Background: Excellent onboarding processes can promote employee engagement, satisfaction and retention (1), yet there is minimal research about optimal practices for onboarding hospitalists (2). With potential PHM workforce challenges looming, it is essential to understand the current landscape of onboarding in PHM. Methods: We surveyed leaders of PHM groups about their onboarding practices. The survey, [...]

Background: Turnover is high among millennial hospitalists (born from 1982 to 1996). Hospital medicine groups (HMG) face the financial consequences of employee attrition as the number of millennial hospitalists rises. Millennial hospitalists place high importance on the culture of practice and work-life balance when choosing an HMG, but factors influencing their decision to leave a [...]

Background: Hospital medicine groups are rapidly expanding with an increasing presence across academic medical centers yet little data exist to identify which models yield the best outcomes for patients, hospitalists and the health system. Poorly designed staffing models can contribute to hospitalist burnout and turnover. We sought to explore hospitalist clinicians’ perceptions of care delivery [...]