Joseph A. Miller is the executive advisor to the CEO for the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM). In this role, Mr. Miller oversees SHM's membership/marketing functions, data management/web services, and business operations. In addition, he coordinates SHM's biannual Productivity and Compensation Survey, staffs the SHM Benchmarks Committee and Career Satisfaction Task Force, and is course director for SHM’s Practice Management Pre-Course. Mr. Miller does part-time hospitalist consulting with Dr. Winthrop Whitcomb, with whom he cofounded Northeast Hospitalist Consulting. He has more than 30 years of management, consulting, and market research experience with provider organizations, health plans, academic institutions, and vendors.