By: John Nelson, MD, FHM Partner, Nelson Flores Hospital Medicine Consultants Medical Director, Hospitalist Practice, Overlake Hospital, Bellevue, Wash. Dea Robinson, MA, CPC Practice Administrator, Inpatient Medicine Service PC President-Eight, Inc., Englewood Colo. Recorded on: June 10, 2009 The need to provide 24 hour coverage 7 days a week, while at the same time ensuring reasonable continuity between hospital to patient, and reasonable physician lifestyle, presents many challenges. In this session the presenters will review data regarding current hospitalist staffing ratios and workloads, as well as trends in scheduling. In addition, you will hear thought provoking alternatives to common hospitalist scheduling paradigms. Case studies will also be presented. After this 90-minute Webinar, you will be able to: Describe current data on hospitalist staffing ratios and workloads so you can compare them to the same figures for your own practice Discover popular hospitalist scheduling models and how they have changed over time Recognize the pros and cons to various scheduling approaches, including effects on things such as efficiency, costs, hospitalist career longevity and burnout. You can then make informed decisions about whether there is a schedule that is better than the one you’re currently using. Please note: Continuing education credit is not granted for listening to this CD/on-demand Webinars. CD - Available for delivery 2 weeks after live Webinar