As recently as 1996, less than 100 physicians were practicing as hospitalists nationwide. Fast-forward to 2008 and, according to the Society of Hospital Medicine, more than 12,000 hospitalists are in practice today with more than 30,000 expected in the next several years, making this the fastest growing medical specialty.
Like many of your peers, your hospital has probably launched a hospitalist service. As a result, you expect to see improved continuity of care, happier patients, and more efficient resource utilization with your hospitalist program.
How are you measuring whether your investment is delivering on its promise? Is your hospitalist group actually saving you money as promised or are they simply adding to all of the other cost pressures on your facility’s bottom line? If you have more than one hospitalist group in your hospital, which one is providing the highest quality, most efficient care?
Data Advantage can provide you with a comprehensive assessment of your hospitalist group’s financial and clinical performance over time and in comparison with other groups or all the other physicians that are operating within your facility.
The Hospitalist Report report could enable you to:
- Trend your hospitalist group’s performance over time across their full volume
- Assess your hospitalist group’s profit/loss on their Medicare business
- Discover specific areas of strength and weakness within your hospitalist group
- Compare your hospitalist group to other groups in your facility
- Compare your hospitalist group with all other physicians