Sound Physicians CEO and President, Robert Bessler, M.D., to Discuss State of Hospital Medicine at Hospital Medicine 2011
Sound Physicians' CEO and President Robert Bessler, M.D., will share insights from the 2011 Hospitalist Medicine survey during an opening session of Hospital Medicine 2011.

DALLAS, TX, May 12, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Sound Physicians' CEO and President Robert Bessler, M.D., will share insights from the 2011 Hospitalist Medicine survey during an opening session of Hospital Medicine 2011. The meeting, which runs May 11-13 in Grapevine, Texas, is the largest gathering focused solely on hospital medicine, the fastest growing medical specialty in the nation.

Bessler will join John Nelson, M.D., MHM and Joseph Li, MD, SFHM for the session "That Can't Be Right: Remarkable Data and Insights from the 2011 Hospitalist Survey," at the plenary session, Wednesday, May 11 at 8:10 a.m. CDT.

Sound Physicians invites attendees of the annual meeting to join them on the exhibit floor, at booth 701, to learn more about the organization and how it has created a better career option for physicians. Sound Physicians values building careers for its physicians and applies focused leadership development and continuous training to clinicians throughout the practice. It provides physicians and opportunity to advance their careers within the organization with career tracks for physicians seeking partnership within the practice and leadership roles in the organization.

During the three-day event, two Sound Physicians hospitalists will receive recognition as Fellow in Hospital Medicine. In addition, one of its chief medical officers will receive recognition as Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine. Hospitalists receiving recognition include:

• Rebecca Anderson, M.D., FHM, hospitalist practicing at Community Medical Center, Missoula, Mont.
• David Fick, M.D., FHM, chief hospitalist practicing at Providence Centralia Hospital, Centralia, Wash.
• Robert Zipper, M.D., MMM, SFHM, Chief Medical Officer for Sound Physicians' West Region.

Becoming a Fellow in Hospital Medicine and Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine are ways to achieve special recognition for Society members who have distinguished themselves among their colleagues and the hospital medicine specialty. Sound Physicians recognizes the excellence of all of its physicians and extends a special acknowledgement to our three physicians receiving recognition.

"We have an exceptional team of physician colleagues," said Sound Physicians CEO and President Robert Bessler, M.D. "It's a privilege to work with hospitalists who are not only dedicated to delivering the highest-quality of patient care possible, but are also keenly focused on improving the delivery of inpatient medicine for our hospital partners."

About Sound Physicians
Sound Physicians is a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and efficiency of inpatient health care delivery. By investing deeply in outstanding physicians, implementing clinical process excellence and developing proprietary workflow and informatics technology, Sound Physicians is defining hospital medicine. Sound Physicians seamlessly partners with healthcare providers to measurably enhance patient outcomes and strengthen hospital performance. To learn more visit: www.soundphysicians.com.

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