The Hospitalist

Article: Round Up Staff for Better Rounds

Hospitalists believe in, struggle to implement multidisciplinary rounds

Article: A Boost for QI Research

After reversal on ICU checklist study, OHRP director says agency will improve efforts to foster such work—but some experts wonder

Article: Stay Afloat

How hospitalists swim in a sea of medical literature

Cover Story: Hitting the Big Time

Hospitalist leaders wrestle with personnel, financial, and mission challenges as groups expand

Cover Story: Canadian Hospitalists: Time to Stand Up

B.C. hospitalists update U.S. colleagues on their movement

Team Hospitalist Q&A: Raajev Alexander, MD

Why a hospitalist’s day is never done

Key Clinical Question: How can a patient with a hip fracture reduce the risk of repeat fractures?

Billing & Coding: The Observation Deck

Smart steps to help you correctly document observation services

Public Policy: e-Prescription for Success?

CMS unveils preliminary program to reward electronic prescribing

Career Development: Mentoring 101

Why and how to help another’s career

In the Literature: Serotonin Syndrome

Sleuth out and treat this potentially life-threatening problem

In the Literature: The latest research you need to know

Society Pages: Behind the Scenes

Welcome to SHM 2.0

Letters: Mixed Messages Called Out

Ask Dr. Hospitalist: Certification on Our Minds

Practice Management: The 4-1-1 on NPPs

Mid-level providers a certain help—when utilized correctly in HM

From the Editor’s Desk: Left Turns

 The eternal quest for balance

SHM Point of View: PCPs Come Home

How hospitalists and PCPs can improve patient care