Background: Consistent with national reports, post-pandemic burnout rates for the >100 hospitalist faculty at our institution were noted to be disproportionally high relative to the department1. Hospitalists engage in a wide range of non-clinical work including QI projects and committees embedded in the structure of efficient and high-quality inpatient care2. Building off literature in which [...]

Background: Hospitalized patients often require post-acute care (PAC) after discharge ranging from long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH) to home health services. However, patients waiting for discharge to PAC are at risk for delayed discharges [1], which can increase in-hospital complications, increase costs, and decrease access to hospital care for other patients. [2, 3] Disposition prediction [...]

Background: As hospital systems look to a future of accelerated movement toward value, hospitalist engagement will be necessary for identifying opportunities and executing improvement in the inpatient space. Improvement in efficiency of clinical care, and related decrease in length of stay (LoS), has been identified as a way hospitalist teams can contribute to value-based care. [...]