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Dr. Ron Greeno Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine Address
August 30, 2017
Hospitals must always be prepared to respond at a moment’s notice to powerful storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, mass casualty events and other potential disasters. If a disaster is preceded with sufficient warning such as weather reports, hospitals typically activate an incident command center that manages resources and response activities before, during and after the event. Similarly, some clinical outsourcing partners...
Healing and Hope: A Physician's Message of Medicine
August 28, 2017
Hospitals must always be prepared to respond at a moment’s notice to powerful storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, mass casualty events and other potential disasters. If a disaster is preceded with sufficient warning such as weather reports, hospitals typically activate an incident command center that manages resources and response activities before, during and after the event. Similarly, some clinical outsourcing partners...
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Disaster Preparedness: Strategies for Managing the Unexpected
September 5, 2019
Hospitals must always be prepared to respond at a moment’s notice to powerful storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, mass casualty events and other potential disasters. If a disaster is preceded with sufficient warning such as weather reports, hospitals typically activate an incident command center that manages resources and response activities before, during and after the event. Similarly, some clinical outsourcing partners...
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Introducing Hospital Medicine Special Operations
August 8, 2019
By Dr. Nathaniel Kesner, D.O. FHM, FACOI, TeamHealth Special Operations Hospital Medicine Medical Director, Southeast Group The Hospitalist job market continues to see incredible growth. As a physician completing residency or an experienced physician looking for your next opportunity, the choices are numerous. Hospitalists are more likely to switch locations than any previous physician specialty...
- developing a hospitalist program
- health system performance indicators
- hospital characteristics and quality of care
- hospital efficiency consultants
- hospital length of stay management
- hospital performance indicators
- hospital quality measures
- patient satisfaction metrics
The TeamHealth Hospital Medicine Solution
August 6, 2019
The Challenge for our Hospital Partners The healthcare environment has never been more challenging for hospital administrators. Operating margins are under intense pressure. Value-based purchasing programs (VBP) require investment of resources to avoid performance-based penalties. There are threats to market share from all directions. Risk-based programs such as Bundled Payments and Accountable Care Organizations add...
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A Clinician’s Perspective: Work & Life as an FMD in Kansas City
July 18, 2019
What’s it like to work as a TeamHealth physician in the midwestern U.S.? We recently spoke with Dr. Ryan Hays, MD, Chief of Medicine and Facility Medical Director for our Hospitalist Division at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, about working with TeamHealth, and about the community he lives in and serves. Tell us about the facility where...
Clinicians are Storytellers
July 11, 2019
By Hamilton Lempert, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Coding Policy How are Clinicians Storytellers? When you review a patient’s old records to find out what happened during their last hospitalization, you are grateful when you come across a well-written discharge summary that describes all the particulars of why the patient was there, what was done, the...
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- emergency department environment
- emergency medicine career
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A Clinician’s Perspective: Work & Life as a Medical Director in CT
June 18, 2019
What’s it like to work as a TeamHealth physician in the northeastern U.S.? TeamHealth named its 2019 Dr. Gar LaSalle Medical Directors of the Year and Advanced Practice Clinician of the Year at our National Medical Leadership Conference (NMLC) held this year in Dallas, Texas. These leaders were honored for providing high-quality care to patients,...
- emergency medicine job openings
- emergency medicine positions
- emergency medicine specialists
- emergency medicine specialty training
- emergency physician schedule
- Work/Life Balance
Could the TeamHealth Special Ops Team Be Right For You?
June 11, 2019
By Jo-Ann Toldt, CPC-PRC, TeamHealth Senior Clinical Recruiter, Special Operations Teams What is the TeamHealth Special Operations Team & what do Special Ops physicians do? Our Special Operations (Ops) Team is an elite team of highly trained physicians who are adaptable, self-reliant, emotionally intelligent and able to function in all environments. While the team...
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- emergency department environment
- emergency medicine career
- emergency medicine career path
- emergency medicine lifestyle
- hospital medicine career
- hospital medicine career path
- hospital medicine lifestyle
- physician lifestyle
A Clinician’s Perspective: Living & Working as an MD in the Southeast
June 6, 2019
What’s it like to work as a TeamHealth physician in the southeast U.S.? We recently spoke with Dr. Michael Corvini, MD, senior vice president of TeamHealth’s Southeast Group, about working with TeamHealth, the company culture and the region he serves. What kinds of opportunities can a physician expect at TeamHealth? Dr. Corvini: TeamHealth is an...
Happy National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day from TeamHealth!
June 4, 2019
By Andrea Peet, Senior Physician Recruiter, TeamHealth Happy National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day! As a Senior Physician Recruiter, it is an honor to work with some of the most talented healthcare recruiters here at TeamHealth. Though this is not a skill we learned in college, we are all incredibly skilled individuals that have honed and...
TeamHealth’s Commitment to Recruit & Retain Veterans in Healthcare
May 23, 2019
By Vic McHenry, TeamHealth Director of Residency Relations and Recruitment Operations How is TeamHealth Committed to Recruiting and Retaining Veterans? Employers in many industries value veterans for their leadership, teamwork and problem-solving abilities. These employee traits are also important to TeamHealth and to our parent group Blackstone. As a 21-year veteran of the United States...
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- how do doctors balance work and family
- physician wellness services
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month – Take Care with LiveWell WorkLife
May 9, 2019
By Megan Norman, TeamHealth Wellness Manager TeamHealth cares about our associates and their families. We understand the work-life balance struggle that clinicians and non-clinical employees face and are here to assist you. Maybe you are struggling with a new schedule or covering extra shifts. Perhaps you are welcoming a new baby into your family, or...
A Clinician’s Perspective: Work & Life as an FMD in Georgetown, KY
May 2, 2019
We recently spoke with Dr. Scott Harrison, MBA, TeamHealth facility medical director (FMD) at Georgetown Community Hospital, about working with TeamHealth and LifePoint Health, and about the community he lives in and serves. TeamHealth: Tell us about the facility where you work? Dr. Harrison: Georgetown Community Hospital is located just a few minutes outside of...
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How TeamHealth Celebrates National Patient Experience Week 2019
April 24, 2019
By Rohit Uppal, MD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer, Hospitalist Services Patient Experience Week is April 22 – 26, 2019. This serves as an exciting opportunity to celebrate and honor all of our TeamHealth clinicians for the important work they do every day to positively impact the patient experience. As a physician-led organization, with a patient-centered...
Music Meets Medicine Program Brings Music to Children in Hospitals
March 26, 2019
We recently spoke with emergency medicine physician, Dr. J Mack Slaughter, otherwise known as J Mack Slaughter, about the Music Meets Medicine program he founded in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that donates instruments and teaching time to kids and teenagers being treated in children’s hospitals. TeamHealth: Tell us about a little about yourself and your...
How a Change in Management Increased Patient Satisfaction Metrics
March 21, 2019
A central Florida regional health system was experiencing metrics issues within its two facilities. Several ownership and leadership changes in the hospitals’ hospitalist services group left the facilities with low patient and clinician satisfaction, lengths of stay well above benchmarks and problems with recruiting and retaining physicians. In September 2017, the system brought TeamHealth aboard...