3 – Number of HM groups serving Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)
4 – FTE non-physician providers (NPPs) in Dr. Bitetto’s hospitalist group
4×4 – Euphemism for “four systems, four things,” a billing and coding teaching moment between Dr. Bitetto and his overnight residents
7 – Times Dr. Bitetto and his team passed the Starbucks kiosk in the hospital lobby
8 – Number of times the “Rock-a-Bye Baby” jingle was played on the public address system, indicating a new delivery
11 – Number of phone calls that interrupted “sit-down” rounds
16 – Dr. Bitetto’s patient census
16 – FTE hospitalists in Dr. Bitetto’s group
19 – Students in LVHN’s first class of medical students, in partnership with the University of South Florida in Tampa
48 – Resident slots at LVHN
82 – Number of patients divvied up between Dr. Bitetto and four colleagues; the group also employs a “triage” hospitalist for day shift
182 – Days Dr. Bitetto worked in 2011
500 – Hospital-employed physicians at LVHN Cedar Crest
709 – Beds at LVHN Cedar Crest
1,500 – Dr. Bitetto’s total patient encounters in 2011
1973 – Year LVHN’s Cedar Crest facility opened
2004 – Year Dr. Bitetto’s HM group started at LVHN
3,200 – Dr. Bitetto’s work RVU total in 2011
10,500 – LVHN employees
Jason Carris is editor of The Hospitalist.