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The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) has historically focused on meeting the needs of individual members of the hospital medicine team. Further investigation, however, revealed that the Society had members who were program directors, C-suite executives, multisite group leaders, and practice administrators who had more strategic needs, and SHM wanted to offer solutions that would also positively impact their staff.
One year ago, SHM launched a “listening tour” to gain an understanding of what some of these strategic objectives were and how the society might be able to assist. Representatives from SHM staff met with full teams from hospital systems as well as management companies and identified some common themes, including:
- Integrating nurse practitioners/physician assistants into their practices.
- Planning for growth and succession and incorporating SHM meetings, CME, and training into those plans.
- Proving the value of the hospital medicine program to the C-suite.
Adfinitas Health is the first organization to sign on as part of SHM’s institutional partnership program; it offers customized memberships with curated benefits to hospital medicine management companies and health systems with large hospitalist groups.
The Hospitalist recently sat down with Idara Umoh Nickelson, MBA, vice president of business development at Adfinitas Health, to discuss the partnership with SHM.
Why is Adfinitas Health choosing to become an institutional partner with SHM?
Adfinitas Health is a trusted partner to more than 50 diverse hospitals and post-acute facilities across Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. We are mission focused and led by our core values, which means we always lead with a patient-centered approach to care that produces higher patient satisfaction, better clinical outcomes, and greater value for our partners. We focus on bringing leading-edge practices and protocols to our partner facilities to drive quality and elevate care.
Our decision to become an institutional partner with SHM was simple. Besides being the voice of our industry, SHM plays a critical role in advancing the field of hospital medicine. We know that our providers look to SHM as a resource for clinical and professional development; by becoming an institutional partner, we hope to support that growth objective.
We are looking forward to the opportunity to advance the field of hospital medicine and drive practices and innovations that better support patient-centered care.
Which SHM resources and opportunities do you find most valuable for your providers?
The most valuable resources for our providers are the opportunities for learning and professional development. The education offerings are comprehensive and evidence based, which is critical. Whether a provider is looking to fulfill a continuing medical education requirement or needs information to help enhance their performance, we know that they will get what they need from SHM.
The annual conferences, chapter events, and training academies also are valuable to our company and providers. We provide core hospitalist programs that can be customized with integrated complementary services – such as palliative care, pain management, pediatrics, and critical care – based on the needs of the client. We also heavily integrate advance practice providers into our programs. Therefore, we rely on the diverse set of training and learning opportunities that SHM holds throughout the year.
What does it mean to your organization to be the first partner in this program?
Adfinitas cofounders Doug Mitchell, MD, and Hung Davis, MD, have been committed to advancing the field of hospital medicine for nearly 2 decades. They were early members of SHM, along with our other company partners and many of our providers. So, it is an honor to be the first institutional partner – certainly an important milestone in our corporate history. The company has grown from 1 hospital in 2007 to more than 50 hospital and post-acute partners across four states over the past 11 years.
What long-term benefits do you see this partnership offering to your hospitalists?
At our size and scale, the need for a more formal institutional partnership with SHM made perfect sense. We strive to be an employer of choice for hospitalists, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Our focus on core values builds a culture of engaged, talented employees who feel supported as they progress in their careers. We strive to do all we can to support that growth, and this partnership will help us meet and exceed that goal.
What message are you sending Adfinitas Health hospitalists by partnering with SHM?
We are encouraging our hospitalists to take full advantage of the many learning opportunities and resources that this partnership will bring to bear. We will be actively promoting the customized training that we’ll be offering, as well as the ease of accessing content through the online SHM Learning Portal.
In addition, we want our hospitalists to be connected to the field and remain on the cutting edge of what is important and how best to care for patients. We’ll be encouraging them to be active and involved members at the state and national levels and leverage SHM to grow their professional network.
For more information on SHM’s institutional partnerships, please contact Debra Beach, SHM customer experience manager, at 267-702-2644 or DBeach@hospitalmedicine.org.
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) has historically focused on meeting the needs of individual members of the hospital medicine team. Further investigation, however, revealed that the Society had members who were program directors, C-suite executives, multisite group leaders, and practice administrators who had more strategic needs, and SHM wanted to offer solutions that would also positively impact their staff.
One year ago, SHM launched a “listening tour” to gain an understanding of what some of these strategic objectives were and how the society might be able to assist. Representatives from SHM staff met with full teams from hospital systems as well as management companies and identified some common themes, including:
- Integrating nurse practitioners/physician assistants into their practices.
- Planning for growth and succession and incorporating SHM meetings, CME, and training into those plans.
- Proving the value of the hospital medicine program to the C-suite.
Adfinitas Health is the first organization to sign on as part of SHM’s institutional partnership program; it offers customized memberships with curated benefits to hospital medicine management companies and health systems with large hospitalist groups.
The Hospitalist recently sat down with Idara Umoh Nickelson, MBA, vice president of business development at Adfinitas Health, to discuss the partnership with SHM.
Why is Adfinitas Health choosing to become an institutional partner with SHM?
Adfinitas Health is a trusted partner to more than 50 diverse hospitals and post-acute facilities across Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. We are mission focused and led by our core values, which means we always lead with a patient-centered approach to care that produces higher patient satisfaction, better clinical outcomes, and greater value for our partners. We focus on bringing leading-edge practices and protocols to our partner facilities to drive quality and elevate care.
Our decision to become an institutional partner with SHM was simple. Besides being the voice of our industry, SHM plays a critical role in advancing the field of hospital medicine. We know that our providers look to SHM as a resource for clinical and professional development; by becoming an institutional partner, we hope to support that growth objective.
We are looking forward to the opportunity to advance the field of hospital medicine and drive practices and innovations that better support patient-centered care.
Which SHM resources and opportunities do you find most valuable for your providers?
The most valuable resources for our providers are the opportunities for learning and professional development. The education offerings are comprehensive and evidence based, which is critical. Whether a provider is looking to fulfill a continuing medical education requirement or needs information to help enhance their performance, we know that they will get what they need from SHM.
The annual conferences, chapter events, and training academies also are valuable to our company and providers. We provide core hospitalist programs that can be customized with integrated complementary services – such as palliative care, pain management, pediatrics, and critical care – based on the needs of the client. We also heavily integrate advance practice providers into our programs. Therefore, we rely on the diverse set of training and learning opportunities that SHM holds throughout the year.
What does it mean to your organization to be the first partner in this program?
Adfinitas cofounders Doug Mitchell, MD, and Hung Davis, MD, have been committed to advancing the field of hospital medicine for nearly 2 decades. They were early members of SHM, along with our other company partners and many of our providers. So, it is an honor to be the first institutional partner – certainly an important milestone in our corporate history. The company has grown from 1 hospital in 2007 to more than 50 hospital and post-acute partners across four states over the past 11 years.
What long-term benefits do you see this partnership offering to your hospitalists?
At our size and scale, the need for a more formal institutional partnership with SHM made perfect sense. We strive to be an employer of choice for hospitalists, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Our focus on core values builds a culture of engaged, talented employees who feel supported as they progress in their careers. We strive to do all we can to support that growth, and this partnership will help us meet and exceed that goal.
What message are you sending Adfinitas Health hospitalists by partnering with SHM?
We are encouraging our hospitalists to take full advantage of the many learning opportunities and resources that this partnership will bring to bear. We will be actively promoting the customized training that we’ll be offering, as well as the ease of accessing content through the online SHM Learning Portal.
In addition, we want our hospitalists to be connected to the field and remain on the cutting edge of what is important and how best to care for patients. We’ll be encouraging them to be active and involved members at the state and national levels and leverage SHM to grow their professional network.
For more information on SHM’s institutional partnerships, please contact Debra Beach, SHM customer experience manager, at 267-702-2644 or DBeach@hospitalmedicine.org.
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) has historically focused on meeting the needs of individual members of the hospital medicine team. Further investigation, however, revealed that the Society had members who were program directors, C-suite executives, multisite group leaders, and practice administrators who had more strategic needs, and SHM wanted to offer solutions that would also positively impact their staff.
One year ago, SHM launched a “listening tour” to gain an understanding of what some of these strategic objectives were and how the society might be able to assist. Representatives from SHM staff met with full teams from hospital systems as well as management companies and identified some common themes, including:
- Integrating nurse practitioners/physician assistants into their practices.
- Planning for growth and succession and incorporating SHM meetings, CME, and training into those plans.
- Proving the value of the hospital medicine program to the C-suite.
Adfinitas Health is the first organization to sign on as part of SHM’s institutional partnership program; it offers customized memberships with curated benefits to hospital medicine management companies and health systems with large hospitalist groups.
The Hospitalist recently sat down with Idara Umoh Nickelson, MBA, vice president of business development at Adfinitas Health, to discuss the partnership with SHM.
Why is Adfinitas Health choosing to become an institutional partner with SHM?
Adfinitas Health is a trusted partner to more than 50 diverse hospitals and post-acute facilities across Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. We are mission focused and led by our core values, which means we always lead with a patient-centered approach to care that produces higher patient satisfaction, better clinical outcomes, and greater value for our partners. We focus on bringing leading-edge practices and protocols to our partner facilities to drive quality and elevate care.
Our decision to become an institutional partner with SHM was simple. Besides being the voice of our industry, SHM plays a critical role in advancing the field of hospital medicine. We know that our providers look to SHM as a resource for clinical and professional development; by becoming an institutional partner, we hope to support that growth objective.
We are looking forward to the opportunity to advance the field of hospital medicine and drive practices and innovations that better support patient-centered care.
Which SHM resources and opportunities do you find most valuable for your providers?
The most valuable resources for our providers are the opportunities for learning and professional development. The education offerings are comprehensive and evidence based, which is critical. Whether a provider is looking to fulfill a continuing medical education requirement or needs information to help enhance their performance, we know that they will get what they need from SHM.
The annual conferences, chapter events, and training academies also are valuable to our company and providers. We provide core hospitalist programs that can be customized with integrated complementary services – such as palliative care, pain management, pediatrics, and critical care – based on the needs of the client. We also heavily integrate advance practice providers into our programs. Therefore, we rely on the diverse set of training and learning opportunities that SHM holds throughout the year.
What does it mean to your organization to be the first partner in this program?
Adfinitas cofounders Doug Mitchell, MD, and Hung Davis, MD, have been committed to advancing the field of hospital medicine for nearly 2 decades. They were early members of SHM, along with our other company partners and many of our providers. So, it is an honor to be the first institutional partner – certainly an important milestone in our corporate history. The company has grown from 1 hospital in 2007 to more than 50 hospital and post-acute partners across four states over the past 11 years.
What long-term benefits do you see this partnership offering to your hospitalists?
At our size and scale, the need for a more formal institutional partnership with SHM made perfect sense. We strive to be an employer of choice for hospitalists, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Our focus on core values builds a culture of engaged, talented employees who feel supported as they progress in their careers. We strive to do all we can to support that growth, and this partnership will help us meet and exceed that goal.
What message are you sending Adfinitas Health hospitalists by partnering with SHM?
We are encouraging our hospitalists to take full advantage of the many learning opportunities and resources that this partnership will bring to bear. We will be actively promoting the customized training that we’ll be offering, as well as the ease of accessing content through the online SHM Learning Portal.
In addition, we want our hospitalists to be connected to the field and remain on the cutting edge of what is important and how best to care for patients. We’ll be encouraging them to be active and involved members at the state and national levels and leverage SHM to grow their professional network.
For more information on SHM’s institutional partnerships, please contact Debra Beach, SHM customer experience manager, at 267-702-2644 or DBeach@hospitalmedicine.org.