1. Sent to the physician leaders at HMS Hospital Consortium
87% (13/15) HMS Hospitals returned the survey as of January 17, 2011
Annual Internal Medicine Discharges:
Mean: 12,556 discharges per year
Median: 12,000 discharges per year
Range: 3,000 to 21,000 discharges per year
Hospitalist Survey
October, 2010

2. Hospitalist Survey: Hospital Description
How would you describe your hospital?
If academic, does your group care for Internal Medicine patients with or without residents?

3. Hospitalist Survey: Groups
How many hospitalist groups work at your hospital?
How many hospitalists are in your group?
Median 16
Mean: 16
Range:

4. Hospitalist Survey : Number
How many hospitalists do you have at your hospital?
Median: 16
Mean: 20
Range: 3 to 55
Does your hospitalist group work at more than one hospital?

5. Hospitalist Survey: Financial Support
Does your hospitalist group receive any financial support from the hospital?

6. Hospitalist Survey: Employment Model
What is the employment model for your hospitalist group?
46% of hospitalist groups are employed by a hospital or hospital managed corporation
23% are employed by or contracted with a hospitalist management corporation
15% are part of a multi-specialty medical group or IPA
8% are part of a generalist medical group or generalist independent practice association
9% are part of a University or Medical School

7. Hospitalist Survey: Inpatient Volume
What percent of current Internal Medicine inpatient volume at your hospital is managed by your hospitalist group?
Median: 42%
Mean: 43%
Range: 15% to 80%
If more than one group, what percent of current Internal Medicine inpatient volume is managed by hospitalists?
Median: 60%
Mean: 59%
Range: 21% to 90%

8. Hospitalist Survey: Prophylaxis Rates
Who is responsible or owns improving VTE prophylaxis rates at your hospital?
55% Hospitalists
27% Hospital
9% Nurses
9 % Other (No plan in place at this time)

9. Hospitalist Survey: Characteristics
73% of hospitalist groups employ non-physician practitioners
100% reported at least some surgical inpatient volume is co-managed between hospitalists and surgeons.
90% of hospitalist groups have a leadership role in Quality Improvement or Patient Safety
Committee Membership:
Quality Council
Congestive Heart Failure
Pharmacy & Therapeutics
Office of Clinical Affairs
Titles:
Associate Director of Quality
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Patient Safety Officer
Vice President of Safety/ Quality
Quality Improvement Chair
Medical Director
Faculty Group Practice Lead

10. Hospitalist Survey: Summary
Hospitalists care for the majority of hospitalized medicine inpatients
Most hospitalists are “employed”
Most hospitalists believe they “own” VTE prophylaxis
We have reached out to the right group!