Brendon Shank

As the hospital medicine specialty continues to grow, hospitalists often ask: “How can I get involved?”

Getting involved in the hospital medicine movement and contributing to SHM’s goal of helping hospitalists provide exceptional care to hospitalized patients is easy—and it can start today.

A: Awards

Nominating a colleague—or yourself—for one of SHM’s seven awards is a great way to share your successes with the rest of the specialty. It also generates national recognition for the people and practices that make hospital medicine great.

This year, SHM will be awarding seven awards:

• Excellence in Teamwork in Quality Improvement;
• Excellence in Research;
• Excellence in Hospital Medicine for Non-Physicians;
• Excellence in Teaching;
• Outstanding Service in Hospital Medicine;
• Clinical Excellence; and
• Excellence in Humanitarian Services.

Award winners will be recognized onstage at HM15 in National Harbor, Md.

For more information or to nominate yourself or someone else for an award, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/awards. But don’t wait. The deadline for award submissions is Oct. 13.

B: Board

Are you ready to take a national leadership position within hospital medicine? SHM’s board of directors guides the specialty and helps ensure that SHM provides hospitalists with the tools and education they need to be the best caregivers possible.

Any SHM member in good standing is eligible to become a board member. Four seats are open for the three-year term starting in 2015.

Recently, the SHM Board of Directors oversaw the creation and publication of the “Key Principles and Characteristics of an Effective Hospital Medicine Group,” a formative set of principles that were published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine and now help hospital medicine groups across the country evaluate their performance.

The board will continue to take on major projects like the key characteristics; if you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, visit the “Board of Directors” section of “About SHM” on www.hospitalmedicine.org.

But don’t wait long. Nominations are due Oct. 22.

C: Committees

Committees are the engines of change for hospital medicine. They guide SHM’s policy initiatives, address pressing quality improvement issues for hospitalists, and serve as the point of engagement for many of SHM’s important audiences, including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, family medicine practitioners, and physicians in training.

With more than 20 committees ranging in topics from information technology to support for SHM’s local chapters, there is bound to be one that could benefit from your passion and expertise.

For more information, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/committees.

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

As the hospital medicine specialty continues to grow, hospitalists often ask: “How can I get involved?”

Getting involved in the hospital medicine movement and contributing to SHM’s goal of helping hospitalists provide exceptional care to hospitalized patients is easy—and it can start today.

A: Awards

Nominating a colleague—or yourself—for one of SHM’s seven awards is a great way to share your successes with the rest of the specialty. It also generates national recognition for the people and practices that make hospital medicine great.

This year, SHM will be awarding seven awards:

• Excellence in Teamwork in Quality Improvement;
• Excellence in Research;
• Excellence in Hospital Medicine for Non-Physicians;
• Excellence in Teaching;
• Outstanding Service in Hospital Medicine;
• Clinical Excellence; and
• Excellence in Humanitarian Services.

Award winners will be recognized onstage at HM15 in National Harbor, Md.

For more information or to nominate yourself or someone else for an award, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/awards. But don’t wait. The deadline for award submissions is Oct. 13.

B: Board

Are you ready to take a national leadership position within hospital medicine? SHM’s board of directors guides the specialty and helps ensure that SHM provides hospitalists with the tools and education they need to be the best caregivers possible.

Any SHM member in good standing is eligible to become a board member. Four seats are open for the three-year term starting in 2015.

Recently, the SHM Board of Directors oversaw the creation and publication of the “Key Principles and Characteristics of an Effective Hospital Medicine Group,” a formative set of principles that were published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine and now help hospital medicine groups across the country evaluate their performance.

The board will continue to take on major projects like the key characteristics; if you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, visit the “Board of Directors” section of “About SHM” on www.hospitalmedicine.org.

But don’t wait long. Nominations are due Oct. 22.

C: Committees

Committees are the engines of change for hospital medicine. They guide SHM’s policy initiatives, address pressing quality improvement issues for hospitalists, and serve as the point of engagement for many of SHM’s important audiences, including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, family medicine practitioners, and physicians in training.

With more than 20 committees ranging in topics from information technology to support for SHM’s local chapters, there is bound to be one that could benefit from your passion and expertise.

For more information, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/committees.

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

As the hospital medicine specialty continues to grow, hospitalists often ask: “How can I get involved?”

Getting involved in the hospital medicine movement and contributing to SHM’s goal of helping hospitalists provide exceptional care to hospitalized patients is easy—and it can start today.

A: Awards

Nominating a colleague—or yourself—for one of SHM’s seven awards is a great way to share your successes with the rest of the specialty. It also generates national recognition for the people and practices that make hospital medicine great.

This year, SHM will be awarding seven awards:

• Excellence in Teamwork in Quality Improvement;
• Excellence in Research;
• Excellence in Hospital Medicine for Non-Physicians;
• Excellence in Teaching;
• Outstanding Service in Hospital Medicine;
• Clinical Excellence; and
• Excellence in Humanitarian Services.

Award winners will be recognized onstage at HM15 in National Harbor, Md.

For more information or to nominate yourself or someone else for an award, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/awards. But don’t wait. The deadline for award submissions is Oct. 13.

B: Board

Are you ready to take a national leadership position within hospital medicine? SHM’s board of directors guides the specialty and helps ensure that SHM provides hospitalists with the tools and education they need to be the best caregivers possible.

Any SHM member in good standing is eligible to become a board member. Four seats are open for the three-year term starting in 2015.

Recently, the SHM Board of Directors oversaw the creation and publication of the “Key Principles and Characteristics of an Effective Hospital Medicine Group,” a formative set of principles that were published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine and now help hospital medicine groups across the country evaluate their performance.

The board will continue to take on major projects like the key characteristics; if you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, visit the “Board of Directors” section of “About SHM” on www.hospitalmedicine.org.

But don’t wait long. Nominations are due Oct. 22.

C: Committees

Committees are the engines of change for hospital medicine. They guide SHM’s policy initiatives, address pressing quality improvement issues for hospitalists, and serve as the point of engagement for many of SHM’s important audiences, including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, family medicine practitioners, and physicians in training.

With more than 20 committees ranging in topics from information technology to support for SHM’s local chapters, there is bound to be one that could benefit from your passion and expertise.

For more information, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/committees.

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

Recruiting and retaining hospitalists are major challenges for hospital medicine groups across the country, and the State of Hospital Medicine report can be the roadmap for helping them keep the hospitalists they need.

The State of Hospital Medicine, available in September from SHM, provides a comprehensive data set on compensation and productivity for hospitalists across the country—and across sub-specialties in HM. Using data from the State of Hospital Medicine report, hospitalists everywhere compare their own compensation strategies against those in their region and throughout the U.S.

The latest issue, published by SHM every other year, will be available later this month but can be pre-ordered today. For more information, or to pre-order, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/sohm.

Recruiting and retaining hospitalists are major challenges for hospital medicine groups across the country, and the State of Hospital Medicine report can be the roadmap for helping them keep the hospitalists they need.

The State of Hospital Medicine, available in September from SHM, provides a comprehensive data set on compensation and productivity for hospitalists across the country—and across sub-specialties in HM. Using data from the State of Hospital Medicine report, hospitalists everywhere compare their own compensation strategies against those in their region and throughout the U.S.

The latest issue, published by SHM every other year, will be available later this month but can be pre-ordered today. For more information, or to pre-order, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/sohm.

Recruiting and retaining hospitalists are major challenges for hospital medicine groups across the country, and the State of Hospital Medicine report can be the roadmap for helping them keep the hospitalists they need.

The State of Hospital Medicine, available in September from SHM, provides a comprehensive data set on compensation and productivity for hospitalists across the country—and across sub-specialties in HM. Using data from the State of Hospital Medicine report, hospitalists everywhere compare their own compensation strategies against those in their region and throughout the U.S.

The latest issue, published by SHM every other year, will be available later this month but can be pre-ordered today. For more information, or to pre-order, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/sohm.

Now is the time to clear space on your calendar for Hospital Medicine 2015: March 29 through April 1, 2015. Hospitalists often tell SHM that the main reason they can’t make it to our annual meeting is schedule conflicts, so reserving time in your busy schedules today ensures that you can meet with fellow hospitalists at HM15 in just a few months.

Since HM15 will be just a few miles from the nation’s capital, SHM is organizing another specialty-wide Hospitalists on the Hill, where hospitalists from across the country meet with lawmakers to discuss the major challenges facing care for hospitalized patients. Now more than ever, hospitalists are a force for change in Washington, testifying before Congress and meeting with lawmakers in record numbers.

Hospital Medicine 2015

March 29-April 1

National Harbor, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.

www.hospitalmedicine2015.org

Now is the time to clear space on your calendar for Hospital Medicine 2015: March 29 through April 1, 2015. Hospitalists often tell SHM that the main reason they can’t make it to our annual meeting is schedule conflicts, so reserving time in your busy schedules today ensures that you can meet with fellow hospitalists at HM15 in just a few months.

Since HM15 will be just a few miles from the nation’s capital, SHM is organizing another specialty-wide Hospitalists on the Hill, where hospitalists from across the country meet with lawmakers to discuss the major challenges facing care for hospitalized patients. Now more than ever, hospitalists are a force for change in Washington, testifying before Congress and meeting with lawmakers in record numbers.

Hospital Medicine 2015

March 29-April 1

National Harbor, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.

www.hospitalmedicine2015.org

Now is the time to clear space on your calendar for Hospital Medicine 2015: March 29 through April 1, 2015. Hospitalists often tell SHM that the main reason they can’t make it to our annual meeting is schedule conflicts, so reserving time in your busy schedules today ensures that you can meet with fellow hospitalists at HM15 in just a few months.

Since HM15 will be just a few miles from the nation’s capital, SHM is organizing another specialty-wide Hospitalists on the Hill, where hospitalists from across the country meet with lawmakers to discuss the major challenges facing care for hospitalized patients. Now more than ever, hospitalists are a force for change in Washington, testifying before Congress and meeting with lawmakers in record numbers.

Hospital Medicine 2015

March 29-April 1

National Harbor, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.

www.hospitalmedicine2015.org

Controlling glycemic levels and diabetes in hospitalized patients is one of the biggest ongoing challenges hospitalists face. Now, hospitalists can help their hospitals come up with system-wide improvements to address glycemic control.

SHM’s Glycemic Control Mentored Implementation (GCMI) Program gives hospitalists the tools they need to make system-level changes in their hospital and pairs them with a mentor to help make it happen.

SHM is accepting applications for the 2014 GCMI program, but act soon. Applications are due September 30. For more information, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/gcmi.

Controlling glycemic levels and diabetes in hospitalized patients is one of the biggest ongoing challenges hospitalists face. Now, hospitalists can help their hospitals come up with system-wide improvements to address glycemic control.

SHM’s Glycemic Control Mentored Implementation (GCMI) Program gives hospitalists the tools they need to make system-level changes in their hospital and pairs them with a mentor to help make it happen.

SHM is accepting applications for the 2014 GCMI program, but act soon. Applications are due September 30. For more information, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/gcmi.

Controlling glycemic levels and diabetes in hospitalized patients is one of the biggest ongoing challenges hospitalists face. Now, hospitalists can help their hospitals come up with system-wide improvements to address glycemic control.

SHM’s Glycemic Control Mentored Implementation (GCMI) Program gives hospitalists the tools they need to make system-level changes in their hospital and pairs them with a mentor to help make it happen.

SHM is accepting applications for the 2014 GCMI program, but act soon. Applications are due September 30. For more information, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/gcmi.

Have you ever worried about which billing code is appropriate? Worried that your coding decisions could be called into question, but reading up on the topic only left you more confused?

SHM’s new, first-of-its-kind online educational tool can help.

CODE-H Interactive—short for “Coding Optimally for Documenting Effectively for Hospitalists”—gives hospitalists an online guided tour through six different coding scenarios, enabling them to choose the codes they believe are appropriate. Then, SHM’s coding expert highlights the correct codes and offers rationales for each.

HM groups can enroll multiple team members using a single subscription, making educating entire teams easy. Each participant receives a certificate documenting his or her participation in the program.

CODE-H Interactive is available today at www.hospitalmedicine.org/codehi.

Have you ever worried about which billing code is appropriate? Worried that your coding decisions could be called into question, but reading up on the topic only left you more confused?

SHM’s new, first-of-its-kind online educational tool can help.

CODE-H Interactive—short for “Coding Optimally for Documenting Effectively for Hospitalists”—gives hospitalists an online guided tour through six different coding scenarios, enabling them to choose the codes they believe are appropriate. Then, SHM’s coding expert highlights the correct codes and offers rationales for each.

HM groups can enroll multiple team members using a single subscription, making educating entire teams easy. Each participant receives a certificate documenting his or her participation in the program.

CODE-H Interactive is available today at www.hospitalmedicine.org/codehi.

Have you ever worried about which billing code is appropriate? Worried that your coding decisions could be called into question, but reading up on the topic only left you more confused?

SHM’s new, first-of-its-kind online educational tool can help.

CODE-H Interactive—short for “Coding Optimally for Documenting Effectively for Hospitalists”—gives hospitalists an online guided tour through six different coding scenarios, enabling them to choose the codes they believe are appropriate. Then, SHM’s coding expert highlights the correct codes and offers rationales for each.

HM groups can enroll multiple team members using a single subscription, making educating entire teams easy. Each participant receives a certificate documenting his or her participation in the program.

CODE-H Interactive is available today at www.hospitalmedicine.org/codehi.

More than a thousand hospitalists have earned the right to affix “FHM” or “SFHM” alongside their other credentials. Now, you can learn from them about how to apply for Fellow in Hospital Medicine (FHM) or Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine (SFHM) designations in a first of its kind webinar hosted by SHM (Sept. 24, 1 pm EST). Speakers will include current FHM and Master in Hospital Medicine (MHM) designees. They will talk about the process and how the designation has impacted their careers as hospitalizes.

SHM Fellows Webinar

Sept. 24

1 p.m. (EST)

www.hospitalmedicine.org/fellows

More than a thousand hospitalists have earned the right to affix “FHM” or “SFHM” alongside their other credentials. Now, you can learn from them about how to apply for Fellow in Hospital Medicine (FHM) or Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine (SFHM) designations in a first of its kind webinar hosted by SHM (Sept. 24, 1 pm EST). Speakers will include current FHM and Master in Hospital Medicine (MHM) designees. They will talk about the process and how the designation has impacted their careers as hospitalizes.

SHM Fellows Webinar

Sept. 24

1 p.m. (EST)

www.hospitalmedicine.org/fellows

More than a thousand hospitalists have earned the right to affix “FHM” or “SFHM” alongside their other credentials. Now, you can learn from them about how to apply for Fellow in Hospital Medicine (FHM) or Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine (SFHM) designations in a first of its kind webinar hosted by SHM (Sept. 24, 1 pm EST). Speakers will include current FHM and Master in Hospital Medicine (MHM) designees. They will talk about the process and how the designation has impacted their careers as hospitalizes.

SHM Fellows Webinar

Sept. 24

1 p.m. (EST)

www.hospitalmedicine.org/fellows

Academic hospitalists: Now is the time to set your sights on new career goals in 2015. The Academic Hospitalist Academy helps academic hospitalists map out a career in teaching and scholarship while at the same time learning directly from the best academic hospitalists in the field.

Spaces for Academic Hospitalist Academy are limited, and it’s only a month away. Register today.

Academic Hospitalist Academy

October 20-23

Englewood, Colorado

www.academichospitalist.org/

Academic hospitalists: Now is the time to set your sights on new career goals in 2015. The Academic Hospitalist Academy helps academic hospitalists map out a career in teaching and scholarship while at the same time learning directly from the best academic hospitalists in the field.

Spaces for Academic Hospitalist Academy are limited, and it’s only a month away. Register today.

Academic Hospitalist Academy

October 20-23

Englewood, Colorado

www.academichospitalist.org/

Academic hospitalists: Now is the time to set your sights on new career goals in 2015. The Academic Hospitalist Academy helps academic hospitalists map out a career in teaching and scholarship while at the same time learning directly from the best academic hospitalists in the field.

Spaces for Academic Hospitalist Academy are limited, and it’s only a month away. Register today.

Academic Hospitalist Academy

October 20-23

Englewood, Colorado

www.academichospitalist.org/

Medical school and residency are the first steps toward being a first-rate hospitalist, but will they prepare you for the demands of managing a new project in the hospital? Or taking a leadership position within a hospital medicine group? How about making the financial case for changes you’d like to see in your hospital?

SHM established its popular Leadership Academy to help hospitalists take the next steps into leadership positions. The three courses of Leadership Academy teach skills like practicing team and physician engagement, speaking the language of hospital finances, and using your own personal attributes to create an effective and authentic leadership style.

And now, you can demonstrate your experience in Leadership Academy by applying for SHM’s Certificate of Leadership in Hospital Medicine (CLHM). The certificate program requires attending all three Leadership Academy courses and completing a mentored leadership program at your hospital.

A limited number of reservations are still available for the November Leadership Academy in Honolulu. Visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership for more information.

SHM Leadership Academy

November 3-6

Honolulu, Hawaii

www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership

Medical school and residency are the first steps toward being a first-rate hospitalist, but will they prepare you for the demands of managing a new project in the hospital? Or taking a leadership position within a hospital medicine group? How about making the financial case for changes you’d like to see in your hospital?

SHM established its popular Leadership Academy to help hospitalists take the next steps into leadership positions. The three courses of Leadership Academy teach skills like practicing team and physician engagement, speaking the language of hospital finances, and using your own personal attributes to create an effective and authentic leadership style.

And now, you can demonstrate your experience in Leadership Academy by applying for SHM’s Certificate of Leadership in Hospital Medicine (CLHM). The certificate program requires attending all three Leadership Academy courses and completing a mentored leadership program at your hospital.

A limited number of reservations are still available for the November Leadership Academy in Honolulu. Visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership for more information.

SHM Leadership Academy

November 3-6

Honolulu, Hawaii

www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership

Medical school and residency are the first steps toward being a first-rate hospitalist, but will they prepare you for the demands of managing a new project in the hospital? Or taking a leadership position within a hospital medicine group? How about making the financial case for changes you’d like to see in your hospital?

SHM established its popular Leadership Academy to help hospitalists take the next steps into leadership positions. The three courses of Leadership Academy teach skills like practicing team and physician engagement, speaking the language of hospital finances, and using your own personal attributes to create an effective and authentic leadership style.

And now, you can demonstrate your experience in Leadership Academy by applying for SHM’s Certificate of Leadership in Hospital Medicine (CLHM). The certificate program requires attending all three Leadership Academy courses and completing a mentored leadership program at your hospital.

A limited number of reservations are still available for the November Leadership Academy in Honolulu. Visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership for more information.

SHM Leadership Academy

November 3-6

Honolulu, Hawaii

www.hospitalmedicine.org/leadership

Looking to recruit new hospitalists? Or are you a hospitalist looking for a change? Visit the new SHM Career Center (www.shmcareercenter.org) to recruit and look for new jobs. The new site enables visitors to highlight their favorite opportunities, get alerts via e-mail, and search through hospitalist jobs across the country. Recruiters will find easy-to-use instructions for posting jobs and searching through resumes.

Looking to recruit new hospitalists? Or are you a hospitalist looking for a change? Visit the new SHM Career Center (www.shmcareercenter.org) to recruit and look for new jobs. The new site enables visitors to highlight their favorite opportunities, get alerts via e-mail, and search through hospitalist jobs across the country. Recruiters will find easy-to-use instructions for posting jobs and searching through resumes.

Looking to recruit new hospitalists? Or are you a hospitalist looking for a change? Visit the new SHM Career Center (www.shmcareercenter.org) to recruit and look for new jobs. The new site enables visitors to highlight their favorite opportunities, get alerts via e-mail, and search through hospitalist jobs across the country. Recruiters will find easy-to-use instructions for posting jobs and searching through resumes.

Thousands of hospitalists have logged into HMX (www.hmxchange.org) to ask questions and share answers to some of the most pressing questions for hospitalists everywhere. Recent conversations include:

• How residents can get involved with SHM;
• How hospitalists can simplify the process of transferring a patient from one facility to another;
• How hospitalists can staff long-term acute care hospitals; and
• Pediatric hospital medicine subspecialty certification.

Thousands of hospitalists have logged into HMX (www.hmxchange.org) to ask questions and share answers to some of the most pressing questions for hospitalists everywhere. Recent conversations include:

• How residents can get involved with SHM;
• How hospitalists can simplify the process of transferring a patient from one facility to another;
• How hospitalists can staff long-term acute care hospitals; and
• Pediatric hospital medicine subspecialty certification.

Thousands of hospitalists have logged into HMX (www.hmxchange.org) to ask questions and share answers to some of the most pressing questions for hospitalists everywhere. Recent conversations include:

• How residents can get involved with SHM;
• How hospitalists can simplify the process of transferring a patient from one facility to another;
• How hospitalists can staff long-term acute care hospitals; and
• Pediatric hospital medicine subspecialty certification.