Summary

The Multisite Leaders in Hospital Medicine Forum provides attendees with an opportunity to develop valuable professional relationships, learn from peers, and share best practices with other leaders who manage multiple hospitalist practice sites within the same health system.  Attendees will review and discuss solutions to the most common and pressing operational challenges on the following topics, which are organized into the corresponding sessions:

Welcome: How to advocate from the HM perspective

Session 1: Hospital economics

Session 2: Demonstrating the value of HM

Session 3: Workforce innovations

Session 4: Addressing the needs of today’s employees

Session 5: Well-being

Closing: What have we Learned

Learning Objectives:

1. Following this activity, learners will be able to describe key health care policy priorities for hospitalists and report understanding in how to be involved in advocacy efforts. 
2. Following this activity, learners will be able to describe the current financial challenges in HM.
3. Following this activity, learners will report increased ability to apply innovative models of care, such as Hospital at home and telemedicine.
4. Following this activity, learners will be able to describe current workforce needs and how providing benefits can lead to employee retention and wellness.
5. Following this activity, learners will be able to apply organizational changes that lead to increased wellness in the workforce.   

Accreditation Statement

The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Statement 

The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.