CAREER

HM Spreads Its Wings

Study finds more physicians working in the HM model

By Richard Quinn

Hospitalists are not just general internists anymore, having successfully branched out into such subspecialties as cardiology, pulmonology, and gastroenterology, according to a March 12 study in the New England Journal of Medicine (2009;360:1102-12).

In the first quantitative national review to study hospitalists based on Medicare payment data, a team of researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston calculated that the percentage of internal medicine physicians practicing as hospitalists jumped to 19% in 2006 from 5.9% in 1995.

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PATIENT SAFETY

Fine-Tuning the Discharge Process

Project BOOST expands to 30 sites, advances transitional care

By Richard Quinn

The first metrics from SHM's Project BOOST mentorship program won't be ready until later this year, but the recent addition of more intervention sites comes as pilot institutions are reporting success in changing the discharge culture.

SHM recently announced 24 new sites for Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older Adults through Safe Transitions), bringing the number of participating institutions to 30. Each site features SHM mentors working with hospitalists to improve transitional care via a discharge planning toolkit.

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