November 4-6, 2022

Cambria Hotel Downtown Asheville
Asheville, NC

Please join the SHM District 4 Chapters for a collaborative conference taking place November 4-6, 2022, at the Cambria Hotel Downtown Asheville in Asheville, NC. This conference will feature a series of CME presentations and networking events for attendees and their families. This is a great opportunity to get to know other hospitalists around VA, NC, SC, and TN to share ideas, relax, and take in all that Asheville has to offer.

Please note that Guest registration is required for anyone accompanying you at the Welcome Reception, taking place on Friday evening, or for the breakfast on Saturday morning. Please select "Register Someone Else" and select the Guest rate from the dropdown menu. Attendees should register themselves first prior to registering any Guests.

Accommodations

The room block at the Cambria Hotel Downtown Asheville has been sold out, however, attendees may receive a 20% discount on rooms by booking here.


Cancellation/ Refund Policy/ Disclaimer:

Notice of registration cancellation for the SHM District 4 Chapter Conference must be made in writing via email to [email protected]. The email date will determine your eligible refund amount.

Prior to August 31, 2022: $20 administrative fee

Between September 1 – October 7, 2022: $50 administrative fee

After October 7, 2022: No Refunds
Agenda & CME Presentations
Friday, November 4, 2022

3:00 p.m. Hotel Check-In

5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception
                           Cocktail & Hors D'oeuvres

Saturday, November 5, 2022

7:15 – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast and Exhibits

8:00 - 8:05 a.m. Welcome (Dr. Thomas Miller, SHM District 4 Chair) and Convocation "Building our Community": Dr. Stephanie Call

8:05 - 9:00 a.m. The Role of the Hospitalists in Value-Based Care and Population Health

Danielle Scheurer, MD, SFHM

  • System Chief Quality Officer – Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health System
  • SHM President 2020-2021
  • Former Editor-in Chief, The Hospitalist
  • Past Medical Director of the Inpatient Medicine Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston
Your team has been asked to hit certain “performance metrics” – are you going to be improving patient care and data-mining valuable information? Or will you be spinning your wheels or even undermining your ability to deliver true quality? These are the possibilities and pitfalls we all face! This session offers experience, perspectives, and ideas from multiple viewpoints – delivered by hospitalists who have navigated these waters both as team leaders and frontline hospitalists. Attendees will gain new insights on the driving forces of these metrics, aligning incentives, approaches to minimize unintended consequences and workflow disruptions, as well as ways SHM is actively working to make sure hospitalists’ input is heard. Both leaders and frontline providers will benefit from better understanding the reasons and ways to improve performance metrics.
Ruby Sahoo, DO, FACP, MBA, SFHM
  • Hospital Medicine Performance Director – TeamHealth
  • Newly elected member of the SHM Board
  • Member of the national Performance Measurement and Reporting Committee
  • Member of Hospitalist Futures Advisory Group
  • Past President of Pee-Dee Chapter of South Carolina
An introduction and glimpse into the future of hospital medicine’s driving role in achieving our goals of population health, optimizing safety and value-based care. Dr. Scheurer will share her passion for instilling High Reliability principles throughout the healthcare system, to improve safety and quality across all sites for all patients, while simultaneously enabling team engagement for performance excellence.
Thomas Miller, MD, FHM
  • District 4 Chapter Chair
  • Founding member and Past President of the Hampton Roads (Virginia) Chapter
  • Member of the national Performance Metrics Committee
  • Extensive service as consultant, site director and regional director of community-based hospitalist programs
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Break and Exhibits

10:30 – 11:25 a.m. Home Hospital: A Primer, an Update, and the Role of the Hospitalist
The Home Hospital model of care allows for patients to receive hospital-level care from the comfort of their own home and away from many of the risks inherent to the brick-and-mortar hospital. While forms of this care model have existed for more than 20 years, it has been greatly accelerated by the COVID pandemic and by the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver. This presentation will first provide the audience with a brief primer on this care model and the waiver. Secondly, it will give an update on the most recent published data on the care model as well as the state of the CMS waiver and legislation as it relates to the eventual end of the public health emergency. Finally, it will discuss the role of hospital medicine and the hospitalist in this care provided outside the traditional hospital setting.
Mike Craig, MD, MPH, FHM, SFHM
  • Associate Medical Director/UNC Advanced Care at Home Program
  • SHM District 4 Chapter Chair 2019-2022
  • Founder/President UNC Triangle Chapter – SHM 2015-2019

11:25 - 11:30 a.m. Break 

11:30 - 12:00 p.m. Chapter Value Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Thomas Miller

12:00 p.m. Onward – Social and Networking Opportunities
  • Biltmore Estate Tour (arrange on your own, we’ll connect those going at similar time)
  • Local Hiking: Details TBA 
  • 1 p.m.: Guided Tour of Downtown Asheville: Details TBA 
  • 3 p.m.: Downtown Brewery Tour: guided by our own Dr. Nick Piazza
  • 5:30 p.m.: "So you want to be an Expert Witness?" an informal but informative session led by Dr. Thomas Miller at "Off the Wagon"
  • 6 p.m.: Stay over for an evening of music and fun at "Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar"


Sunday, November 6, 2022

9:00 - 10:05 a.m. A Unique Experience in Wellbeing – Fostering a Culture of Community

Dr. Stephanie Ann, Call, MD, MSPH
  • Chair, Internal Medicine and the Internal Medicine Program Director at MAHEC
  • Previous Program Director at VCU and Associate Chair for Education
  • Trained facilitator in the Stanford Clinical Teaching Framework
  • Served on the Council and the Survey Committee of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine
Accreditation Statement: The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Statement: The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this live online activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants will engage in a set of interactive experiences designed to foster discussion and reflection around the concepts of relational trust. Participants will discuss relational trust and its impact on safety and quality in the healthcare setting. Participants will identify key elements of relational trust and how to foster community in healthcare settings. Lastly, participants will identify steps to building relational trust in their local settings. Activities will include a walk in the Asheville community, readings, discussion, reflection and goal setting.
9:05 - 10:00 a.m. Data Mining or Undermining: The Challenges of Performance Metrics Programs