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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826982503321

Autore

Simone Kenneth G

Titolo

Hospitalist recruitment and retention : building a hospital medicine program / / Kenneth G. Simone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010

ISBN

1-282-68648-8

9786612686481

0-470-56826-7

0-470-56827-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

362.110683

658.373

Soggetti

Hospitalists - Recruiting

Employee retention

Hospitals - Personnel management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

HOSPITALIST RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Physician Supply and Demand; 1.1 The Aging Medical Workforce; 1.2 The Growing and Aging Population; 1.3 Decreased Medical School Matriculation; 1.4 The Changing Demographics of Medicine; 1.5 The Cost of Medical School and the Graduate Debt Burden; 1.6 The Changing Role of the Specialist; 1.7 The Changing Scope of Primary Care; 1.8 The Availability and Accessibility of Training Programs; 1.9 Technological Advances; 1.10 The Increasing Regulatory Responsibilities Placed on Physicians

1.11 Rising Practice Expenses and Diminishing Returns from the Insurance Industry1.12 Utilization of Nonphysician Clinicians; 1.13 Government Policy; 1.14 Generational Expectations; 2 The Hospitalist Marketplace; 2.1 Age, Gender, and Years Employed as a Hospitalist; 2.2 Hospitalist Education; 2.3 Hospitalist Practice Location; 2.4 Hospitalist Employment Model and Hospital Teaching Status; 2.5 Control/Hospital Governance of Affiliated Hospital; 2.6 Hospital Size; 2.7 Hospitalist Staffing; 2.8 Coverage Schedule and Night Call Responsibility; 2.9



Hospitalist Program Growth and Turnover

3 The Role of the Hospitalist3.1 Hospitalist Program Patient Type and Encounter Type; 3.2 Hospitalist Time Spent on Nonclinical Activities; 3.3 Leader Time Spent on Administrative Activities; 3.4 Hospitalist Activities Based on Location; 4 The Hospitalist Recruitment Pool; 4.1 Building Your Recruitment Network; 4.2 Identifying Your Candidate Pool; 5 Challenges Recruiting Hospitalists; 5.1 Physician Compensation; 5.2 Practice Model; 5.3 Work and Call Schedule; 5.4 Daily Workload; 5.5 Added-Value Benefits; 5.6 Medical Staff Support; 5.7 Hospital Culture and Systems; 5.8 Technology

5.9 Specialty Providers5.10 Referral Network; 5.11 Hospital Administrative Support; 5.12 Staff Stability; 5.13 Community and Practice Culture; 6 Incentive Plans; 6.1 Incentive Plan Objectives; 6.2 Data Systems; 6.3 Metrics; 6.4 Benchmarking; 6.5 Incentive Payout; 7 National Recruitment Initiatives; 7.1 Trend in Hospitalist Salary; 7.2 Type of Incentives Offered for All Specialties; 7.3 Relocation Pay, and Amount, for All Specialties; 7.4 Signing Bonus, and Amount, for All Specialties; 7.5 Amount of CME for All Specialties; 7.6 Additional Benefits; 7.7 Hospital-Employed Job Opportunities

7.8 Assessment of Fair Market Value and Physician Compensation8 Retention Initiatives; 8.1 Defining Expectations and Finding the Appropriate Fit; 8.2 Work-Life Balance; 8.3 Integration of the Hospitalist Program and Hospitalist Physicians; 8.4 Support from the Clinical Director and Sponsoring Hospital; 8.5 Clinical and Operational Support; 8.6 Opportunities for Career Growth and Advancement; 8.7 Financial Opportunities; 8.8 Spousal/Significant Other and Family Integration Within the Community; 8.9 The Orientation Program; 8.10 The Exit Interview

9 Putting It All Together: The Site Visit and Interview

Sommario/riassunto

The Right Way to Build and Sustain a Successful Hospital Medicine Program  This first complete treatment of hospitalist recruitment and retention gives you all the tools and guidance needed to build a new hospital medicine program for your hospital.  Moreover, it shows you how to reinvigorate and maintain an established hospitalist program, enabling your hospital to fully benefit from the improved clinical outcomes that a hospitalist approach can offer.  All the key elements for building and maintaining an effective hospitalist program are covered, including: Developing a rec