Search results for "Workforce"
August 10, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/
Internists recommend ways to better align GME financing with workforce needs
The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and ACP released a new policy paper calling for changes that better align funding for graduate medical education (GME) with the nation's health care workforce needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/11/5.htm
11 May 2016
September 7, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/
Handling class and classes at once
Medical school poses hidden challenges for students from less privileged backgrounds. Experts discuss how to help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/03/handling-class-and-classes-at-once.htm
3 Apr 2024
Tactics for managing surge capacity evaluated in survey of academic hospital leaders
The most valued strategies included appropriate staffing, proactive data-driven approaches, and discharge planning at the time of admission, yet hospitalist and hospital leaders reported that low-cost solutions like discharge lounges and huddles were usually implemented first.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/22/2.htm
22 Dec 2021
Hospitalist workforce grew steadily from 2012 to 2019
Hospitalists are now one of the top five largest physician specialties in the U.S., according to an analysis of Medicare Part B claim coding patterns. However, relatively few physicians self-identified as hospitalists in Medicare's Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/free/hospitalist-workforce-grew-steadily-from-2012-to-2019.htm
7 Sep 2022
ACP, other organizations issued guidance on when to ease social distancing and other COVID-19 restrictions
The College identified five necessary elements that must be in place to ease restrictions, groups issued a joint statement on resuming elective surgeries, and CMS released guidance on resuming essential care for patients without COVID-19 symptoms in regions with low and stable incidence of the virus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/22/2.htm
22 Apr 2020
Beyond the ‘golf course conversation’
Hospitalists need to think harder about sponsorship to promote diversity and equity, said the authors of a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/beyond-the-golf-course-conversation.htm
17 Jan 2024
Racial, ethnic disparities persist in U.S. health care access, spending
Recent studies looked at differences by race and ethnicity in health status and health care access as well as health care spending over time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/4.htm
25 Aug 2021
NJ licensure during COVID-19 offers example of how to meet workforce demand
Temporary licensure of out-of-state practitioners, along with telehealth waivers, may be a valuable, short-term solution to mitigating health care workforce shortages during public health emergencies, researchers said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/nj-licensure-during-covid-19-offers-example-of-how-to-meet-workforce-demand.htm
10 Aug 2022