Committees
Hospitalist Structure & Policy Committee (HSPC)
This committee is a diverse group of division providers that look at all facets of current and projected structures and policies. Members develop and articulate plans for better organization, integration, and implementation so that expectations are clear and standardized.
Date and Time: 2:00pm, Second to last Tuesday of the month
Contact for More Info: Leah Melfi
Hospitalist Structure & Policy Committee (HSPC)
Chair: Ilona Chepak, MD
HSPC stands for the Hospital Structure and Policy Committee. This committee meets monthly to discuss and review operational issues relevant to our division. If you want to have a say in how the division is run, please join our committee and give your input.
Hospital Medicine Education Committee (HMEC)
This committee of educators is committed to the development of our providers. They look for opportunities to enhance the knowledge that our division holds by way of research, special studies and fellowships.
Video created by HMEC: Upstate Community Hospital Stroke Code Process 2023 Video
Date and Time: 4:30pm, Third Thursday of the month
Contact for More Info: Timothy Schinto
Hospital Medicine Education Committee (HMEC)
HMEC provides opportunities for continued professional growth and education for medical professionals within the Division of Hospitalist Medicine. I see HMEC as an organization that emphasizes the importance of teaching and life-long learning within our institution. By cultivating a mentality of continuous growth, I hope that we will be able to advance the educational interests of our hospital staff and house staff leading to better patient care and outcomes.
Hospital Medicine Quality Committee: HMQC
(Oversees M&M committee (HMMC) and Journal Club) This committee is a sub-committee of HMEC. This committee has a more fine-tuned focus on specific quality education; using real scenarios and examining the successes and failures of each.
Date and Time: 4:00pm, second Thursday of the monthContact for More Info: Leah Melfi
Hospital Medicine Quality Committee: HMQC
Co-Chair: Hayas Haseer Koya, MBBS
My goals are to help identify and review trends and concerns regarding quality, patient safety, and system problems. I look forward to working with my colleagues to provide a platform for discussion in achieving our common goals, including but not limited to streamlining workflow, thereby decreasing errors, morbidity, and mortality, and thus improving patient safety and the efficient delivery of patient care.
Co-Chair: Zaher Oueida, MD
The Quality Committee mission is: working together to deliver standardized, high- quality hospital care, aiming to reduce mortality and to improve the health of our community, while driving innovation of new ideas to help achieve these goals.
Patient Experience Committee: PXC
This committee drives the future of patient care and is a beacon of ingenuity and design with developments in quality and excellence. The patient experience is a complicated yet rewarding undertaking and one that this committee values immensely.
Date and Time: 1:00pm, First Thursday of the month
Contact for More Info: Timothy Schinto
Patient Experience Committee: PXC
Chair: Bader Madoukh, MD
My goals for the Patient Experience Committee are to 1) lead the way in innovative patient-centered care 2) to polish the quality of healthcare services provided to patients and 3) to have our efforts reflected in good patient outcomes.
The Faculty Development Committee
This advisory committee focuses on enhancing the careers of our hospitalists from an academic, administrative, and clinical perspective. Goal-setting, advancement, and performance strategy are just some of the many ways our hospitalists are inspired and motivated to continue learning and growing in their field. Through this process, avenues are opened and resources become accessible, to partner with those that want to pursue imaginative and unconventional approaches to bettering the quality and nature of patient care.
Date and Time: To be determined
Contact for More Info: Timothy Schinto
The Faculty Development Committee
Chair: Dr. Zachary Shepherd