Medicine Firms Faculty

Welcome.  We developed this site in an effort to streamline the process of staffing the Medicine Firms.  We’ve included information on this web site that a hospitalist will need to get oriented, to bill and to contact colleagues.

General Information

• Schedules
• Staff Directory (Attendings/PCC Call)
• Med and Med/Peds Residency Directory

Firm Policies and Procedures

• Billing, Coding and Documenting
• Computerized Physician Order Entry (pdf)
• Firm Operations/Policies
• Health Psychology
• Observation Initiative
• Weekend Infusion Services

Hospitalist/Medicine Consultation Service

• Information for Referring Providers
• Responsibilities and Expectations
• Hand-Offs and Care Coordination/Sign-Outs
• Consult Documentation Recommendations
• Medicine Firm Overflow Policy
• Job Codes

Fairview Information

• Fairview Orientation/Resources
• UMMC/Riverside Telephone Numbers
• Computer Resources
• Immunization Requirement for Medical Staff
• Information about your Digital Pager
• Parking Information
• Fairview Intranet
• Physician Resources Home Page
• Acute Rehab Levels of Care (pdf)
• Service Comparison Chart (pdf)

7A Medical Unit - The "Home" Ward

• 7A Medical Unit Policies
• Joint Commission Audit Tool (pdf)

Teaching Information

• First Day Recommendations
• Teaching Tips & Didactic Sessions
• Peer Evaluation of Teaching

QI Resources

• General Medicine QI Priorities
• Department of Medicine Research Support
• QI Writing Guide (pdf)
• Publishing (ppt)
• QI Topics

Primary Care Center Policies and Guidelines

• Complex Scheduling and Referrals
• Critical Lab Values
• Disaster Response
• E-mail Communication with Patients
• Late Arrivals
• Primary Care Center After-Hours Call Schedule
• Primary Care Vision Statement
• Time-Off Policy