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Documenting success for expansion

Hospitalist Leadership Connection, September 2, 2008

With hopes of expanding into 24/7 coverage, more full-time staff, or specialty inpatient programs, hospitalists and hospitalist program directors should provide documentation for the higher ups of the hospital. To pitch your program-growth ideas to hospital administrators, offer documented information on the program’s successes and failures, according to Jon Hersen, administrative director of Legacy Inpatient Medicine Service (LIMS) at Portland, OR. Show hard data in a monthly dashboard tool on patient admission and discharge rates. Also provide other information related to the program’s goals, including the following:

  • Monthly production reports
  • Annual goals and objectives
  • Long-term strategic plan
  • Daily patient census reports

Read the abbreviated online story, found in the September issue of HCPro’s premium monthly newsletter, Hospitalist Management Advisor.

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