Background: The HOMERuN (HOspital MEdicine Reengineering Network) Provider Wellness Workgroup, a national collaboration of academic hospitalist institutions, has been studying the landscape of hospitalist wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Burnout among hospital medicine clinicians during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic has been well-described. As we enter a different phase of the pandemic, our workgroup [...]

Background: Hospitalist comanagement of surgical patients has become the standard of care for conditions such as hip fractures and has expanded widely to involve numerous surgical disciplines. While hospitalist comanagement has demonstrated improved patient outcomes, its impact on hospitalist satisfaction is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the hospitalist experience and satisfaction [...]

Background: Healthcare provider burnout is highly prevalent, has been increasing during the COVID pandemic, and affects both physician and advanced practice providers (APP) wellbeing in hospital medicine (HM). The purpose of this study is to characterize and understand HM physician and APP stressors in their work environment, including workload. Methods: We distributed anonymous, online surveys [...]