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Informationen zum Autor KENNETH G. SIMONE, DO, FHM, is a board-certified family physician, Fellow of Hospital Medicine, and the founder and President of Hospitalist and Practice Solutions, a consulting company that develops, restructures, and redesigns hospitalist programs. Dr. Simone founded the first hospitalist program in Maine and served as its administrative director for ten years. In addition, he has developed and rebuilt numerous hospitalist programs nationwide. He is currently Chair of the Society of Hospital Medicine's Chapter Support Committee and a board member of the University of New England. Klappentext 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 recruitment plan that attracts the right people and clearly sets forth expectations Hiring the best people to meet organizational objectives Implementing an effective retention plan that keeps high-quality staff motivated and committed to excellence Based on the author's extensive experience in both clinical practice and professional consultation with new and established hospital medicine programs, the book covers such critical topics as: Significance of current trends in hospital medicine Key factors in successful hospitalist recruitment and retention Role of the hospitalist in recruitment, retention, and stabilization of physicians in their communities Recruitment and retention of physicians in all specialties is a national challenge, and it is expected to become even more difficult due to an impending physician shortage. As more and more healthcare organizations come to understand and embrace the hospitalist movement, this book will prove essential in recruiting and retaining the staff they need to implement and sustain an effective hospitalist program. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive treatment of hospitalist recruitment and retention! this resource discusses how to build a new hospital medicine practice and effectively reinvigorate and maintain an established practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. 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 Industry. 1.12 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 Hospitalist. 3...
