Background: Healthcare networks not only address medical needs but also connect patients with critical social support services. Socioeconomic factors significantly influence both healthcare utilization and outcomes, and screening for health-related social needs (HRSN) has improved outcomes, particularly among at-risk patients (Hood 2016; Gulati 2024). Despite these benefits, widespread implementation lagged until January 2024, when the [...]

Background: For more than a decade, researchers and institutions have been exploring the phenomenon of “high utilizers” – a small percentage of the population that accounts for a disproportionate amount of healthcare spending, often through frequent and/or lengthy hospitalizations. There is very little information, however, on how this population’s needs affect those who provide care [...]

Background: As generational gaps between leadership and early-career academic hospitalists continue to widen, acknowledging shifting priorities around mentorship is essential for success of new faculty. We noted decreased engagement with mentorship and scholarship among our junior faculty and sought to characterize contributing causes. We hypothesized that our existing dyad mentorship framework, designed by senior hospitalists, [...]