One question regarding your hospitalist program structure to ask is, “Are you maximizing your top-line revenue?” You probably would not like to subsidize inadequate charting, coding, billing, and collection efforts.

With an aging population and increasing healthcare costs, hospitals face the challenge of optimizing care. The Joint Commission last week issued a white paper, “Health Care at the Crossroads: Guiding Principles for the Development of the Hospital of the Future,” with five guiding principles.