Hospital Medicine
Acute care that works for your community
Clinician-led teams. On-site leadership. Tailored workflows. All designed to improve your patients’ care and strengthen your bottom line. As your partner, we keep your Hospital Medicine program costs sustainable and patient focused.
12.3%
reduction in LOS†
80%
of patients NSOC = home†
8.4%
improvement in HCAHPS score†
What sets us apart
You want a Hospital Medicine program that works for your hospital and your community. Our clinician-led teams are embedded on-site, backed by national resources. Together, we design to your goals—not a template—launch predictably, and share risk. Our stable, salaried teams and continuous, focused improvement across data, automation, and telemedicine free your clinicians to focus on patients.
Driving better throughput
We know how to streamline workflows, tighten communication, and treat patients with efficiency and empathy. Our patient-first, physician-led approach bears that out in quality and outcomes.Keeping costs stable
Our average subsidy increase lands within 0.5% annually—compared with the industry standard 4.2% to 5.7%*. We tie clinician pay to outcomes, focus on accurate collections, and mitigate temp labor with our own float pool.Building intentional leaders
From onboarding and dedicated on-site local support to ongoing coaching and mentorship, we’re committed to developing our leaders. Our medical directors thrive with ready access to resources.
†Sound internal case studies/analyses and referenced materials: LOS, NSOC, Jan. 2023-April 2024; HCAHPS, May-Nov. 2022. Results vary by site and starting baseline. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
*PwC Health Research Institute, “Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2024,” July 2024. Definitive Healthcare, “U.S. hospital revenue and expense trends,” July 2024.
Improve performance. Keep your current clinician model.
Sound Practice Solutions works alongside your leaders and clinicians to strengthen clinical performance, streamline operations, and protect financial stability, without changing who employs your clinicians.
Our managed partnership (employed) model offers:
- Shared governance
- As-is employment—no rebadging of physicians
- A suite of management tools and a proven clinical model
- Management fees based on net savings for the hospital or health system
- A finite term set by the hospital or health system, with a clear transition plan
Hear from our physician CEO of Sound Hospital Medicine
“We embed clinician leaders and design custom programs that strengthen clinical performance and financial sustainability—without compromise.”
—Dr. Mihir Patel, CEO of Sound Hospital Medicine
Who we are
Dr. Mihir Patel shares Sound’s 25-year track record in Hospital Medicine—2,000+ clinicians across 186+ programs in 45 states—built on local leadership, strong teams, and a culture that puts patients first.
4 key differentiators
Hear how stable, salaried teams (≈92%) and ~0.5% average annual hospital support growth come from right-sized staffing, clinician-led management, and better documentation and throughput.
Transforming care
See how Sound moves beyond Hospital Medicine to improve the full acute-care episode through daily, on-unit routines and hourly dashboards that prompt clear next steps.
What to expect
Expect sustainable costs and a clear return on investment. What we commit to in planning is what we do on the units—plus an invitation to take a deeper dive.
Explore a partnership
Provide the care your patients deserve
Proof in practice
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Integrate EM + HM + CC: One acute care team. Faster flow. Shared accountability.
You’re accountable for safe, predictable flow. When Emergency Medicine (EM), Hospital Medicine (HM), and Critical Care (CC) operate in silos, bottlenecks stack up: boarding stretches, discharges slip, and handoffs vary—impacting throughput, patient experience, and margins. -
Unify EM + HM: One team. Smoother handoffs. Uncompromising care.
When Emergency Medicine (EM) and Hospital Medicine (HM) operate in silos, front-end flow slows, handoffs vary, and sepsis execution falls out of sync. Sound can partner with you to unify EM and HM under one accountable, physician-led structure. -
Smoother discharges, shorter stays.
When inpatient beds don’t turn, your emergency department backs up, operating room schedules fall behind, and teams burn out. Patients deserve timely, dignified care—and your hospital needs predictable flow and improved throughput. Sound partners with your leaders and residency program to make barriers visible, align teams, and protect capacity, without ever compromising patient care. -
Leadership, Multidisciplinary Rounds Boost HCAHPS Scores.
The medical director for Sound’s hospital medicine program set out to find a more sustainable way to educate patients, increase engagement, and help close the care loop for physicians. Historically, moving the needle on HCAHPS is hard to do, but the team saw promise in revamping their approach. When asked, patients were willing to share feedback — however, less than a third even knew about the patient survey.