Hospitalists: Policies, Procedures, Resources 2013
Apollo Managed Care, Inc., January 2013, Pages: 88
Policies and procedures to develop a practical and physician-friendly hospitalists program – designed to improve and streamline patient care from the ER through discharge and transitional care period. Credentialing criteria and example job description for hospitalist physicians and managers. Billing and compensation. References, resources include web links.
Definitions, introduction
Utilization of hospital services
Core competencies
Objectives of a hospitalist program
Primary physician concerns
Utilization of hospital services by hospitalists
Pediatric/Neonatal hospitalist programs
Interactions between hospitalists and ED physicians
Lessons learned (or should be learned)
Starting a program – process example
Laboratory Reports – failure to review and act on results
Hospitalist Policy – example
Intensivists; ICU discharge planning
Nocturnists
Observation unit care
Rapid Response Teams (RRT)
Hospitalist program model in a SNF
Hospitalist job descriptions
Performance standards
Program manual
Hospitalist discharge dictation for medical record – responsibility
Hospitalist – post-discharge transitional management of care
Work loads
Patient ‘handoffs' (SBAR, checklists, resources)
Position qualifications
End-of-life Care Decisions;
Observation care unit – hospitalist management;
PICC/Medical Procedures Teams – hospitalist model
Co-management by hospitalists of surgical patients
Hyperbaric chamber therapy – supervision and management
Pediatric Hospitalists
Obstetrical Hospitalists (‘Laborists')
Plan of care
Patient participation in care plan
Consultations
Robot rounders
Education re: Hospitalist programs for Patients, Others
Explanatory letter to patients re: hospitalist program
Hospitalist recruitment
Collecting charge data
Compensation; Pay for Performance
Legal Issues
Quality Issues: Weekend admits; Pneumonia management;
Job description example: Group Director of Business Operations, Hospitalists Services; Outcomes
‘Never' and Preventable Adverse Events
Medical Records; Chart audit form
References
Resources
Web Sites, Hospitalist-related
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