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Abstract Number: 98
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The 2016 State of Hospital Medicine report showed that the average hospitalist compensation model is composed of 80% base pay, 15% productivity, and 5% performance. Much variation exists by region in the make-up of the performance component with a rise in measures focused on patient satisfaction and readmission and significant differences in weight given […]
Abstract Number: 112
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Gamification and social incentives, such as family/peer engagement in goal-setting and feedback, are increasingly used by employers and health plans to promote physical activity and lose weight in outpatient settings but these approaches have not been used to improve mobility and reduce hospital-associated functional decline after hospital discharge. Methods: 12-week randomized, controlled trial of […]
Abstract Number: 218
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Hospital crowding and subsequent resource strain have been associated with worse patient outcomes and increased length of stay (1–3). As pediatric hospitals face an overwhelming respiratory illness surge in the wake of the COVID pandemic (4–6), improving hospital patient flow is all the more critical. Nonetheless, a substantial proportion of patients, nearly 1 in […]
Abstract Number: 221
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) incentivizes acute care hospitals to decrease their preventable readmissions by putting hospitals at risk of reduced Medicare reimbursements. There exist many sources of heterogeneity in the actual incentives individual hospitals face each year. The HRRP applies the same methodology to hospitals regardless of their share of Medicare patients, […]
Abstract Number: 226
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Pay-for-performance incentives allow for engagement and motivation of participating physicians. Hospitalist compensation structure commonly combines base salary with performance and/or productivity-based incentives. Frequently used quality measures are value based purchasing metrics, patient satisfaction scores, adherence to guidelines and quality of medical documentation. Selection of metrics is strongly influenced by what is measurable and available. […]
Abstract Number: 346
SHM Converge 2023
Background: In 2019, for the first time, greater than 50% of medical school graduates in the United States are female. With changing demographics of physicians, establishing and advertising appropriate support for providers throughout pregnancy and lactation is critical. Pregnancy and lactation support has been directly linked to recruiting women early in their careers as well […]
Abstract Number: M19
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Academic hospital medicine (HM) faculty typically follow clinician educator tracks with academic hospitalists seeing education as their primary motivation for joining academic programs. According to the 2020 State of Hospital Medicine survey, shifts and clinical work hours for academic HM faculty expectations are similar to community practice (ref). Many academic HM faculty are on […]