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Brendon Shank joined the Society of Hospital Medicine in February 2011 and serves as Associate Vice President of Communications. He is responsible for maintaining a dialogue between SHM and its many audiences, including members, media and others in healthcare.
Hospital Medicine Exchange Posts Top Topics Among Hospitalists
More than 7,000 hospitalists have logged in to HMX to ask questions and share successes. These are the top topics hospitalists are discussing on HMX:
- PICC Line in IV Drug Users;
- Hospitalists Who Do Procedures;
- Census Cap Policies;
- Case Logs for Treating Patients on the Floors; and
- Medication Reconciliation.
Join the discussion—or start your own—today at www.hmxchange.org.
More than 7,000 hospitalists have logged in to HMX to ask questions and share successes. These are the top topics hospitalists are discussing on HMX:
- PICC Line in IV Drug Users;
- Hospitalists Who Do Procedures;
- Census Cap Policies;
- Case Logs for Treating Patients on the Floors; and
- Medication Reconciliation.
Join the discussion—or start your own—today at www.hmxchange.org.
More than 7,000 hospitalists have logged in to HMX to ask questions and share successes. These are the top topics hospitalists are discussing on HMX:
- PICC Line in IV Drug Users;
- Hospitalists Who Do Procedures;
- Census Cap Policies;
- Case Logs for Treating Patients on the Floors; and
- Medication Reconciliation.
Join the discussion—or start your own—today at www.hmxchange.org.
Society of Hospital Medicine Programs Help Improve Your Hospital
New Patient Experience Community and Resources
SHM’s new Patient Experience Committee has begun convening resources and people to help hospitalists address the patient experience. In addition to new resources on the SHM website, SHM has set up an HMX community specifically dedicated to the many issues related to the experience of patients in the hospital. To get involved, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/patientexperience.
Project BOOST On-Demand Webinar Available
It’s never too late—or too early—to think about improving processes to reduce readmissions. SHM’s Project BOOST now accepts program applications throughout the year, and the recent webinar with Project BOOST program leaders is now available for free online. www.hospitalmedicine.org/boost.
Glycemic Control Implementation Guide available in June.
Glycemic control and the management of diabetic patients can be challenging for hospitalists. That’s why SHM is presenting the new Glycemic Control Implementation Guide. Recent webinars are available, too, at www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.
Free CME on Acute Coronary Syndrome
Approximately 1.7 million patients are hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and 600,000 die because of an acute myocardial infarction. Now, SHM is presenting a free self-directed web-based activity designed to help hospitalists evaluate practices and strategies to affect outcomes. For details, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.
This educational initiative is supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca.
New Patient Experience Community and Resources
SHM’s new Patient Experience Committee has begun convening resources and people to help hospitalists address the patient experience. In addition to new resources on the SHM website, SHM has set up an HMX community specifically dedicated to the many issues related to the experience of patients in the hospital. To get involved, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/patientexperience.
Project BOOST On-Demand Webinar Available
It’s never too late—or too early—to think about improving processes to reduce readmissions. SHM’s Project BOOST now accepts program applications throughout the year, and the recent webinar with Project BOOST program leaders is now available for free online. www.hospitalmedicine.org/boost.
Glycemic Control Implementation Guide available in June.
Glycemic control and the management of diabetic patients can be challenging for hospitalists. That’s why SHM is presenting the new Glycemic Control Implementation Guide. Recent webinars are available, too, at www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.
Free CME on Acute Coronary Syndrome
Approximately 1.7 million patients are hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and 600,000 die because of an acute myocardial infarction. Now, SHM is presenting a free self-directed web-based activity designed to help hospitalists evaluate practices and strategies to affect outcomes. For details, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.
This educational initiative is supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca.
New Patient Experience Community and Resources
SHM’s new Patient Experience Committee has begun convening resources and people to help hospitalists address the patient experience. In addition to new resources on the SHM website, SHM has set up an HMX community specifically dedicated to the many issues related to the experience of patients in the hospital. To get involved, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/patientexperience.
Project BOOST On-Demand Webinar Available
It’s never too late—or too early—to think about improving processes to reduce readmissions. SHM’s Project BOOST now accepts program applications throughout the year, and the recent webinar with Project BOOST program leaders is now available for free online. www.hospitalmedicine.org/boost.
Glycemic Control Implementation Guide available in June.
Glycemic control and the management of diabetic patients can be challenging for hospitalists. That’s why SHM is presenting the new Glycemic Control Implementation Guide. Recent webinars are available, too, at www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.
Free CME on Acute Coronary Syndrome
Approximately 1.7 million patients are hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and 600,000 die because of an acute myocardial infarction. Now, SHM is presenting a free self-directed web-based activity designed to help hospitalists evaluate practices and strategies to affect outcomes. For details, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.
This educational initiative is supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca.
Society of Hospital Medicine Events for Hospitalists in 2015
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
July 23-26, San Antonio
PHM 2015 will also feature a mobile conference app for online access to the agenda and many other features. To register, visit www.phmmeeting.org.
Academic Hospitalist Academy
Oct. 7-10, Englewood, Colo.
Adult Hospital Medicine Boot Camp for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
Oct. 14-18, Phoenix
Leadership Academy
Oct. 19-22, Austin
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
July 23-26, San Antonio
PHM 2015 will also feature a mobile conference app for online access to the agenda and many other features. To register, visit www.phmmeeting.org.
Academic Hospitalist Academy
Oct. 7-10, Englewood, Colo.
Adult Hospital Medicine Boot Camp for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
Oct. 14-18, Phoenix
Leadership Academy
Oct. 19-22, Austin
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
July 23-26, San Antonio
PHM 2015 will also feature a mobile conference app for online access to the agenda and many other features. To register, visit www.phmmeeting.org.
Academic Hospitalist Academy
Oct. 7-10, Englewood, Colo.
Adult Hospital Medicine Boot Camp for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
Oct. 14-18, Phoenix
Leadership Academy
Oct. 19-22, Austin
Society of Hospital Medicine Learning Portal Adds Programs
Free CME is available to all SHM members, and new modules are added all the time. Here’s a sampling of the most recent online modules:
- Observation or Inpatient? Challenges and Successes in Implementing the Two-Midnight Rule.
- Primer for Hospitalists on Skilled Nursing Facilities: SHM’s first educational initiative, directed at a rapidly growing segment of work for hospitalists, post-acute care (PAC).
- Organizational Knowledge and Leadership Skills 2015.
- Patient Safety Principles 2015.
- Quality Measurement and Stakeholder Interest 2015.
Free CME is available to all SHM members, and new modules are added all the time. Here’s a sampling of the most recent online modules:
- Observation or Inpatient? Challenges and Successes in Implementing the Two-Midnight Rule.
- Primer for Hospitalists on Skilled Nursing Facilities: SHM’s first educational initiative, directed at a rapidly growing segment of work for hospitalists, post-acute care (PAC).
- Organizational Knowledge and Leadership Skills 2015.
- Patient Safety Principles 2015.
- Quality Measurement and Stakeholder Interest 2015.
Free CME is available to all SHM members, and new modules are added all the time. Here’s a sampling of the most recent online modules:
- Observation or Inpatient? Challenges and Successes in Implementing the Two-Midnight Rule.
- Primer for Hospitalists on Skilled Nursing Facilities: SHM’s first educational initiative, directed at a rapidly growing segment of work for hospitalists, post-acute care (PAC).
- Organizational Knowledge and Leadership Skills 2015.
- Patient Safety Principles 2015.
- Quality Measurement and Stakeholder Interest 2015.
Society of Hospital Medicine Welcomes New Fellows Class
Last month, more than 230 hospitalists were inducted as Fellows in Hospital Medicine (FHM), Senior Fellows in Hospital Medicine (SFHM), and Masters in Hospital Medicine (MHM) by SHM at the 2015 annual meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
This year represents the largest fellows class in history, with 175 FHM and 61 SFHM honorees.
“Through their commitment to the specialty, through education and self-improvement, hospitalists earning the Fellow and Senior Fellow designations represent the very best of the hospital medicine movement and its goal to improve the care of hospitalized patients,” says SHM President Bob Harrington, MD, SFHM. “I hope you will join me in congratulating them in this professional milestone.”
Fellows and Senior Fellows have earned the right to use the “FHM” and “SFHM” designation.
SHM also inducted two new Masters in Hospital Medicine, the highest honor from SHM: Bradley Flansbaum, DO, MPH, MHM, and Larry Wellikson, MD, MHM.
Dr. Flansbaum was a founding member of SHM and served as a board member and officer; today, he is a hospitalist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and physician editor for SHM’s blog, The Hospital Leader.
Dr. Wellikson joined SHM in January 2000 and serves as SHM’s chief executive officer.
Drs. Flansbaum and Wellikson join 16 other leaders in the specialty, including co-founders Win Whitcomb, MD, MHM, and John Nelson, MD, MHM, along with Bob Wachter, MD, MHM, who published the seminal article for the hospitalist movement in a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article.
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.
Last month, more than 230 hospitalists were inducted as Fellows in Hospital Medicine (FHM), Senior Fellows in Hospital Medicine (SFHM), and Masters in Hospital Medicine (MHM) by SHM at the 2015 annual meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
This year represents the largest fellows class in history, with 175 FHM and 61 SFHM honorees.
“Through their commitment to the specialty, through education and self-improvement, hospitalists earning the Fellow and Senior Fellow designations represent the very best of the hospital medicine movement and its goal to improve the care of hospitalized patients,” says SHM President Bob Harrington, MD, SFHM. “I hope you will join me in congratulating them in this professional milestone.”
Fellows and Senior Fellows have earned the right to use the “FHM” and “SFHM” designation.
SHM also inducted two new Masters in Hospital Medicine, the highest honor from SHM: Bradley Flansbaum, DO, MPH, MHM, and Larry Wellikson, MD, MHM.
Dr. Flansbaum was a founding member of SHM and served as a board member and officer; today, he is a hospitalist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and physician editor for SHM’s blog, The Hospital Leader.
Dr. Wellikson joined SHM in January 2000 and serves as SHM’s chief executive officer.
Drs. Flansbaum and Wellikson join 16 other leaders in the specialty, including co-founders Win Whitcomb, MD, MHM, and John Nelson, MD, MHM, along with Bob Wachter, MD, MHM, who published the seminal article for the hospitalist movement in a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article.
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.
Last month, more than 230 hospitalists were inducted as Fellows in Hospital Medicine (FHM), Senior Fellows in Hospital Medicine (SFHM), and Masters in Hospital Medicine (MHM) by SHM at the 2015 annual meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
This year represents the largest fellows class in history, with 175 FHM and 61 SFHM honorees.
“Through their commitment to the specialty, through education and self-improvement, hospitalists earning the Fellow and Senior Fellow designations represent the very best of the hospital medicine movement and its goal to improve the care of hospitalized patients,” says SHM President Bob Harrington, MD, SFHM. “I hope you will join me in congratulating them in this professional milestone.”
Fellows and Senior Fellows have earned the right to use the “FHM” and “SFHM” designation.
SHM also inducted two new Masters in Hospital Medicine, the highest honor from SHM: Bradley Flansbaum, DO, MPH, MHM, and Larry Wellikson, MD, MHM.
Dr. Flansbaum was a founding member of SHM and served as a board member and officer; today, he is a hospitalist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and physician editor for SHM’s blog, The Hospital Leader.
Dr. Wellikson joined SHM in January 2000 and serves as SHM’s chief executive officer.
Drs. Flansbaum and Wellikson join 16 other leaders in the specialty, including co-founders Win Whitcomb, MD, MHM, and John Nelson, MD, MHM, along with Bob Wachter, MD, MHM, who published the seminal article for the hospitalist movement in a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article.
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.
Society of Hospital Medicine Names 2015 Excellence Award Winners
OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE
Dr. Sheehy has been a national role model for how SHM and its members can work together to achieve positive change in healthcare both in research and health policy. As a result of her published research on the “two-midnight rule” and observation status, Dr. Sheehy and SHM were invited to testify before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health and the Senate Special Committee on Aging. In both of these instances, Dr. Sheehy shared the honor, bringing all of hospital medicine into the spotlight as a field of experts in this area.
EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
Dr. Brotman’s research has helped improve the care of thousands—if not millions—of hospitalized patients. He has achieved a prolific research portfolio while actively practicing as a hospitalist, as well as director of the hospitalist service at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His research has focused on VTE and patient education and communication. He has published more than 60 papers, multiple invited review articles, and a number of editorials. Since 1999, his research efforts have resulted in funding of more than $21 million.
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE
Dr. Kim has established one of the largest surgical consult and co-management services in the country, from the ground up, at an institution where many surgeons historically did not trust employed hospitalists. The success of the consult service required a total reorientation of institutional attitudes and culture, a feat Dr. Kim was able to achieve by providing superlative medical care to patients on nonmedical services. Dr. Kim is now nationally recognized as a leader in inpatient hospital care and a critical part of the neurosurgery team at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Dr. Feldman founded new Urban Health residency training programs at Johns Hopkins. The medicine-pediatrics residency program and internal medicine primary care track admitted their first group of interns in July 2010 and 2011, respectively, and graduated those first cohorts last June. This medicine-pediatrics program is the first and only one of its kind in the nation. Dr. Feldman secured over $6 million in federal and foundation grant funding to support this endeavor.
At the same time, he led a team effort to build a perioperative and consultative medicine curriculum now known as “Consultative and Perioperative Medicine Essentials for Hospitalists,” which can be found at SHMconsults.com. With more than 18,000 users learning from more than 30 modules, this curriculum is now SHM’s flagship CME offering and a key resource for those preparing for the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine exam. The curriculum has been built with over $1 million in industry grant funding.
EXCELLENCE IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE FOR NONPHYSICIANS
Cardin is deeply committed to collaborating with physicians on the integration of the role of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine, and in building a sense of community among NPs and PAs who are working in hospital medicine. She has worked toward these goals locally, regionally, and nationally through her participation and leadership in SHM.
As co-chair of the Quality Improvement Committee in the Section of Hospital Medicine at the University of Chicago, she has played a pivotal role in developing quality initiatives that directly benefit both her patients and providers in the section, including developing 360-degree evaluation tools and working on interdisciplinary projects, such as one that will enhance in-hospital glucose management. As an active member of the section’s Clinical Operations Committee, her input on ways to increase clinical efficiency, restructure services, and improve teamwork have led to improvements in the daily operations of her section.
At SHM, Tracy has provided leadership to NPs and PAs in her role as chair of the SHM NP-PA Committee. She is a core contributor to The Hospital Leader, SHM’s official blog, and was HM14 course director for the pre-course on the role of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine. This year, she was the first nonphysician to be nominated for the SHM board of directors.
EXCELLENCE IN HUMANITARIAN SERVICE
“Global Health Core,” organized by Phuoc Le, MD, MPH, has an established, clear agenda for clinical work, humanitarian aid, quality improvement, education, research, and fundraising. The group quickly grew from five to 12 faculty and brought focus to international efforts, with much of the work aimed at improving care at a particular hospital in Hinche (pronounced “Ench”), Haiti. Dr. Le and his team visit there, as well as other sites in Burundi and Liberia, several times a year, often taking residents and students as part of the University of California San Francisco’s Global Health Hospital Medicine Fellowship program. “Global Health Core” brought in supplies and medications after the 2010 earthquake and established a meaningful quality improvement program. They developed educational programs for trainees and created tighter partnerships with Partners in Health, and have begun to grow collaborations with several other university programs across the world.
Most recently, “Global Health Core” traveled to western Africa to care for patients inflicted with the Ebola virus, risking their lives for the care of the most vulnerable.
TEAM AWARD IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Centripital, under the leadership of Jason Stein, MD, SFHM, is responsible for helping more than 50 hospital units around the world replicate the Accountable Care Unit (ACU) model of care. Dr. Stein is the inventor of the ACU and structured interdisciplinary bedside rounds, the author of an Accountable Care Unit implementation guide, and developer of the Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds certification program.
Centripital is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Atlanta with the mission to train hospital professionals to work together in high-functioning, patient-centered teams. Centripital has helped more than 50 hospital units in 14 U.S. states and Australia replicate the ACU model by combining on-site educational sessions with mentored implementation. ACUs in the U.S. and Australia have been associated with improvements in a range of outcomes, including reduced in-hospital mortality, complications of care, length of stay, and average cost per case, along with increases in teamwork scores and patient satisfaction.
JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD
SHM’s Research Committee introduced a new award this year to recognize early-career hospitalist researchers who are leading the way in their field. Dr. Greysen is assistant professor at the UCSF School of Medicine and a hospitalist with training in social sciences and health outcomes research. His research focuses on transitions of care for hospitalized older adults and interventions to improve outcomes post-discharge. He is an active member in SHM’s research initiatives and associate editor for the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE
Dr. Sheehy has been a national role model for how SHM and its members can work together to achieve positive change in healthcare both in research and health policy. As a result of her published research on the “two-midnight rule” and observation status, Dr. Sheehy and SHM were invited to testify before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health and the Senate Special Committee on Aging. In both of these instances, Dr. Sheehy shared the honor, bringing all of hospital medicine into the spotlight as a field of experts in this area.
EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
Dr. Brotman’s research has helped improve the care of thousands—if not millions—of hospitalized patients. He has achieved a prolific research portfolio while actively practicing as a hospitalist, as well as director of the hospitalist service at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His research has focused on VTE and patient education and communication. He has published more than 60 papers, multiple invited review articles, and a number of editorials. Since 1999, his research efforts have resulted in funding of more than $21 million.
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE
Dr. Kim has established one of the largest surgical consult and co-management services in the country, from the ground up, at an institution where many surgeons historically did not trust employed hospitalists. The success of the consult service required a total reorientation of institutional attitudes and culture, a feat Dr. Kim was able to achieve by providing superlative medical care to patients on nonmedical services. Dr. Kim is now nationally recognized as a leader in inpatient hospital care and a critical part of the neurosurgery team at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Dr. Feldman founded new Urban Health residency training programs at Johns Hopkins. The medicine-pediatrics residency program and internal medicine primary care track admitted their first group of interns in July 2010 and 2011, respectively, and graduated those first cohorts last June. This medicine-pediatrics program is the first and only one of its kind in the nation. Dr. Feldman secured over $6 million in federal and foundation grant funding to support this endeavor.
At the same time, he led a team effort to build a perioperative and consultative medicine curriculum now known as “Consultative and Perioperative Medicine Essentials for Hospitalists,” which can be found at SHMconsults.com. With more than 18,000 users learning from more than 30 modules, this curriculum is now SHM’s flagship CME offering and a key resource for those preparing for the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine exam. The curriculum has been built with over $1 million in industry grant funding.
EXCELLENCE IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE FOR NONPHYSICIANS
Cardin is deeply committed to collaborating with physicians on the integration of the role of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine, and in building a sense of community among NPs and PAs who are working in hospital medicine. She has worked toward these goals locally, regionally, and nationally through her participation and leadership in SHM.
As co-chair of the Quality Improvement Committee in the Section of Hospital Medicine at the University of Chicago, she has played a pivotal role in developing quality initiatives that directly benefit both her patients and providers in the section, including developing 360-degree evaluation tools and working on interdisciplinary projects, such as one that will enhance in-hospital glucose management. As an active member of the section’s Clinical Operations Committee, her input on ways to increase clinical efficiency, restructure services, and improve teamwork have led to improvements in the daily operations of her section.
At SHM, Tracy has provided leadership to NPs and PAs in her role as chair of the SHM NP-PA Committee. She is a core contributor to The Hospital Leader, SHM’s official blog, and was HM14 course director for the pre-course on the role of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine. This year, she was the first nonphysician to be nominated for the SHM board of directors.
EXCELLENCE IN HUMANITARIAN SERVICE
“Global Health Core,” organized by Phuoc Le, MD, MPH, has an established, clear agenda for clinical work, humanitarian aid, quality improvement, education, research, and fundraising. The group quickly grew from five to 12 faculty and brought focus to international efforts, with much of the work aimed at improving care at a particular hospital in Hinche (pronounced “Ench”), Haiti. Dr. Le and his team visit there, as well as other sites in Burundi and Liberia, several times a year, often taking residents and students as part of the University of California San Francisco’s Global Health Hospital Medicine Fellowship program. “Global Health Core” brought in supplies and medications after the 2010 earthquake and established a meaningful quality improvement program. They developed educational programs for trainees and created tighter partnerships with Partners in Health, and have begun to grow collaborations with several other university programs across the world.
Most recently, “Global Health Core” traveled to western Africa to care for patients inflicted with the Ebola virus, risking their lives for the care of the most vulnerable.
TEAM AWARD IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Centripital, under the leadership of Jason Stein, MD, SFHM, is responsible for helping more than 50 hospital units around the world replicate the Accountable Care Unit (ACU) model of care. Dr. Stein is the inventor of the ACU and structured interdisciplinary bedside rounds, the author of an Accountable Care Unit implementation guide, and developer of the Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds certification program.
Centripital is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Atlanta with the mission to train hospital professionals to work together in high-functioning, patient-centered teams. Centripital has helped more than 50 hospital units in 14 U.S. states and Australia replicate the ACU model by combining on-site educational sessions with mentored implementation. ACUs in the U.S. and Australia have been associated with improvements in a range of outcomes, including reduced in-hospital mortality, complications of care, length of stay, and average cost per case, along with increases in teamwork scores and patient satisfaction.
JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD
SHM’s Research Committee introduced a new award this year to recognize early-career hospitalist researchers who are leading the way in their field. Dr. Greysen is assistant professor at the UCSF School of Medicine and a hospitalist with training in social sciences and health outcomes research. His research focuses on transitions of care for hospitalized older adults and interventions to improve outcomes post-discharge. He is an active member in SHM’s research initiatives and associate editor for the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE
Dr. Sheehy has been a national role model for how SHM and its members can work together to achieve positive change in healthcare both in research and health policy. As a result of her published research on the “two-midnight rule” and observation status, Dr. Sheehy and SHM were invited to testify before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health and the Senate Special Committee on Aging. In both of these instances, Dr. Sheehy shared the honor, bringing all of hospital medicine into the spotlight as a field of experts in this area.
EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
Dr. Brotman’s research has helped improve the care of thousands—if not millions—of hospitalized patients. He has achieved a prolific research portfolio while actively practicing as a hospitalist, as well as director of the hospitalist service at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His research has focused on VTE and patient education and communication. He has published more than 60 papers, multiple invited review articles, and a number of editorials. Since 1999, his research efforts have resulted in funding of more than $21 million.
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE
Dr. Kim has established one of the largest surgical consult and co-management services in the country, from the ground up, at an institution where many surgeons historically did not trust employed hospitalists. The success of the consult service required a total reorientation of institutional attitudes and culture, a feat Dr. Kim was able to achieve by providing superlative medical care to patients on nonmedical services. Dr. Kim is now nationally recognized as a leader in inpatient hospital care and a critical part of the neurosurgery team at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Dr. Feldman founded new Urban Health residency training programs at Johns Hopkins. The medicine-pediatrics residency program and internal medicine primary care track admitted their first group of interns in July 2010 and 2011, respectively, and graduated those first cohorts last June. This medicine-pediatrics program is the first and only one of its kind in the nation. Dr. Feldman secured over $6 million in federal and foundation grant funding to support this endeavor.
At the same time, he led a team effort to build a perioperative and consultative medicine curriculum now known as “Consultative and Perioperative Medicine Essentials for Hospitalists,” which can be found at SHMconsults.com. With more than 18,000 users learning from more than 30 modules, this curriculum is now SHM’s flagship CME offering and a key resource for those preparing for the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine exam. The curriculum has been built with over $1 million in industry grant funding.
EXCELLENCE IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE FOR NONPHYSICIANS
Cardin is deeply committed to collaborating with physicians on the integration of the role of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine, and in building a sense of community among NPs and PAs who are working in hospital medicine. She has worked toward these goals locally, regionally, and nationally through her participation and leadership in SHM.
As co-chair of the Quality Improvement Committee in the Section of Hospital Medicine at the University of Chicago, she has played a pivotal role in developing quality initiatives that directly benefit both her patients and providers in the section, including developing 360-degree evaluation tools and working on interdisciplinary projects, such as one that will enhance in-hospital glucose management. As an active member of the section’s Clinical Operations Committee, her input on ways to increase clinical efficiency, restructure services, and improve teamwork have led to improvements in the daily operations of her section.
At SHM, Tracy has provided leadership to NPs and PAs in her role as chair of the SHM NP-PA Committee. She is a core contributor to The Hospital Leader, SHM’s official blog, and was HM14 course director for the pre-course on the role of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine. This year, she was the first nonphysician to be nominated for the SHM board of directors.
EXCELLENCE IN HUMANITARIAN SERVICE
“Global Health Core,” organized by Phuoc Le, MD, MPH, has an established, clear agenda for clinical work, humanitarian aid, quality improvement, education, research, and fundraising. The group quickly grew from five to 12 faculty and brought focus to international efforts, with much of the work aimed at improving care at a particular hospital in Hinche (pronounced “Ench”), Haiti. Dr. Le and his team visit there, as well as other sites in Burundi and Liberia, several times a year, often taking residents and students as part of the University of California San Francisco’s Global Health Hospital Medicine Fellowship program. “Global Health Core” brought in supplies and medications after the 2010 earthquake and established a meaningful quality improvement program. They developed educational programs for trainees and created tighter partnerships with Partners in Health, and have begun to grow collaborations with several other university programs across the world.
Most recently, “Global Health Core” traveled to western Africa to care for patients inflicted with the Ebola virus, risking their lives for the care of the most vulnerable.
TEAM AWARD IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Centripital, under the leadership of Jason Stein, MD, SFHM, is responsible for helping more than 50 hospital units around the world replicate the Accountable Care Unit (ACU) model of care. Dr. Stein is the inventor of the ACU and structured interdisciplinary bedside rounds, the author of an Accountable Care Unit implementation guide, and developer of the Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds certification program.
Centripital is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Atlanta with the mission to train hospital professionals to work together in high-functioning, patient-centered teams. Centripital has helped more than 50 hospital units in 14 U.S. states and Australia replicate the ACU model by combining on-site educational sessions with mentored implementation. ACUs in the U.S. and Australia have been associated with improvements in a range of outcomes, including reduced in-hospital mortality, complications of care, length of stay, and average cost per case, along with increases in teamwork scores and patient satisfaction.
JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD
SHM’s Research Committee introduced a new award this year to recognize early-career hospitalist researchers who are leading the way in their field. Dr. Greysen is assistant professor at the UCSF School of Medicine and a hospitalist with training in social sciences and health outcomes research. His research focuses on transitions of care for hospitalized older adults and interventions to improve outcomes post-discharge. He is an active member in SHM’s research initiatives and associate editor for the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Physician Residency Training Gets Boost from Quality Improvement Clinics
To address these serious gaps, SHM and the Committee of Interns and Residents Policy and Education Initiative (CIR PEI) are partnering to run Resident Quality Improvement Clinics at Harlem Hospital Center and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. Resident physicians at these two hospitals have been actively engaged in patient safety and quality initiatives.
“This is a great opportunity for our doctors in training,” says Harlem Hospital Medical Director Maurice Wright, MD. “Most physicians deliver care as a part of a multidisciplinary team. They must garner the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high quality and safe healthcare within a team model. This training will give them the knowledge and skills needed to create effective systems for care delivery.”
Under the auspices of the CIR PEI QI Innovation Institute, the QI clinics will provide residents at Harlem Hospital Center and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center with the knowledge, skills, and professional development required to champion quality improvement and patient safety practices and apply their newly acquired knowledge to the development of a quality improvement project.
SHM will be applying many of the principles from its existing programs to the new program. The organization, which represents hospitalists, has been teaching quality improvement through its Quality and Safety Educators Academy and award-winning mentorship programs to hundreds of hospitalists and hospitals nationwide.
“We are thrilled to participate in this groundbreaking program,” SHM President Burke Kealey, MD, SFHM, says. “We fully expect that this program will build competencies in patient safety and quality improvement for residents and educators and—in the process—improve the quality of care delivered at these hospitals.”
SHM will also be offering quality improvement content to medical students, residents, and early-career hospitalists at its annual meeting in March in National Harbor, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C. (www.hospitalmedicine2015.org).
Resident physicians at Harlem are eager to begin working with the SHM mentors.
“This is a wonderful learning opportunity to enable resident doctors to enhance not only our clinical skills but organizational and administrative skills that will, overall, impact healthcare in a more meaningful way,” Harlem resident Paroma Mitra, MD, says. “And we’ll become better spokespeople on direct issues that impact patients.”
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications. This article was adapted from a January 20 joint press release from SHM and the CIR Policy and Education Initiative (CIR PEI).
To address these serious gaps, SHM and the Committee of Interns and Residents Policy and Education Initiative (CIR PEI) are partnering to run Resident Quality Improvement Clinics at Harlem Hospital Center and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. Resident physicians at these two hospitals have been actively engaged in patient safety and quality initiatives.
“This is a great opportunity for our doctors in training,” says Harlem Hospital Medical Director Maurice Wright, MD. “Most physicians deliver care as a part of a multidisciplinary team. They must garner the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high quality and safe healthcare within a team model. This training will give them the knowledge and skills needed to create effective systems for care delivery.”
Under the auspices of the CIR PEI QI Innovation Institute, the QI clinics will provide residents at Harlem Hospital Center and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center with the knowledge, skills, and professional development required to champion quality improvement and patient safety practices and apply their newly acquired knowledge to the development of a quality improvement project.
SHM will be applying many of the principles from its existing programs to the new program. The organization, which represents hospitalists, has been teaching quality improvement through its Quality and Safety Educators Academy and award-winning mentorship programs to hundreds of hospitalists and hospitals nationwide.
“We are thrilled to participate in this groundbreaking program,” SHM President Burke Kealey, MD, SFHM, says. “We fully expect that this program will build competencies in patient safety and quality improvement for residents and educators and—in the process—improve the quality of care delivered at these hospitals.”
SHM will also be offering quality improvement content to medical students, residents, and early-career hospitalists at its annual meeting in March in National Harbor, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C. (www.hospitalmedicine2015.org).
Resident physicians at Harlem are eager to begin working with the SHM mentors.
“This is a wonderful learning opportunity to enable resident doctors to enhance not only our clinical skills but organizational and administrative skills that will, overall, impact healthcare in a more meaningful way,” Harlem resident Paroma Mitra, MD, says. “And we’ll become better spokespeople on direct issues that impact patients.”
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications. This article was adapted from a January 20 joint press release from SHM and the CIR Policy and Education Initiative (CIR PEI).
To address these serious gaps, SHM and the Committee of Interns and Residents Policy and Education Initiative (CIR PEI) are partnering to run Resident Quality Improvement Clinics at Harlem Hospital Center and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. Resident physicians at these two hospitals have been actively engaged in patient safety and quality initiatives.
“This is a great opportunity for our doctors in training,” says Harlem Hospital Medical Director Maurice Wright, MD. “Most physicians deliver care as a part of a multidisciplinary team. They must garner the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high quality and safe healthcare within a team model. This training will give them the knowledge and skills needed to create effective systems for care delivery.”
Under the auspices of the CIR PEI QI Innovation Institute, the QI clinics will provide residents at Harlem Hospital Center and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center with the knowledge, skills, and professional development required to champion quality improvement and patient safety practices and apply their newly acquired knowledge to the development of a quality improvement project.
SHM will be applying many of the principles from its existing programs to the new program. The organization, which represents hospitalists, has been teaching quality improvement through its Quality and Safety Educators Academy and award-winning mentorship programs to hundreds of hospitalists and hospitals nationwide.
“We are thrilled to participate in this groundbreaking program,” SHM President Burke Kealey, MD, SFHM, says. “We fully expect that this program will build competencies in patient safety and quality improvement for residents and educators and—in the process—improve the quality of care delivered at these hospitals.”
SHM will also be offering quality improvement content to medical students, residents, and early-career hospitalists at its annual meeting in March in National Harbor, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C. (www.hospitalmedicine2015.org).
Resident physicians at Harlem are eager to begin working with the SHM mentors.
“This is a wonderful learning opportunity to enable resident doctors to enhance not only our clinical skills but organizational and administrative skills that will, overall, impact healthcare in a more meaningful way,” Harlem resident Paroma Mitra, MD, says. “And we’ll become better spokespeople on direct issues that impact patients.”
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications. This article was adapted from a January 20 joint press release from SHM and the CIR Policy and Education Initiative (CIR PEI).
Hospitalists Can Help Create the Future of Hospital Medicine
Two years ago, then-SHM President Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, challenged society members to recruit 1,000 medical students and residents to the hospitalist movement. Since then, SHM’s members have not only met that goal but continue to exceed it.
Today, the number of house staff continues to grow well beyond Dr. Howell’s original goal, and SHM offers even more programming with medical students and residents in mind.
The key to this success is twofold: the allure of a career in hospital medicine and the current generation of hospitalists who serve as a critical link to future hospitalists.
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.
Two years ago, then-SHM President Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, challenged society members to recruit 1,000 medical students and residents to the hospitalist movement. Since then, SHM’s members have not only met that goal but continue to exceed it.
Today, the number of house staff continues to grow well beyond Dr. Howell’s original goal, and SHM offers even more programming with medical students and residents in mind.
The key to this success is twofold: the allure of a career in hospital medicine and the current generation of hospitalists who serve as a critical link to future hospitalists.
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.
Two years ago, then-SHM President Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, challenged society members to recruit 1,000 medical students and residents to the hospitalist movement. Since then, SHM’s members have not only met that goal but continue to exceed it.
Today, the number of house staff continues to grow well beyond Dr. Howell’s original goal, and SHM offers even more programming with medical students and residents in mind.
The key to this success is twofold: the allure of a career in hospital medicine and the current generation of hospitalists who serve as a critical link to future hospitalists.
Brendon Shank is SHM’s associate vice president of communications.
Society of Hospital Medicine Connects Physicians in Training with Specialty
SHM is introducing the Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant, an award of $500 a week for the summer to cover salary support for a student project related to patient safety/quality improvement or other areas relevant to the field of hospital medicine.
For medical students, residents, and physicians early in their careers, there has never been a better time to explore a career as a hospitalist. For details, check out SHM’s new website for physicians in training.
The demand for hospitalists continues to be high across the country, and job opportunities abound. SHM is helping to connect physicians in training with the fastest-growing medical specialty in healthcare. Here’s how:
- Local events nationwide. Together with the leading medical schools in the country and its local chapters, SHM is organizing events to introduce hospital medicine to medical students and residents. Scheduled locations in 2015 include Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles, and the list will be updated throughout the year. Events in 2014 were made possible by TeamHealth, Sound Physicians, and Cogent Healthcare.
- Special tracks at HM15. For the first time, SHM’s annual meeting includes an entire track dedicated to the topics that matter the most to young physicians and physicians-to-be, including working with mentors effectively, optimizing quality improvement, and making the most of your CV.
- Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant. SHM is introducing the Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant, an award of $500 a week for the summer to cover salary support for a student project related to patient safety/quality improvement or other areas relevant to the field of hospital medicine. The project should be conducted during the summer between the first/second years (or second/third, if possible) of medical school. The deadline for applications is Feb. 15.
SHM is introducing the Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant, an award of $500 a week for the summer to cover salary support for a student project related to patient safety/quality improvement or other areas relevant to the field of hospital medicine.
For medical students, residents, and physicians early in their careers, there has never been a better time to explore a career as a hospitalist. For details, check out SHM’s new website for physicians in training.
The demand for hospitalists continues to be high across the country, and job opportunities abound. SHM is helping to connect physicians in training with the fastest-growing medical specialty in healthcare. Here’s how:
- Local events nationwide. Together with the leading medical schools in the country and its local chapters, SHM is organizing events to introduce hospital medicine to medical students and residents. Scheduled locations in 2015 include Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles, and the list will be updated throughout the year. Events in 2014 were made possible by TeamHealth, Sound Physicians, and Cogent Healthcare.
- Special tracks at HM15. For the first time, SHM’s annual meeting includes an entire track dedicated to the topics that matter the most to young physicians and physicians-to-be, including working with mentors effectively, optimizing quality improvement, and making the most of your CV.
- Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant. SHM is introducing the Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant, an award of $500 a week for the summer to cover salary support for a student project related to patient safety/quality improvement or other areas relevant to the field of hospital medicine. The project should be conducted during the summer between the first/second years (or second/third, if possible) of medical school. The deadline for applications is Feb. 15.
SHM is introducing the Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant, an award of $500 a week for the summer to cover salary support for a student project related to patient safety/quality improvement or other areas relevant to the field of hospital medicine.
For medical students, residents, and physicians early in their careers, there has never been a better time to explore a career as a hospitalist. For details, check out SHM’s new website for physicians in training.
The demand for hospitalists continues to be high across the country, and job opportunities abound. SHM is helping to connect physicians in training with the fastest-growing medical specialty in healthcare. Here’s how:
- Local events nationwide. Together with the leading medical schools in the country and its local chapters, SHM is organizing events to introduce hospital medicine to medical students and residents. Scheduled locations in 2015 include Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles, and the list will be updated throughout the year. Events in 2014 were made possible by TeamHealth, Sound Physicians, and Cogent Healthcare.
- Special tracks at HM15. For the first time, SHM’s annual meeting includes an entire track dedicated to the topics that matter the most to young physicians and physicians-to-be, including working with mentors effectively, optimizing quality improvement, and making the most of your CV.
- Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant. SHM is introducing the Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant, an award of $500 a week for the summer to cover salary support for a student project related to patient safety/quality improvement or other areas relevant to the field of hospital medicine. The project should be conducted during the summer between the first/second years (or second/third, if possible) of medical school. The deadline for applications is Feb. 15.
Leaders in Hospital Medicine, Quality Improvement, Clinical Care to Attend HM15
Last year was a banner year for the hospital medicine movement: Hospitalist Vivek Murthy, MD, was confirmed as the U.S. Surgeon General, hospitalists across the country were recognized for their leadership of quality improvement, and a record number of hospitalists came together in Las Vegas to share successes, challenges, and knowledge at HM14, SHM’s annual conference.
This year, you can be part of the action from the very beginning. Hospital Medicine 2015 (HM15) will feature the nation’s leaders in hospital medicine, quality improvement, and clinical care.
In addition to the specialty’s leading content and experts, hospitalists flock to HM15 for the energy. The connections made—both personal and professional—empower thousands of hospitalists to bring a new enthusiasm to their hospitals and their colleagues.
Register today at www.hospitalmedicine2015.org.
Last year was a banner year for the hospital medicine movement: Hospitalist Vivek Murthy, MD, was confirmed as the U.S. Surgeon General, hospitalists across the country were recognized for their leadership of quality improvement, and a record number of hospitalists came together in Las Vegas to share successes, challenges, and knowledge at HM14, SHM’s annual conference.
This year, you can be part of the action from the very beginning. Hospital Medicine 2015 (HM15) will feature the nation’s leaders in hospital medicine, quality improvement, and clinical care.
In addition to the specialty’s leading content and experts, hospitalists flock to HM15 for the energy. The connections made—both personal and professional—empower thousands of hospitalists to bring a new enthusiasm to their hospitals and their colleagues.
Register today at www.hospitalmedicine2015.org.
Last year was a banner year for the hospital medicine movement: Hospitalist Vivek Murthy, MD, was confirmed as the U.S. Surgeon General, hospitalists across the country were recognized for their leadership of quality improvement, and a record number of hospitalists came together in Las Vegas to share successes, challenges, and knowledge at HM14, SHM’s annual conference.
This year, you can be part of the action from the very beginning. Hospital Medicine 2015 (HM15) will feature the nation’s leaders in hospital medicine, quality improvement, and clinical care.
In addition to the specialty’s leading content and experts, hospitalists flock to HM15 for the energy. The connections made—both personal and professional—empower thousands of hospitalists to bring a new enthusiasm to their hospitals and their colleagues.
Register today at www.hospitalmedicine2015.org.