Article
Hospitalists Explore Evolving Roles in Telemedicine
December 1, 2023
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, health care providers had to learn in a hurry how to navigate telemedicine and virtual, distant encounters with patients—using technologies that...
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Street Medicine on the Floors: A Promising Inpatient Model
- Elizabeth Desmarais, DO;
- Jacqueline Fitton, DO;
- James Miller, MD;
- Patrick Perri, MD
August 1, 2023
Persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) can be some of the most complex patients on hospitalists’ services. Chronic conditions such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes are...
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SIG Spotlight: Rural Hospitalists
January 3, 2023
Lisa Kaufmann, MD, moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in 2014. Dr. Kaufmann She knew of the region from her undergraduate and medical-school years at Duke University in...
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Beyond the Basics: How Should We Manage Acute Pain in Hospitalized Patients with OUD?
- Anna Maria South MD;
- Eloise Fields, DO;
- Laura Fanucchi, MD, MPH;
- Michelle R. Lofwall MD DFAPA DFASAM
November 1, 2022
Case A 23-year-old male with opioid use disorder (OUD) with intravenous use is hospitalized with a fever and several weeks of back pain. He is diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...
Article
How Do You Address Ongoing In-hospital Substance Use Among Adults with SUD?
- Sarah J. Flynn, MD, MPhil, Soraya Azari, MD, Armond M. Esmaili, MD, and Katie E. Raffel, MD
October 3, 2022
Case A 28-year-old man with a past medical history notable for severe opioid use disorder and aortic valve endocarditis requiring valve replacement was admitted with recurrent bacteremia, prosthetic...
Article
10 Facts for Hospitalists About Abortion
- Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, SFHM;
- Krystle D. Apodaca, DNP, FHM;
- Laura Chambers-Kersh, MD;
- Suman Pal MD
June 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe versus Wade is expected to result in a wave of state laws limiting access to reproductive health. This highlights why clinicians should stay current...
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Characteristics of hospitalized patients whose substance use increased amid the impacts of COVID-19
- Dale Terasaki MD;
- Rehaan Shaffie, MD;
- Ryan Loh PhD
March 3, 2022
Nearly 20 million U.S. adults experience a substance use disorder (SUD) annually,1 leading to more than 650 thousand hospital admissions.2 Large-scale crises like the COVID-19 pandemic can...
News
Treatment of opioid use disorder in hospitalized patients
- Anne Linker, MD;
- Dillan Villasanivis;
- Leeza Hirt;
- Linda Wang, MD;
- Matthew Fine;
- Michael Herscher, MD
December 14, 2021
Initiating treatment for OUD in the hospital setting is feasible and effective.
News
Does morning discharge really improve hospital throughput?
December 13, 2021
Focus on the actual processes that create bottlenecks preventing throughput.
Opinion
The top pediatric hospital medicine articles of 2020
- Maura A. Steed, MD;
- Nathan M. Money, DO;
- Rachel Danielle Fisher, MD
December 8, 2021
Here are the top 10 PHM articles of 2020, as presented at the Pediatric Update during SHM Converge 2021.