Inpatient

Hospital Medicine Risk and Claims

Hospital medicine is the fastest growing medical specialty in the US. Hospitalists manage high-acuity inpatients with serious conditions while under pressure to improve quality and reduce lengths of stay. This monograph will describe the strategic position hospitalists occupy in improving…

I’m Sorry: How Louisiana Law Protects Compassionate Expressions

After an adverse event, patients look to their physician for empathy and an understanding of what happened. Physicians may defer this difficult conversation for fear of exposing themselves to a lawsuit. Indeed, legal advice in the past often supported a…

ACP Advance Curriculum Module 4: Implement and Sustain Change

Based on a review of the literature and member surveys that we have done, physicians need practical instruction on how to meaningfully engage in ongoing quality improvement (QI) in a way that minimizes jargon and administrative burden and maximizes engagement…

ACP Advance Curriculum Module 3: Plan for Change and Identify Solutions

Based on a review of the literature and member surveys that we have done, physicians need practical instruction on how to meaningfully engage in ongoing quality improvement (QI) in a way that minimizes jargon and administrative burden and maximizes engagement…

ACP Advance Curriculum Module 2: Identify How to Measure Change

Based on a review of the literature and member surveys that we have done, physicians need practical instruction on how to meaningfully engage in ongoing quality improvement (QI) in a way that minimizes jargon and administrative burden and maximizes engagement…

ACP Advance Curriculum Module 1: Establish the What and Why for Change

Based on a review of the literature and member surveys that we have done, physicians need practical instruction on how to meaningfully engage in ongoing quality improvement (QI) in a way that minimizes jargon and administrative burden and maximizes engagement…

Patient Priorities Care – Helping Your Patients Identify their Health Priorities

In 2014, clinicians, patients, caregivers, health system leaders, payers, and funders from across the country came together to identify the key problems facing older adults with multiple chronic conditions. Their charge was to propose feasible and effective strategies for improving…

Building Physician Wellness

The physical and psychological tolls of burnout are widely researched today, but what is burnout really and how does it affect physicians? Building Physician Wellness takes a top-down approach to viewing burnout by first allowing physicians to break their prevailing…