Workforce Planning Key Clinical Questions
03. How have provider groups onboarded clinicians to work outside their usual roles?
a. HOMERuN institutions
Institutions utilized a variety of mechanisms to onboard providers quickly. For providers who were moving into the inpatient setting that may have had less experience institutions utilized buddy physicians, orientation packets, grand rounds sessions, as well as common links to websites such as the Society of Hospital Medicine.
b. What is Known
National organizations partnered with hospitalists and other clinicians across the country. We have included some helpful websites. These websites house modules. Institutions have also created a variety of clinical protocols that have helped to standardize the care. These institutions include the Society of Hospital Medicine and the American College of Chest Physicians.
c. What is Not Known
It is not known which onboarding processes are most effective. There were many different tactics utilized by different institutions and providers were utilized in different ways.