gulati, MD, MBBS, CPPS, SFHM; Jenna Goldstein
Grand Cayman Room
Hospitalists are at the center of the national quality and patient safety movement and are increasingly responsible for performance at their institutions. This forum provides a venue for connecting with SHM’s QI and patient safety community and for engaging with leaders, peers, and collaborators to share ideas and inform SHM’s QI efforts. Discussion during the forum will focus on what hospitalists need to know to become involved with QI at SHM or locally. Hear about SHM’s plans for future QI initiatives, and share your own ideas.
NEW: Residents & Medical Students
Aram Namavar, MS; Chris Bartlett, MD, MPH
New Orleans Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for physicians in training who are contemplating a career in hospital medicine.
Rural Hospitalists
Ken Simone, DO, SFHM; Michael Sullivan, MD
Los Angeles Room
Hospital medicine groups in rural areas face some unique problems, from recruitment, night call, and staffing to communicating with geographically dispersed primary care physicians. Rural hospitalists may also face clinical challenges because of limited technological resources and/or limited access to specialists. This forum provides an opportunity for hospitalists in rural areas to share their issues and concerns and to see how others have solved similar problems.
Veterans Affairs Hospitalists
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, FHM; Peter Kaboli, MD, FHM
Miami Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for hospitalists who work at the VA. Issues unique to VA hospitalists will be discussed.
Women in Hospital Medicine
Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM; Cory Ritter, MD, FHM
New York Room
This forum provides an opportunity to discuss issues relevant to women in hospital medicine and strategies for success/coping. Topics may include career satisfaction, occupational stresses, opportunities for change, promotion of leadership, and identification of resources.
The Society of Hospital Medicine presents a variety of special interest forums during its annual conference. The small-group sessions take place Monday, April 9, 4:30-5:25 p.m.
Academic and Research
Greg Seymann, MD, SFHM; Nicole Adler, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 12-14
The Academic and Research Forum brings together faculty and researchers to discuss topics of interest to the academic hospital medicine community, such as mentorship, research support, and professional development. Join this collaborative offering of the Academic and Research Committees.
Advocacy & Public Policy
Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, SFHM; Josh Boswell
Key Biscayne Room
During this forum with SHM’s Advocacy leaders and staff, you will learn about the direction of SHM’s Advocacy & Public Policy work and how you can help. Discussion will focus on SHM’s new Advocacy & Public Policy Section, its role, and how you can participate and share your own ideas.
Canadian Hospitalists
Serge Soolsma, MD
Key Largo Room
This forum provides a unique setting for hospitalists based in Canada to gather as an organized group, network with each other, and discuss the common issues with which they are faced.
Care for Vulnerable Populations
Mara Bann, MD; Pallabi Sanyal-Day, MD
Key West Room
SHM’s Caring for Vulnerable Populations Section aims to increase awareness and improve quality of care for vulnerable and underserved patient populations in the hospital setting. The principles and skills needed to care effectively for vulnerable patients span practitioners across all health systems, although they are important particularly for hospitalists practicing in safety-net and resource-limited settings.
Community-Based Hospitalists
Steve Behnke, MD; Jason Robertson, MD, SFHM
Sawgrass Room
This session provides a forum for sharing principles of successful clinical practices, quality care, and professional sustainability, as well as other “hot” topics of interest to the community-based hospitalist.
NEW: Critical Care
David Aymond, MD
Grand Ballroom 4-6
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of critical care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing critical care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
NEW: Diversity and Inclusion
Marisha Burden, MD, SFHM; Flora Kisuule, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 7A
SHM is committed to a diverse and inclusive membership that works to provide high-quality, equitable care to diverse populations. This forum invites hospitalists from any underrepresented group to discuss issues, concerns, and solutions to improve workforce diversity and their own career opportunities. In addition, this forum would be for HM leaders who would like to discuss strategies and opportunities for expanding the diversity and inclusion of their HM groups.
NEW: Ethics in Hospital Medicine
David Alfandre, MD, MSPH
West Indies Room
This forum serves as a resource for discussion, coaching, and mentorship regarding common and challenging ethical concerns that hospitalists face. We aim to support SHM members in collaborating on ethics scholarships and projects that address ethics in clinical care, education, and policy.
Global Health and Human Rights
Brett Hendel-Paterson, MD, FHM
Harbor Beach Room
SHM’s Global Health and Human Rights Section has been established to build interest and engagement in global health and human rights work among hospitalists so they can share their expertise. The section also plans to build long-term collaborations in the United States and abroad.
Hospitalists Trained in Family Medicine
David Goldstein, MD; Patricia Seymour, MD
Anaheim Room
Participants will network and discuss their training, how they’ve achieved recognition and access in the job market, as well as national trends related to hospitalists trained in family medicine.
Information Technology
Cheng-Kai Kao, MD; Andrew Young, DO
St. Thomas Room
This forum provides an opportunity for attendees to provide SHM and the IT Committee with input on what would be most beneficial regarding implementing, managing, and participating in health/hospital IT initiatives.
International Hospital Medicine
Guillherme Barcellos, MD, SFHM; Rafaela Dal Molin, MD, MEd, FHM; Nerea Fernandez, MEd, PhD
Crystal Ballroom G1/A&B
This forum is designed to provide an opportunity for attendees who practice hospital medicine outside of North America to share their ideas and discuss issues they’ve faced.
Leadership in Hospital Medicine
Thomas McIlraith, MD, SFHM, CLHM; Rob Zipper, MD, MMM, SFHM
Marco Island Room
Want to be a better leader? A better coach and mentor? Do you want to drive quality improvement (QI) at your hospital? Developing ourselves and our teams is what we are all here to do! We will review, discuss, and shape the resources and programmatic offerings that are needed to promote leadership skills development at all levels. We will also review SHMs existing programs, including the Leadership Academies, the Leadership Certificate Program, e-learning opportunities, and the HMX: Leadership Alumni Forum.
Med-Peds Hospitalists
Heather Toth, MD, SFHM; Carrie Herzke, MD, SFHM
Crystal Ballroom H
This special interest forum will explore the role of Med-Peds physicians in hospitalist medicine. Discussion items may include personal experiences, how to create more Med-Peds jobs, and how to succeed as a Med-Peds hospitalist.
Multi-Site HMG Leaders
Leslie Flores, MHA, SFHM; Ryan Brown, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 1-3
This forum is for physician and administrative leaders who are responsible for managing multiple hospitalist practice sites within the same health system. The number of people with this role has increased significantly in the last few years and comes with challenges that are different from those faced by the lead hospitalist at a single-practice site.
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Emilie Davis, PA-C, FHM; Noam Shabani, MS, PA-C
Vinoy Room
Share best practices and challenges. Learn about SHM resources for NPs and PAs in practice, as well as onboarding and recruitment resources. Network with peers and help build membership engagement.
Oncology Hospitalists
Maria Campagna, MD, FHM; Barbara Egan, MD, SFHM; Kerry Reynolds, MD
Aruba Room
This special interest forum will explore the role of hospitalists in oncology services. Discussion items may include personal experiences and how to succeed as an oncology hospitalist.
Palliative Care
Rab Razzak, MBBS, MD; Jeffrey Frank, MD, MBA
Bahamas Room
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of palliative care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing palliative care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
Patient Experience
Mark Rudolph, MD, SFHM; Patrick Kneeland, MD
Grand Ballroom 7B
Join the Patient Experience Forum to exchange ideas about how hospitalists can enhance patients’ care experiences while also improving professional satisfaction. Learn about the work of SHM’s Patient Experience Committee and opportunities for getting involved in SHM’s patient experience initiatives.
Pediatric Hospitalists
Sandy Gage, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 9-11
This special interest forum will provide an opportunity for pediatric hospitalists to network, share, and discuss topics and issues of particular interest to them. Topics will include an updates on SHM’s pediatric activities, on potential paths to specialty certification, and about the relationships between SHM, AAP, APA, PRIS, and the Joint Council on Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
NEW: Perioperative Care
Steven Cohn, MD, SFHM; Kurt Pfeifer, MD
San Francisco Room
In this special interest forum, learn about guideline updates and recent literature while communicating controversial or difficult patient management issues around perioperative medicine.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Benji Mathews, MD, CLHM, SFHM; Gordon Johnson, MD, FHM
Atlanta Room
This special interest forum will discuss opportunities to collaborate and standardize processes for POCUS certification, including what resources already exist. In addition, discussion will revolve around privileging at your own institution, gaining skills, and the challenges and successes of procedural teams in the hospital.
Post-Acute Care Providers
Robert Reynolds, MD
Puerto Rico Room
This forum provides opportunities for hospitalists who practice in or are interested in learning more about working in or becoming more involved in the post-acute care arena, such as SNFs, LTACs, and rehab facilities.
Practice Administrators
Tiffani Panek, CLHM; Roberta Himebaugh, MBA, SFHM
Boston Room
Practice administrators are important members of the hospitalist team, providing key management and organizational skills. In this forum, administrators can voice their unique perspectives and hear from their peers.
Quality Improvement
Mangla Gulati, MD, MBBS, CPPS, SFHM; Jenna Goldstein
Grand Cayman Room
Hospitalists are at the center of the national quality and patient safety movement and are increasingly responsible for performance at their institutions. This forum provides a venue for connecting with SHM’s QI and patient safety community and for engaging with leaders, peers, and collaborators to share ideas and inform SHM’s QI efforts. Discussion during the forum will focus on what hospitalists need to know to become involved with QI at SHM or locally. Hear about SHM’s plans for future QI initiatives, and share your own ideas.
NEW: Residents & Medical Students
Aram Namavar, MS; Chris Bartlett, MD, MPH
New Orleans Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for physicians in training who are contemplating a career in hospital medicine.
Rural Hospitalists
Ken Simone, DO, SFHM; Michael Sullivan, MD
Los Angeles Room
Hospital medicine groups in rural areas face some unique problems, from recruitment, night call, and staffing to communicating with geographically dispersed primary care physicians. Rural hospitalists may also face clinical challenges because of limited technological resources and/or limited access to specialists. This forum provides an opportunity for hospitalists in rural areas to share their issues and concerns and to see how others have solved similar problems.
Veterans Affairs Hospitalists
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, FHM; Peter Kaboli, MD, FHM
Miami Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for hospitalists who work at the VA. Issues unique to VA hospitalists will be discussed.
Women in Hospital Medicine
Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM; Cory Ritter, MD, FHM
New York Room
This forum provides an opportunity to discuss issues relevant to women in hospital medicine and strategies for success/coping. Topics may include career satisfaction, occupational stresses, opportunities for change, promotion of leadership, and identification of resources.
The Society of Hospital Medicine presents a variety of special interest forums during its annual conference. The small-group sessions take place Monday, April 9, 4:30-5:25 p.m.
Academic and Research
Greg Seymann, MD, SFHM; Nicole Adler, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 12-14
The Academic and Research Forum brings together faculty and researchers to discuss topics of interest to the academic hospital medicine community, such as mentorship, research support, and professional development. Join this collaborative offering of the Academic and Research Committees.
Advocacy & Public Policy
Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, SFHM; Josh Boswell
Key Biscayne Room
During this forum with SHM’s Advocacy leaders and staff, you will learn about the direction of SHM’s Advocacy & Public Policy work and how you can help. Discussion will focus on SHM’s new Advocacy & Public Policy Section, its role, and how you can participate and share your own ideas.
Canadian Hospitalists
Serge Soolsma, MD
Key Largo Room
This forum provides a unique setting for hospitalists based in Canada to gather as an organized group, network with each other, and discuss the common issues with which they are faced.
Care for Vulnerable Populations
Mara Bann, MD; Pallabi Sanyal-Day, MD
Key West Room
SHM’s Caring for Vulnerable Populations Section aims to increase awareness and improve quality of care for vulnerable and underserved patient populations in the hospital setting. The principles and skills needed to care effectively for vulnerable patients span practitioners across all health systems, although they are important particularly for hospitalists practicing in safety-net and resource-limited settings.
Community-Based Hospitalists
Steve Behnke, MD; Jason Robertson, MD, SFHM
Sawgrass Room
This session provides a forum for sharing principles of successful clinical practices, quality care, and professional sustainability, as well as other “hot” topics of interest to the community-based hospitalist.
NEW: Critical Care
David Aymond, MD
Grand Ballroom 4-6
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of critical care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing critical care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
NEW: Diversity and Inclusion
Marisha Burden, MD, SFHM; Flora Kisuule, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 7A
SHM is committed to a diverse and inclusive membership that works to provide high-quality, equitable care to diverse populations. This forum invites hospitalists from any underrepresented group to discuss issues, concerns, and solutions to improve workforce diversity and their own career opportunities. In addition, this forum would be for HM leaders who would like to discuss strategies and opportunities for expanding the diversity and inclusion of their HM groups.
NEW: Ethics in Hospital Medicine
David Alfandre, MD, MSPH
West Indies Room
This forum serves as a resource for discussion, coaching, and mentorship regarding common and challenging ethical concerns that hospitalists face. We aim to support SHM members in collaborating on ethics scholarships and projects that address ethics in clinical care, education, and policy.
Global Health and Human Rights
Brett Hendel-Paterson, MD, FHM
Harbor Beach Room
SHM’s Global Health and Human Rights Section has been established to build interest and engagement in global health and human rights work among hospitalists so they can share their expertise. The section also plans to build long-term collaborations in the United States and abroad.
Hospitalists Trained in Family Medicine
David Goldstein, MD; Patricia Seymour, MD
Anaheim Room
Participants will network and discuss their training, how they’ve achieved recognition and access in the job market, as well as national trends related to hospitalists trained in family medicine.
Information Technology
Cheng-Kai Kao, MD; Andrew Young, DO
St. Thomas Room
This forum provides an opportunity for attendees to provide SHM and the IT Committee with input on what would be most beneficial regarding implementing, managing, and participating in health/hospital IT initiatives.
International Hospital Medicine
Guillherme Barcellos, MD, SFHM; Rafaela Dal Molin, MD, MEd, FHM; Nerea Fernandez, MEd, PhD
Crystal Ballroom G1/A&B
This forum is designed to provide an opportunity for attendees who practice hospital medicine outside of North America to share their ideas and discuss issues they’ve faced.
Leadership in Hospital Medicine
Thomas McIlraith, MD, SFHM, CLHM; Rob Zipper, MD, MMM, SFHM
Marco Island Room
Want to be a better leader? A better coach and mentor? Do you want to drive quality improvement (QI) at your hospital? Developing ourselves and our teams is what we are all here to do! We will review, discuss, and shape the resources and programmatic offerings that are needed to promote leadership skills development at all levels. We will also review SHMs existing programs, including the Leadership Academies, the Leadership Certificate Program, e-learning opportunities, and the HMX: Leadership Alumni Forum.
Med-Peds Hospitalists
Heather Toth, MD, SFHM; Carrie Herzke, MD, SFHM
Crystal Ballroom H
This special interest forum will explore the role of Med-Peds physicians in hospitalist medicine. Discussion items may include personal experiences, how to create more Med-Peds jobs, and how to succeed as a Med-Peds hospitalist.
Multi-Site HMG Leaders
Leslie Flores, MHA, SFHM; Ryan Brown, MD, FHM
Grand Ballroom 1-3
This forum is for physician and administrative leaders who are responsible for managing multiple hospitalist practice sites within the same health system. The number of people with this role has increased significantly in the last few years and comes with challenges that are different from those faced by the lead hospitalist at a single-practice site.
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Emilie Davis, PA-C, FHM; Noam Shabani, MS, PA-C
Vinoy Room
Share best practices and challenges. Learn about SHM resources for NPs and PAs in practice, as well as onboarding and recruitment resources. Network with peers and help build membership engagement.
Oncology Hospitalists
Maria Campagna, MD, FHM; Barbara Egan, MD, SFHM; Kerry Reynolds, MD
Aruba Room
This special interest forum will explore the role of hospitalists in oncology services. Discussion items may include personal experiences and how to succeed as an oncology hospitalist.
Palliative Care
Rab Razzak, MBBS, MD; Jeffrey Frank, MD, MBA
Bahamas Room
This special interest forum seeks to convene hospitalists charged with providing some level of palliative care at their institution. Participants should come prepared to discuss and share their own experiences, including their current role in providing palliative care, facing institutional barriers, and dealing with gaps in training.
Patient Experience
Mark Rudolph, MD, SFHM; Patrick Kneeland, MD
Grand Ballroom 7B
Join the Patient Experience Forum to exchange ideas about how hospitalists can enhance patients’ care experiences while also improving professional satisfaction. Learn about the work of SHM’s Patient Experience Committee and opportunities for getting involved in SHM’s patient experience initiatives.
Pediatric Hospitalists
Sandy Gage, MD, SFHM
Grand Ballroom 9-11
This special interest forum will provide an opportunity for pediatric hospitalists to network, share, and discuss topics and issues of particular interest to them. Topics will include an updates on SHM’s pediatric activities, on potential paths to specialty certification, and about the relationships between SHM, AAP, APA, PRIS, and the Joint Council on Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
NEW: Perioperative Care
Steven Cohn, MD, SFHM; Kurt Pfeifer, MD
San Francisco Room
In this special interest forum, learn about guideline updates and recent literature while communicating controversial or difficult patient management issues around perioperative medicine.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Benji Mathews, MD, CLHM, SFHM; Gordon Johnson, MD, FHM
Atlanta Room
This special interest forum will discuss opportunities to collaborate and standardize processes for POCUS certification, including what resources already exist. In addition, discussion will revolve around privileging at your own institution, gaining skills, and the challenges and successes of procedural teams in the hospital.
Post-Acute Care Providers
Robert Reynolds, MD
Puerto Rico Room
This forum provides opportunities for hospitalists who practice in or are interested in learning more about working in or becoming more involved in the post-acute care arena, such as SNFs, LTACs, and rehab facilities.
Practice Administrators
Tiffani Panek, CLHM; Roberta Himebaugh, MBA, SFHM
Boston Room
Practice administrators are important members of the hospitalist team, providing key management and organizational skills. In this forum, administrators can voice their unique perspectives and hear from their peers.
Quality Improvement
Mangla Gulati, MD, MBBS, CPPS, SFHM; Jenna Goldstein
Grand Cayman Room
Hospitalists are at the center of the national quality and patient safety movement and are increasingly responsible for performance at their institutions. This forum provides a venue for connecting with SHM’s QI and patient safety community and for engaging with leaders, peers, and collaborators to share ideas and inform SHM’s QI efforts. Discussion during the forum will focus on what hospitalists need to know to become involved with QI at SHM or locally. Hear about SHM’s plans for future QI initiatives, and share your own ideas.
NEW: Residents & Medical Students
Aram Namavar, MS; Chris Bartlett, MD, MPH
New Orleans Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for physicians in training who are contemplating a career in hospital medicine.
Rural Hospitalists
Ken Simone, DO, SFHM; Michael Sullivan, MD
Los Angeles Room
Hospital medicine groups in rural areas face some unique problems, from recruitment, night call, and staffing to communicating with geographically dispersed primary care physicians. Rural hospitalists may also face clinical challenges because of limited technological resources and/or limited access to specialists. This forum provides an opportunity for hospitalists in rural areas to share their issues and concerns and to see how others have solved similar problems.
Veterans Affairs Hospitalists
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, FHM; Peter Kaboli, MD, FHM
Miami Room
This forum provides opportunities in networking and discussion for hospitalists who work at the VA. Issues unique to VA hospitalists will be discussed.
Women in Hospital Medicine
Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM; Cory Ritter, MD, FHM
New York Room
This forum provides an opportunity to discuss issues relevant to women in hospital medicine and strategies for success/coping. Topics may include career satisfaction, occupational stresses, opportunities for change, promotion of leadership, and identification of resources.
SHM Loyalty Partners at HM18
The Society of Hospital Medicine is grateful for the loyal support of the following companies:
Platinum Level
Aurora Health Care
Baylor Scott & White Health
BMS/Pfizer
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Community Hospitalists
CompHealth
D&Y
Emory
Envision Physician Services
In Compass Health, Inc.
Ingenious Med, Inc.
Kaiser Permanente
Lightning Bolt Solutions, Inc.
Medstaff National Medical Staffing
NEJM Group
PeaceHealth
PracticeLink
Schumacher Clinical Partners
Sound Physicians
Staff Care, Inc.
TeamHealth
The Delta Companies
Today’s Hospitalist
University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA Program
VEP Healthcare
VISTA Staffing Solutions
Vituity
Gold Level
Allergan USA, Inc.
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Billings Clinic; Billings, Montana
Hospitalists Plus
Jackson & Coker
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Locum Leaders
MedAptus
MediMobile
Mountain States Health Alliance
PatientKeeper
Sonosite FujiFilm
Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region
Texas Health Resources
The Doctors Company
Weatherby Healthcare
Silver Level
Adventist Health System
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Apogee Physicians
Banner Health
Calmoseptine, Inc.
Community Health Systems
Geisinger
Global Medical Staffing
LocumTenens.com
Mayo Clinic
MedData, Inc.
Medicus Healthcare Solutions
Mint Physician Staffing
PracticeMatch
Providence St Joseph Health (aka Providence Health & Services)
QGenda, LLC
Quest Healthcare Solutions
ScribeAmerica
Shift Administrators
TIVA Healthcare, Inc.
VITAS Healthcare
Wellstar Health System
Bronze Level
AAPA Center for Healthcare Leadership & Management
Alteon Health
ApolloMD
Aspirus Clinics
BioFire Diagnostics, Inc.
Carnegie Mellon University Master of Medical Management
Carolinas HealthCare System
Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
DaVita Medical Group
Drwanted.com
ICON Medical Network
Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Business of Medicine MBA
Integrity Locums
Melinta Therapeutics
Mercy Health
Northwell
Nova Biomedical
Pinnacle Health Group Remedy Partners
The Ohio State University Division of Hospital Medicine
The Society of Hospital Medicine is grateful for the loyal support of the following companies:
Platinum Level
Aurora Health Care
Baylor Scott & White Health
BMS/Pfizer
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Community Hospitalists
CompHealth
D&Y
Emory
Envision Physician Services
In Compass Health, Inc.
Ingenious Med, Inc.
Kaiser Permanente
Lightning Bolt Solutions, Inc.
Medstaff National Medical Staffing
NEJM Group
PeaceHealth
PracticeLink
Schumacher Clinical Partners
Sound Physicians
Staff Care, Inc.
TeamHealth
The Delta Companies
Today’s Hospitalist
University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA Program
VEP Healthcare
VISTA Staffing Solutions
Vituity
Gold Level
Allergan USA, Inc.
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Billings Clinic; Billings, Montana
Hospitalists Plus
Jackson & Coker
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Locum Leaders
MedAptus
MediMobile
Mountain States Health Alliance
PatientKeeper
Sonosite FujiFilm
Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region
Texas Health Resources
The Doctors Company
Weatherby Healthcare
Silver Level
Adventist Health System
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Apogee Physicians
Banner Health
Calmoseptine, Inc.
Community Health Systems
Geisinger
Global Medical Staffing
LocumTenens.com
Mayo Clinic
MedData, Inc.
Medicus Healthcare Solutions
Mint Physician Staffing
PracticeMatch
Providence St Joseph Health (aka Providence Health & Services)
QGenda, LLC
Quest Healthcare Solutions
ScribeAmerica
Shift Administrators
TIVA Healthcare, Inc.
VITAS Healthcare
Wellstar Health System
Bronze Level
AAPA Center for Healthcare Leadership & Management
Alteon Health
ApolloMD
Aspirus Clinics
BioFire Diagnostics, Inc.
Carnegie Mellon University Master of Medical Management
Carolinas HealthCare System
Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
DaVita Medical Group
Drwanted.com
ICON Medical Network
Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Business of Medicine MBA
Integrity Locums
Melinta Therapeutics
Mercy Health
Northwell
Nova Biomedical
Pinnacle Health Group Remedy Partners
The Ohio State University Division of Hospital Medicine
The Society of Hospital Medicine is grateful for the loyal support of the following companies:
Platinum Level
Aurora Health Care
Baylor Scott & White Health
BMS/Pfizer
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Community Hospitalists
CompHealth
D&Y
Emory
Envision Physician Services
In Compass Health, Inc.
Ingenious Med, Inc.
Kaiser Permanente
Lightning Bolt Solutions, Inc.
Medstaff National Medical Staffing
NEJM Group
PeaceHealth
PracticeLink
Schumacher Clinical Partners
Sound Physicians
Staff Care, Inc.
TeamHealth
The Delta Companies
Today’s Hospitalist
University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA Program
VEP Healthcare
VISTA Staffing Solutions
Vituity
Gold Level
Allergan USA, Inc.
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Billings Clinic; Billings, Montana
Hospitalists Plus
Jackson & Coker
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Locum Leaders
MedAptus
MediMobile
Mountain States Health Alliance
PatientKeeper
Sonosite FujiFilm
Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region
Texas Health Resources
The Doctors Company
Weatherby Healthcare
Silver Level
Adventist Health System
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Apogee Physicians
Banner Health
Calmoseptine, Inc.
Community Health Systems
Geisinger
Global Medical Staffing
LocumTenens.com
Mayo Clinic
MedData, Inc.
Medicus Healthcare Solutions
Mint Physician Staffing
PracticeMatch
Providence St Joseph Health (aka Providence Health & Services)
QGenda, LLC
Quest Healthcare Solutions
ScribeAmerica
Shift Administrators
TIVA Healthcare, Inc.
VITAS Healthcare
Wellstar Health System
Bronze Level
AAPA Center for Healthcare Leadership & Management
Alteon Health
ApolloMD
Aspirus Clinics
BioFire Diagnostics, Inc.
Carnegie Mellon University Master of Medical Management
Carolinas HealthCare System
Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
DaVita Medical Group
Drwanted.com
ICON Medical Network
Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Business of Medicine MBA
Integrity Locums
Melinta Therapeutics
Mercy Health
Northwell
Nova Biomedical
Pinnacle Health Group Remedy Partners
The Ohio State University Division of Hospital Medicine
Stay on top of perioperative medicine
The fluid, evolving nature of perioperative medicine lends itself to a lively literature review and research update, according to Steven L. Cohn, MD, SFHM, a presenter of “ ‘A Whole New World’ of Perioperative Medicine: The 2018 Update” on Monday, April 9, at HM18.
The perioperative medicine update has been a fixture at the SHM annual conference for several years and provides an opportunity to highlight articles that may affect practice, said Dr. Cohn of the University of Miami in an interview. “Our goals are to familiarize the attendees with this new data so they are aware, so they can review the key articles in detail on their own, and so they can then apply the new information in their clinical practices,” he said.
The agenda for the session involves a presentation of 10-15 articles published since HM17. Dr. Cohn and presenter Paul J. Grant, MD, SFHM, the director of the consultative and perioperative medicine program and an associate chief medical information officer at Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, will briefly review the objectives and methods of each study before moving on to focus primarily on the result and conclusions.
“The top take-home message is to try to keep up with the perioperative literature, particularly in cardiology, because the evidence base keeps expanding and changing,” said Dr. Cohn. “This session is designed to deliver new information and also to stimulate the attendees to periodically review the literature on their own during the year,” he said.
This year’s collection of articles will address a range of topics, Dr. Cohn said, but he highlighted several articles “that will be thought provoking and potentially impact clinical practice regarding perioperative surveillance with the new fifth generation high sensitivity troponin assay and management of myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery. In particular, results from the MANAGE trial that was presented as a late-breaking trial at the American College of Cardiology meeting in March will be of interest to anyone involved in perioperative medicine,” he noted.
Dr. Cohn and Dr. Grant had no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.
“A Whole New World” of Perioperative Medicine: The 2018 Update
Monday, April 9, 2:00-2:40 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom G2/C-F
The fluid, evolving nature of perioperative medicine lends itself to a lively literature review and research update, according to Steven L. Cohn, MD, SFHM, a presenter of “ ‘A Whole New World’ of Perioperative Medicine: The 2018 Update” on Monday, April 9, at HM18.
The perioperative medicine update has been a fixture at the SHM annual conference for several years and provides an opportunity to highlight articles that may affect practice, said Dr. Cohn of the University of Miami in an interview. “Our goals are to familiarize the attendees with this new data so they are aware, so they can review the key articles in detail on their own, and so they can then apply the new information in their clinical practices,” he said.
The agenda for the session involves a presentation of 10-15 articles published since HM17. Dr. Cohn and presenter Paul J. Grant, MD, SFHM, the director of the consultative and perioperative medicine program and an associate chief medical information officer at Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, will briefly review the objectives and methods of each study before moving on to focus primarily on the result and conclusions.
“The top take-home message is to try to keep up with the perioperative literature, particularly in cardiology, because the evidence base keeps expanding and changing,” said Dr. Cohn. “This session is designed to deliver new information and also to stimulate the attendees to periodically review the literature on their own during the year,” he said.
This year’s collection of articles will address a range of topics, Dr. Cohn said, but he highlighted several articles “that will be thought provoking and potentially impact clinical practice regarding perioperative surveillance with the new fifth generation high sensitivity troponin assay and management of myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery. In particular, results from the MANAGE trial that was presented as a late-breaking trial at the American College of Cardiology meeting in March will be of interest to anyone involved in perioperative medicine,” he noted.
Dr. Cohn and Dr. Grant had no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.
“A Whole New World” of Perioperative Medicine: The 2018 Update
Monday, April 9, 2:00-2:40 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom G2/C-F
The fluid, evolving nature of perioperative medicine lends itself to a lively literature review and research update, according to Steven L. Cohn, MD, SFHM, a presenter of “ ‘A Whole New World’ of Perioperative Medicine: The 2018 Update” on Monday, April 9, at HM18.
The perioperative medicine update has been a fixture at the SHM annual conference for several years and provides an opportunity to highlight articles that may affect practice, said Dr. Cohn of the University of Miami in an interview. “Our goals are to familiarize the attendees with this new data so they are aware, so they can review the key articles in detail on their own, and so they can then apply the new information in their clinical practices,” he said.
The agenda for the session involves a presentation of 10-15 articles published since HM17. Dr. Cohn and presenter Paul J. Grant, MD, SFHM, the director of the consultative and perioperative medicine program and an associate chief medical information officer at Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, will briefly review the objectives and methods of each study before moving on to focus primarily on the result and conclusions.
“The top take-home message is to try to keep up with the perioperative literature, particularly in cardiology, because the evidence base keeps expanding and changing,” said Dr. Cohn. “This session is designed to deliver new information and also to stimulate the attendees to periodically review the literature on their own during the year,” he said.
This year’s collection of articles will address a range of topics, Dr. Cohn said, but he highlighted several articles “that will be thought provoking and potentially impact clinical practice regarding perioperative surveillance with the new fifth generation high sensitivity troponin assay and management of myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery. In particular, results from the MANAGE trial that was presented as a late-breaking trial at the American College of Cardiology meeting in March will be of interest to anyone involved in perioperative medicine,” he noted.
Dr. Cohn and Dr. Grant had no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.
“A Whole New World” of Perioperative Medicine: The 2018 Update
Monday, April 9, 2:00-2:40 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom G2/C-F