Satiani Bhagwan, Matthews Mika A B, Gable Dennis
Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University 376W, 10th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2012 Oct;46(7):509-14. doi: 10.1177/1538574412457474. Epub 2012 Sep 20.
To survey the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) membership with regard to type of practice, employment status, work effort, and productivity criteria.
A survey questionnaire was developed to gather information about member demographics, academic versus private practice, employment status, time in practice, measures of work, and productivity criteria.
Two-thirds of members were in private practice, 24% were employed by hospitals/health systems and 21% were in solo practice. Only 50.3% said they or their group kept record of relative value units/work relative value units (RVUs/WRVUs). Of those tracking RVUs, significantly greater number of private practice VS reported annual RVUs >10,000 compared to academic VS (P < .01). Net collections were the most common measure of productivity (51%) followed by WRVUs (36%).
With a changing environment and employment status of VS, tracking measures of productivity and proper benchmarking become vitally important. The SVS should consider positioning itself to collect, store, manage, and provide such information to assist members in practice transition.
对血管外科学会(SVS)会员在执业类型、就业状况、工作投入及生产率标准方面进行调查。
设计一份调查问卷,以收集有关会员人口统计学信息、学术与私人执业情况、就业状况、执业时间、工作衡量指标及生产率标准的信息。
三分之二的会员从事私人执业,24%受雇于医院/医疗系统,21%为个体执业。只有50.3%的人表示他们或其团队记录了相对价值单位/工作相对价值单位(RVUs/WRVUs)。在追踪RVUs的人中,与学术血管外科医生相比,从事私人执业的血管外科医生报告年度RVUs>10,000的人数显著更多(P<.01)。净收款是最常用的生产率衡量指标(51%),其次是WRVUs(36%)。
随着血管外科医生的环境和就业状况不断变化,追踪生产率衡量指标和进行适当的基准比较变得至关重要。血管外科学会应考虑定位自身,以收集、存储、管理并提供此类信息,帮助会员进行执业转型。