Building and Sustaining Co-Management Programs in Hospital Medicine: A Technical Report and Operational Guide

Hospitalists are increasingly involved in the care of patients from surgical and medical subspecialty services. The Building and Sustaining Co-Management Programs in Hospital Medicine: A Technical Report and Operational Guide is designed for hospital medicine leaders who have co-management programs or are considering starting one.  This program guide outlines key considerations for creating, leading, or participating in a hospitalist co-management model.

Resource Features

This program draws from a comprehensive review of research and real-world experiences and outlines key considerations for creating, leading, or participating in hospitalist co-management models:

• Leadership engagement and support
• How to create a business plan
• How to determine measures of success (metrics)
• Understanding medicolegal risks and risk mitigation strategies
• Hiring and retention of co-management hospitalists
• How to train co-management hospitalists
• Strategies for building relationships with surgical or medical subspecialty services
• Components of interservice agreements
• Special considerations for clinical documentation and billing
• Potential challenges

Additionally, multiple real-world case examples of hospitalist co-management programs from a variety of practice environments and specialty service lines are included, as are useful implementation tools:

• An example business plan
• An example of a clinical pathway
• Onboarding and orientation topics
• Sample interservice agreements

SHM designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.