Upload
kelley-lambert
View
212
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting
February 21, 2012
AnnouncementsEducation Update
Clinical UpdateResearch Update
Budget UpdateHigh Throughput Screening Core
Tom Grammatopoulos, Ph.D.
Announcements
Solomont Simulation Center to open July, 2012BMC Gala Saturday, May 5, 2012 SeaportPA Program being established at BUSM- Mary
Warner, PA-C to be founding director and a Medical Director to be sought soon
Evans Centennial Celebration, Friday-Saturday, October 5 and 6, 2012
Dim Sum - 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., March 24, 2012, China Pearl Restaurant, 9 Tyler Street, Boston (http://www.bumc.bu.edu/medicine/research-in-the-department/annual-dim-sum-social/)
Medical Grand RoundsFebruary 24th – Paget’s Disease “Update”
Joseph Tucci, M.D.
March 2nd – CPS CaseRobert Lowe, M.D.
March 9th – Epidemiology of Congestive Heart Failure: Current Perspectives and Non-Cardio-Centric View
Vasan Ramachandran, M.D.
March 16th – Nonsurgical Treatment of Osteoarthritis: Past Frustration, Future Promise?
David Felson, M.D.
March 23rd – Mark Moskowitz Memorial LectureOverdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., Ph.D.
Update on Searches
Section Chiefs– GI– Geriatrics
Director, Primary Care
Director, Quality of Clinical Operations
Director, Hospital Medicine Unit
Faculty Development and DiversityAcademy for Faculty Advancement
– Information session Thurs., Feb. 23 @ 12 in EBRC 715
– Application deadline March 2 – http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/mentoring/ecfdp/
CV Boot Camp with A and P Committee– Tues., March 5 from 12-1 p.m. in Wilkins– Send CVs in advance to [email protected]
Walk and Talk– Mon., March 12 at 5:30 p.m. in medical school lobby– Hosted by Emelia Benjamin and Michael Ieong
Faculty Friday Social– Fri., March 23 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.– Estragon Tapas Bar, 700 Harrison Ave.
Successful FellowshipACGME Reviews
Pulmonary-Critical Care
Endocrine
Geriatrics
Rheumatology
Cardiology– General– EP– Interventional
Gastroenterology (3 yrs)
Education Update
General Medicine Attendings needed for three week slots in March-May
Match update
ACGME questionnaire completed
ACGME site visit anticipated in spring, 2012
Rachel Simmons, M.D., new Associate Program Director will be starting August, 2012
Clinical Update
Nearing completion of Alternative Quality Contract with BCBS – in partnership with Neighborhood Health Centers
Meaningful Use Contracts will require faculty signature to get institutional reimbursement
Inpatient reorganization– One fewer medical team in ’12-’13– HMU being expanded– Observation patients to be increasingly diverted from
HS teams
Clinical Update
BMC financial outlook continues to improve (improved bond rating)
Volume-YTD– wRVU’s up 4.1%% – Visits up 7.7%– Discharges down 2.6%
Access– Primary care and medicine specialties have slipped
Compliance– Sections range from 79-86% correctly coded by
clinicians! (best ever!)
Access to Outpatient Clinics
Discharges from Boston AMC’sYTD
FY 12 Dec FY 11 Dec %Discharges Discharges Change
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 3,131 3,422 -8.5%Boston Medical Center 2,267 2,470 -8.2%Brigham and Women's Hospital 4,277 4,381 -2.4%Children's Hospital 1,456 1,537 -5.3%Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 88 102 -13.7%Lahey Clinic 1,947 1,890 3.0%Massachusetts General Hospital 4,428 4,293 3.1%St. Elizabeth's Medical Center 1,131 1,165 -2.9%Tufts Medical Center 1,745 1,739 0.3%Total 20,470 20,999 -2.5%
According to the Attorney General, BMC has the lowest price for services of any AMC in Boston, by a significant margin
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
MGH BWH BIDMC Lahey Tufts BMC
Rela
tive
Pric
e Pa
id
BCBS Relative Hospital Prices (2009)
12
Research Update
Metabolomics core under reviewBiostatistical Core services being expandedRevenue from research cores substantially
ahead of budgetResearch space allocation will be reviewed
in ongoing manner by Space Advisory group under Dr. Corkey
NIH Salary cap lowered by $20K/yrK awardee support initiatives underway
THEMATIC SEMINAR SERIES Jointly Sponsored by The
Evans Center & The Department of BiochemistryMitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease
All talks are in Keefer Auditorium, at 3pm
All speakers meet with the graduate students and post docs over lunch
March 27, 2012, David G. Nicholls, Ph.D., Professor of Mitochondrial Physiology, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, and Visiting Professor, University of Lund, Sweden
“The Bioenergetics of Mitochondria in the Cell”
April 3, 2012, Douglas C. Wallace, Ph.D., Director, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine (CMEM), Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia,
“Energyomics-Energenomics: A Mitochondrial Etiology of Complex Diseases”
April 10, 2012Richard Youle, Ph.D.Senior Investigator, Chief Biochemistry Section, NIH, NINDS, Bethesda, MD
“Mitochondrial Quality Control and Parkinson’s Disease”
New Committee to Discuss and Provide Recommendations
Bridges between Basic and Clinical Researchers
Evans Center ARC Directors and other Interested Faculty will convene to outline
• Realistic Goals• Current barriers• Potential activities and resources to increase
interactions and collaborationsFaculty interested to participate should contact
us (D. Coleman , K. Ravid or B Corkey)First meeting March 15, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Budget Update
In negotiation with BMC re funding of departmental services using CARTS model
Clinical section budget planning currently on hold pending resolution of BMC funding
Finance Committee meeting to make recommendations concerning funds flows and financial support of faculty
YTD financial performance better than budget
2012-13 DOM budget likely to be constrained