Training programs that invest in this vision will reap the rewards of fidelity to the new ACGME requirements. Hospitals that support such a vision will receive assurances, should MedPAC’s recommendation come to fruition, that DME and IME funding is secure. Hospitalists investing in this vision will find a fulfilling career in quality education.
And all of us will find assurances that, for as good as things are right now for HM, the future will be even better. TH
Dr. Wiese is president of SHM.
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