Below is a listing of some current articles and publications outlining hospitalist programs and Hospitalist Management Resources:

• "Is Your Program Promising More Than It Can Deliver? - Today's Hospitalist, November 2006
  
  
• "Why Do Hospitalist Programs Risk Failure" - The Hospitalist, Pages 33-36, December 2006,
  
  
• "How to Build Your Business Case" - Today's Hospitalist, December 2006
  
  
• "The Debate Over 24-Hour Coverage," Today's Hospitalist, November 2003, page 16-18.
  
  
• "Business Plans Plot Success for Hospitalist Groups," - Hospitalist & Inpatient Management Report, June 2003
  
  
• " Hospitalist Program Financial Fundamentals:  Ensuring Accurate ROI Projections," - Martin B. Buser, F.A.C.H.E. and Roger Heroux, M.H.A., Ph.D., C.H.E., Contributors to the 2003 Best Practice Implementation Kit published by The Advisory Board
      - Components of ROI Analysis
      - Variables Impacting Program Returns
      - Predicting Patient Volume
      - Calculating Expected Revenue
      - Gauging Appropriate Staffing
      - Quantifying Supplemental Revenue Gains
  
  
• HMR, LLC participant in the Clinical Advisory Board's Watergate Implementation Workshop, 2003 "Call Coverage Strategies:  Securing Physician On-Call Cooperation." 
  
  
• " Growth of a Hospitalist Program" - The Hospitalist NAIP publication, page 12, January/February 2003
  
  
• "Surgical Co-Management: Hospitalists Expand Their Scope of Practice" - The Hospitalist NAIP publication, November/December 2002
  
  
• "When Hospitalist Practices Fail" - The Hospitalist NAIP publication, page 4, September 2001
  
  
• "Call Coverage Strategies:  Securing Physician On-Call Cooperation," - Roger A. Heroux, Ph.D., Advisor to the 2003 Advisory Board Company Publication
  • Drivers of the Emergency Department Call Crisis
  • Best Practices for Ensuring Adequate Specialty ED Call Coverage
  • Instituting Hospital Policies
  • Providing Monetary Compensation
  • Relieving Call Burden
    
    
• "Second-Generation Hospitalist Programs: Strategies for Securing Program Returns," - Roger A. Heroux, Ph.D., Advisor to the 2002 Advisory Board Company Publication
  • Hardwiring Program Management
  • Maximizing Program Efficiency
  • Tracking Hospitalist Performance
  • Migrating to Best Practice
  • Expanding the Hospitalist Role

These publications are available to members of the Clinical Advisory Board, an Advisory Board Company research program. Information regarding these publications and acquiring access to the Clinical Advisory Board research materials may be attained at www.advisory.com or by calling (202) 672-5600, and asking to speak with a member services associate.

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