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September 2019 KEY CLINICAL QUESTION IN THE LITERATURE PEDIATRIC HM 2019 Volume 23 No. 9 Alcohol withdrawal in Antiplatelet therapy Conference coverage p13 hospitalized patients p16 after ICH p20 starts here Battling hospitalist burnout Higher salaries are not sufficient By Thomas R. Collins ospitalist Rahul C. Borsadia, MD, had been working with Orlando Health Inpatient Medicine Group since the year of its founding in 2011. HThe salaries of the practice’s physicians back then were based on relative value units (RVU) – the more patients that physicians saw, the higher their salaries. But a problem arose, Dr. Borsadia said. Physicians were trying to squeeze in two dozen or more patients a day “in a practice that is modeled for quality.” “By the time the end of the day comes, it’s 9 or 10 p.m. and you are leaving but coming back at 6:30 the next morning. So, lack of sleep, more patients, striving to earn that higher salary,” he said. “The desire to perform quality work with that kind of patient load was not fulfilled and that led to dissatisfac- tion and stress, which led to irritation and exodus from the group.” Three years ago, the practice transitioned to a throughput process with a census limit of 18 patients or fewer, without an RVU system, but with salary incentives based on patient satis- faction, billing, and documentation. Continued on page 11 ® the-hospitalist.org Dr. Mangla Gulati Photograph by Christopher Lewkovich SURVEY INSIGHTS GUIDELINES Isha Puri, MD, MPH Matthew Tuck, MD, MEd, FACP Observation versus Reversal agents for direct- Lebanon Jct. KY Jct. Lebanon Denville, NJ 07834-3000 NJ Denville, Permit No. 384 No. Permit p9 inpatient status. p31 acting oral anticoagulants. PAID 3000, Box P.O. 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September 2019 | 2 | The Hospitalist HOSP_3.indd 1 7/25/2019 1:38:55 PM FROM THE SOCIETY Laurence Wellikson, MD, MHM, announces retirement as CEO of SHM Society recognizes Dr. Wellikson’s leadership, retains Spencer Stuart for successor search fter serving as the first bership but also its diverse portfolio hospitalist specialty code, and earned “On behalf of the society and its and only chief executive of offerings for hospital medicine the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety members, I want to extend a sincere officer of the Society of professionals under Dr. Wellikson’s and Quality Award for its quality im- thank you to Larry for his years Hospital Medicine since leadership. Its first annual confer- provement programs. These are just of dedication and service to SHM, AJanuary of 2000, Laurence Wellik- ence welcomed approximately 300 a few of the noteworthy accomplish- its staff, and the hospital medicine son, MD, MHM, has announced his attendees; the most recent confer- ments that professionals we serve,” said Chris- retirement effective on Dec. 31, 2020. ence, Hospital Medicine 2019, saw have elevat- topher Frost, MD, SFHM, president In parallel, the SHM Board of Direc- that number increase more than ed SHM as a of SHM’s Board of Directors. “His tors has commenced a search for his 10-fold to nearly 4,000. Its con- key partner legacy will allow SHM to continue successor. ferences, publications, online for hospital- its growth trajectory through key “When I began as CEO 20 years education, chapter program, advo- ists and their programs and services supporting ago, SHM – then known as the cacy efforts, quality improvement institutions. members’ needs for years to come. National Association of Inpatient programs, and more have evolved To assist Larry has taken the specialty of Physicians – was a young national significantly to ensure hospitalists with the hospital medicine and created a organization with approximately at all stages of their careers – and search for movement in SHM, where the entire 500 members, and there was mini- those who support them – have ac- SHM’s next hospital medicine team can come mal understanding as to the value cess to resources to keep them up to CEO, the for education, community, and that hospitalists could add to their date and demonstrate their value in Dr.
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