Featured blog post: SHM goes to Washington
Hospitalist Leadership Connection, June 15, 2010
On May 26 and 27, I was privileged, along with 25 other members of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Public Policy Committee, to visit the offices of senators and congressional members on Capitol Hill. Our mission was to educate and inform them on how hospital medicine is impacting the healthcare delivery system, as well as offer ourselves as resources for consultation on such topics in the future. I found this to be a fascinating experience on several fronts.
1. This was my first time to conduct such visits so I had no idea what to expect. There is a wide range in the level in understanding of what a hospitalist does and what hospital medicine really is. Some people I met with were very well informed about hospital medicine whereas others were only vaguely familiar with the term hospitalist. According to many of my colleagues on the committee, each year has revealed a little bit deeper understanding of our work. So I concluded that although we have come very far in educating legislators, there is still much work to do.
…Read more of this post by Kirk Mathews, MBA, on www.MedicalStaffLeader.com.
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