But here is where you are so important. At its best SHM is not much more than an aggregator of good ideas and the developer of strategies. You make it happen. We can design the Ferrari and maybe even provide a shopping list for parts and an instruction manual for assembling and operating. But you have to assemble the car and take it out on the road. It is our nation’s hospitalists, along with key partners and team members at their local institutions, who will provide the coefficients for change and the impetus for improvement.
Once you do this, SHM will have a role to praise, reward, and even prod you and to shine a bright light on all your work so others will be encouraged to take their shot and make great things happen.
SHM, like the hospitalists who form us, is a paradox. On first glance, we are patient and thoughtful with a longer look at the future and all the changes that will be required. At the same time we want to take our innovations and put them in place this week. We think the fearlessness of youth and open-box thinking is just what we need in healthcare today. We rely on our partners to temper our rush to action with their experience and wisdom and additional perspectives. The times require change. Together we can make sure it is a change for the better. TH
Dr. Wellikson has been CEO of SHM since 2000.