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Suggest a physician as a Top Hospitalist

ACP Hospitalist is seeking candidates for its second annual Top Hospitalists issue. Physicians selected as Top Hospitalists will be those who made notable contributions to the field in 2009, whether through cost savings, improved work flow, patient safety, leadership, mentorship or quality improvement.

If you know a hospitalist who's extraordinary, ACP Hospitalist would like to hear about it. Submit your suggestions by filling out the form below. Information must be provided for at least two categories. All recommendations must be received by July 20, 2009, when the ACP Hospitalist editorial advisory board will select 10 outstanding nominees to be profiled as Top Hospitalists in our November 2009 issue.

Note: ACP Hospitalist’s Top Hospitalist issue is not part of the ACP National Awards Program. Self-nomination is not permitted. Candidates need not be ACP members. The selection process is not scientific. Editorial board members are solely responsible for determining those profiled in the Top Hospitalists issue.

Recommendation form

• Candidate's name:
• Candidate's title:
• Nominator's name:
• Nominator's title:
• Email
• Relationship to the candidate:
• How long have you known the candidate?




• Provide details about why you feel the candidate should be considered as a Hospitalist of the Year. How has he or she excelled in at least two of the areas below? In each category, specific examples are required. Entries without specific information will not be considered.
• Leadership (e.g., led a hospital-wide initiative to improve infection rates):




• Mentorship/teaching (e.g., held a special weekly clinical review for residents):




• Patient safety (e.g., developed a fall prevention program that decreased injuries by 30%):




• Quality improvement (e.g., spearheaded a campaign to improve the program's performance on blood glucose targets):




• Improved work flow/cost savings (e.g., analyzed current work flow and improved throughput):




• Clinical skills (e.g., consistently demonstrated exceptional diagnostic skills):




• Research (e.g., led a landmark study on hospitalist impact on length of stay):




• Innovation (e.g., designed and implemented a streamlined discharge process):




• Teamwork (e.g., worked to integrate PAs and NPs into the care team):




• Community involvement (e.g., spoke to community groups about hospitalist care):




• Other:




• Please provide contact details for a supervisor or colleague of the nominee so that our judges can request further information if needed:




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