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Census Optimization - Making the Business Case for Fewer Patients - On Demand 2026
Fewer patients, stronger value. In this course, you will communicate a compelling case for optimized census by tying quality to cost, then quantify how workload shifts affect appropriateness, timeliness, patient experience, and deep work. You’ll calculate real financial and opportunity costs, optimize documentation and care choices, and improve outcomes—leaving with a design-ready argument leaders can’t ignore.
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On-Demand
Expires on Apr 05, 2029
Credit Offered
0.75 CME Credit
0.75 ABIM-MOC Point
0.75 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. Place components of workload in the construct of the value equation to help adminsitrative leaders recognize the value of optimizing hospitalist workload.
  2. Review evidence linking hospitalist census to important indicators fo quality includig glenght of stay and readmissions.
  3. Identify improvements in patient experience as a likely result of optimizing hospitalist workload.
  4. Apprecaite the impact that hospitalist workload has on cost, including direct patient care costs and indirect costs related to attrition, recruitment, and onboarding.
Faculty
  • Joseph Sweigart, MD, SFHM
  • Romil Chadha, MD, MBA, MPH, SFHM, FACP
  • Leigh Anne Goodman, DO

Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

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

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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