Definitions, introduction
Utilization of hospital services
Core competencies
Objectives of a hospitalist program
Primary physician concerns
Utilization of hospital services by hospitalists
Pediatric/Neonatal hospitalist programs
Interactions between hospitalists and ED physicians
Lessons learned (or should be learned)
Starting a program - process example
Laboratory Reports – failure to review and act on results
Hospitalist Policy - example
Intensivists
Nocturnists
Observation unit care
Rapid Response Teams (RRT)
Hospitalist program model in a SNF
Hospitalist job descriptions
Performance standards
Program manual
Hospitalist discharge dictation for medical record - responsibility
Hospitalist - post-discharge transitional management of care
Work loads
Patient ‘handoffs’ (SBAR, checklists, resources)
Position qualifications
End-of-life Care Decisions;
Observation care unit - hospitalist management;
PICC/Medical Procedures Teams - hospitalist model
Co-management by hospitalists of surgical patients
Hyperbaric chamber therapy - supervision and management
Pediatric Hospitalists
Obstetrical Hospitalists ('Laborists')
Robot rounders
Education re: Hospitalist programs for Patients, Others
Explanatory letter to patients re:
hospitalist program
Hospitalist recruitment
Collecting charge data
Compensation
Legal Issues
Quality Issues: Weekend admits; Pneumonia management;
Job description example: Group Director of Business Operations, Hospitalists Services;
Medical Records; Chart audit form
References
Resources
Web
Sites,
Hospitalist-related
