A hospitalist program that holds together.
When open shifts stop being the exception, filling them one at a time wears out your group. We support the program you have or build one with you: day rounders, admitters, nocturnists, surge capacity, and the scheduling that ties them together.
Two ways to work with us.
Some hospitals have a strong group that needs reinforcement. Others need the program itself. We do both, and many partners move from the first to the second.
Support your existing group
Your hospitalists keep their roles and leadership. We take the part of the schedule they cannot carry.
- Recurring night and weekend blocks
- Dedicated nocturnist coverage
- Swing and admitter shifts on heavy days
- Surge physicians on standby
Fits when your group is short one to three FTE.
Build or run the program
We staff and schedule the service with you, with physician leadership accountable for the measures you care about.
- Recruitment and credentialing of the core group
- Schedule design and ownership
- Physician lead as your point of contact
- Reporting on LOS, throughput, and coverage
Fits a new service, a turnaround, or a group short more than three FTE.
How many hospitalists does your census need?
A rough staffing model for a medicine service. Set your census and your current group, and see the gap in full-time physicians.
Illustrative model. Assumes 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, about 182 shifts per FTE per year, one nocturnist per 90 patients, and an admitter from 60 patients up.
What changes when coverage is steady.
Consistent physicians do more than fill boxes on the schedule.
Your group stays
Burnout from extra nights is one of the fastest ways to lose a hospitalist. Taking those shifts off their plate protects the team you worked to recruit.
Patients move
Physicians who know your case managers and consultants discharge earlier in the day. Admissions from the ED do not stall overnight.
You see the numbers
Monthly reporting on coverage, and on the throughput and length of stay measures you choose, reviewed with your leadership.
Hospitalist program questions
Will your physicians work under our hospitalist leadership?
Yes, when we support an existing group. Our physicians follow your protocols, your chief, and your quality program. When we run the program, a ServiceDocs physician lead works alongside your medical leadership.
How do you handle surge?
We keep physicians privileged at your facility who are not on the regular schedule. When census climbs, we add rounders or admitters from that group instead of starting a new search.
Can we start small?
Most partners do. A few recurring night blocks is a common first step. If it works, we expand from there.
What do you report on?
Coverage every month: shifts scheduled, filled, and by whom. For program partners we add measures you choose, such as length of stay, discharge before noon, and ED boarding time.
Related services
Short on hospitalists?
Tell us your census and your group size. We will come back with a staffing plan.