The Hospitalist

Article: Perfect Pain Control

Specialized training in pain management makes all the difference

Article: Manage Sickle Cell Pain Crises

A standardized approach for hospitalists

Article: Hospitalists & Handoffs

Hospitalists’ clinical and leadership roles bring new insights to patient safety

Article: And the Band Played On...

A music teacher’s most important lesson

Article: Surgical Steroid Replacement

Avoid adverse consequences by lowering dosages of glucocorticoid supplementation

Article: A Many Layered Element

10 things hospitalists may not know about potassium

Article: Score!

The connection between hospitalists and core measures scores

Article: A Sign-off Pace Car

An Illinois hospital medicine program revs up its engines to eliminate disruptions in continuity of care

Article: A Pennsylvania Practice

Growth and change with an eye on the future

Article: Brazil Blossoms

Hospital medicine gains ground in South America

Cover Story: A Fine Formation

A hospitalist consortium in Michigan huddles on safety and quality

Images in Medicine: Dysphagia, Dizziness, and Dysarthria

Progress Notes: Aesculapius, My Story

The myth behind the medicine

Practice Management: The Vacation Conundrum

Strategies to determine time-off arrangements for hospitalists

In the Literature: Reduce CR-BSI, Quality Performance Measures, Treat DVT. Plus Adult Bacterial Meningitis in “Classic Lit”

Career Development: Constructive Criticism, Part 2

Correct your peers’ performance through informal, one-on-one conversations

Public Policy: Medicare Prepares to “Pay for Performance”

CMS to offer rewards for voluntary reporting in 2007

What’s Your Diagnosis?: Sinus Infection, Headache, and Diplopia

Society Pages: SHM’s VTE Prevention Collaborative

Improve VTE prophylaxis and dramatically reduce the incidence of preventable VTE at your hospital

SHM Point of View: The Front Line of Change

Hospitalist leaders actively help hospitals meet pay-for-performance goals