Background: Faculty development (FD) programs increase faculty engagement, retention, work satisfaction, and collective success, but many hospitalist groups struggle with implementing FD programs due to limited time, lack of support for faculty participation, and curricula that often do not align with faculty priorities. A recent qualitative study exploring FD from 17 academic hospital medicine programs [...]

Background: Physicians often document patients’ anticipated discharge dates and care progression needs; however, this documentation can be challenging to locate in clinical notes and may be overlooked during care progression. At our institution, physicians are unable to consistently attend multidisciplinary rounds (MDRs), relying heavily on documentation to communicate plans of care and anticipated discharge dates. [...]