The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) is a medical society comprised of hospitalists that exists to promote exceptional care for hospitalized patients.
SHM features a suite of member only benefits for hospital medicine practice administrators to foster greater collaboration within the entire team. From Fellow designations to webinars and live events, SHM is equipped to deliver on your professional and educational needs.
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) is committed to advancing the practice of hospital medicine, extending beyond physicians to the entire hospital medicine team, including hospital medicine practice administrators.
SHM recognizes the essential role that practice administrators play within a hospital medicine group and have developed resources, events and opportunities to help you grow and advance professionally.
SHM’s Practice Administrator Special Interest Group is designed to encourage more meaningful networking and collaboration for SHM members. Join the Practice Administrator Special Interest Group to expand your professional network, participate in furthering the goals of SHM and raise your professional profile among your peers.
Demonstrate your commitment to hospital medicine and set yourself apart as a leader in the field by applying for a Fellow or Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation.
SHM members receive discounted pricing on live meetings, including;
Your SHM membership includes membership in your local SHM chapter. Network and engage with fellow hospitalists who are also engaged in shaping and improving the practice of hospital medicine. Find Your Local Chapter.
SHM has many valuable resources for practice administrators.
Benchmark your hospital medicine group (HMG) against others with this extensive look into hospital medicine group configuration and operation.
Help your HMG improve its capabilities and performance with this framework from SHM.
Evaluation & Management Principles for Hospitalists is the only course on E/M coding designed specifically for hospitalists. It will empower hospitalists to document and code accurately and completely, so they are appropriately reimbursed for the work they do.
Strengthen communication skills and raise awareness of the basic tenets of cultural humility in your HMG
Establish the co-management agreement between the hospitalist team and the non-hospitalist specialty team to provide clarity and set expectations for the entire co-managing teams throughout care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) assigned this new specialty code, “C6”, for when hospitalists enroll or update enrollment.
Affect change on EHR systems by informing conversations with decision makers and provide hospital medicine a definitive voice in the landscape of electronic medical record systems with this white paper from SHM.
Learn about the basics of telemedicine within hospital medicine with this SHM white paper.
Members receive access to SHM’s official publications, the Journal of Hospital Medicine and The Hospitalist.
Join SHM today for 1, 2 or 3 years. Multi-year memberships save you money by locking in the current year’s membership rate for the duration of your membership. Questions? Contact the Membership Department for more information or call 800-843-3360, option 1. Membership dues are non-refundable and are non-transferable upon activation.
Society of Hospital Medicine | P.O. BOX 822898 | Philadelphia PA 19182-2898