Jamie Newman

Aug 14, 2024 | acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |Jamie Newman

Some days it feels like I'm in a hospital in a science fiction movie, with robots inthe hallways delivering food trays, virtual nurses communicating with patients, artificialintelligence working on admission decisions, and other revolutionary innovations toonumerous to mention.

Aug 23, 2023 | acphospitalist.acponline.org | Stacey Butterfield |Jamie Newman

On a snowy December day, Agnes Mahongahil decided she would walk down to check her mail. She did not think her driveway would be very slippery. In this regard, unfortunately, she had misjudged the perilous conditions. Even the ambulance bringing her to the hospital slid down the hill by her home. At the hospital, Josephine Smook-Johnson, chair of the finance committee, was examining a spreadsheet, mystified by the excessive backup of accounts receivable, accrued over 120 days.