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Tough times for hospital finances
After a rough year, execs are looking for ways to get out of the red in 2023. They offered ideas on how hospitalists can help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/25/free/tough-times-for-hospital-finances.htm
25 Jan 2023
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
Physicians working fewer hours
Physicians, especially dads, are working less per week, while hours worked by advanced practice practitioners are rising steeply, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/physicians-working-fewer-hours.htm
18 Jan 2023
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
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
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
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/
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
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/
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