Resources
Webcasts
Webcast: Redefining Patient Experience: Improving Satisfaction, Quality and Financial Outcomes | On Demand
Robert Bessler, MD, CEO, Sound Physicians is joined by Patrick Ryan, CEO, of Press Ganey Associates and Charles Stokes, COO of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, to discuss redefining the patient experience while improving satisfaction, quality and financial outcomes.
Webcast: Innovative Methods to Reduce Readmissions | On Demand
Robert Bessler, MD, CEO, Sound Physicians is joined by Charles Saunders, MD, CEO, Emerging Businesses, Aetna, to discuss innovative methods payers and providers are implementing to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions.
Webcast: Physician Development, Engagement and Leadership Depth | On Demand
Robert Bessler, MD, CEO and Founder, Sound Physicians is joined by Thomas H. Lee, MD, author of ‘Chaos and Organization in Health Care,’ and Network President of Partners Healthcare System and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Edward G. Murphy, Sound Physicians Chairman and former CEO of Carilion Clinic to discuss how to develop strong physician leaders.
Webcast: The Checklist Manifesto and Hot Spotters for Inpatient Care | On Demand
Robert Bessler, MD, CEO and Founder, Sound Physicians is joined by Atul Gawande, MD author of ‘Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right,’ to discuss improvement in inpatient quality through clinical process excellence.
Webcast: Value-Based Purchasing | On-Demand
Robert Bessler, MD, CEO and Founder, Sound Physicians is joined by Edward Murphy, MD, Chairman, Sound Physicians and Leslie Norwalk, Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator to discuss the role of hospitalists in the new era of accountability.
Webcast: Improving Patient Satisfaction and HCAHPS Scores | On-Demand
Robert Bessler, MD, CEO and Founder, Sound Physicians is joined by Quint Studer of the Studer Group, author of ‘Hardwiring Excellence,’ and Mark Rudolph, MD, Chief Training Officer, Sound Physicians, to discuss the role of hospitalists in improving patient satisfactions and HCAHPS scores.
Webcast: Measuring Hospitalist ROI | CD
Robert Bessler, MD, CEO and Founder, Sound Physicians, in partnership with Society of Hospital Medicine and Healthcare Marketplace
Presented at the IHI 2011 National Quality Forum Poster Session
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Reduce Readmissions PDF
- Hardwiring Best Practices to Improve Inpatient Satisfaction and HCAHPS Scores for Hospital-Based Physicians PDF
- Delivering Measurable Improvements in Clinical and Financial Performance through a Focus on High-Impact Diagnoses PDF
Presented at the ACHE 2011 Annual Management Innovations Poster Session
- Hardwiring Best Practices to Improve Inpatient Satisfaction and HCAHPS Scores for Hospital-Based Physicians PDF
- Delivering Measurable Improvements in Clinical and Financial Performance through a Focus on High-Impact Diagnoses PDF
Value Based Purchasing
- Sound Physicians has developed a Value-Based Purchasing performance assessment tool to identify opportunities for improvement. Our Performance Management Group will provide an assessment, including your hospital’s value-based purchasing performance score. Please contact us to receive a complimentary performance assessment for your hospital.
Performance Calculator
- This tool will help you assess your hospital’s current performance and the benefits of partnering with Sound Physicians. Sound Physicians aligns with our hospital partners to improve the quality of patient care and satisfaction. In addition, we focus extensively on the appropriate utilization of resources while strengthening the financial performance of our hospital partners.
SoundPractices eNewsletter
- Sign-up to receive SoundPractices eNewsletter. A quarterly newsletter prepared for hospital leaders, highlighting best practices in hospital medicine and sharing stories about how our organization improves quality, efficiency, satisfaction and financial performance at the hospitals we serve.
By partnering with Sound Physicians your hospital will achieve measurable performance improvements through our focus on clinical process excellence. For a complimentary assessment of your current hospitalist program by our clinical leadership and informatics team please contact Robert Bessler, MD, CEO and Founder at (253) 284-1890.
