Dr. Nelson has been a practicing hospitalist since 1988. He is co-founder and past president of SHM and principal in Nelson Flores Hospital Medicine Consultants. He is co-director for SHM's "Best Practices in Managing a Hospital Medicine Program" course. Write to him at [email protected].
Opinion

Farewell to Larry Wellikson, MD, MHM
- Author:
- Win Whitcomb, MD, MHM
- John Nelson, MD, MHM
SHM cofounders praise the Society's outgoing CEO.
Opinion

The past and future of hospital medicine
- Author:
- John Nelson, MD, MHM
The hospitalist model has been adopted by nearly every specialty in medicine.
Opinion

Hospitalist burnout
- Author:
- John Nelson, MD, MHM
The causes of hospitalist distress and burnout are very similar to that of doctors in other specialties, yet each specialty probably differs in...
News
On 15 years: Celebrating a nocturnist’s career longevity
- Author:
- John Nelson, MD, MHM
On a regular basis, I talk with hospitalist groups lamenting their inability to find nocturnists willing to work the same number of hours and...
News

Revisiting citizenship bonus and surge capacity
- Author:
- John Nelson, MD, MHM
Organizational and individual efforts are needed to combat physician burnout.
Opinion
Keeping up with New Payment Models
- Author:
- John Nelson, MD, MHM
For hospitalists, the arrival of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS, originally Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, or PQRI) marks...
Opinion
John Nelson: Heavy Workloads
- Author:
- John Nelson, MD, MHM
Dearth of data doesn’t green-light high patient census