The Hospitalist - An Official Publication of Society of Hospital Medicine

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  • The 2024 ACC/AHA Perioperative Cardiac Guidelines—What’s New?

    July 2, 2025

    In this high-yield, clinically focused session, Steven L. Cohn, MD, MACP, FRCP, SFHM, professor emeritus at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, one of the leading experts in...

  • Updates in Stroke Care for the Hospitalist

    July 2, 2025

    This engaging session, presented by Joseph McCall, MD, MBA, the division chief of the neurohospitalist division and clinical assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia,...

  • Updates in Rheumatology for the Busy Hospitalist

    July 1, 2025

    The neon of Las Vegas may have framed this year’s clinical update at SHM Converge 2025, but the real spotlight fell on the everyday rheumatologic dilemmas that land patients in our wards....

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  • Managing Inpatient Diabetes: Practical Pearls and Complex Scenarios

    July 1, 2025

    In this high-yield session, Lily Ackermann, MD, a clinical associate professor of medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, addressed the complexities of inpatient diabetes...

  • Updates in Sepsis

    July 1, 2025

    The annual sepsis update, delivered by Meshell Johnson, MD, ATSF, professor of medicine at the University of California in San Francisco, distilled a year’s worth of high-impact evidence into...

  • Supporting Your Workforce: Building an Effective APP Leadership Team

    July 1, 2025

    Quoting the leadership guru Simon Sinek, April Burke, vice president of advanced practice providers at Sound Physicians, set the tone of her SHM Converge session in Las Vegas: “Leadership without...

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From SHM

  • Register for PHM 2025

    Join your fellow peds hospitalists in Anaheim, Calif., July 24-27, for interactive workshops, clinical updates, and dedicated networking with pediatric hospitalists from across the country.

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From JHM

  • Preparing for the Unthinkable: The Resurgence of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

    Hospitalists are increasingly witnessing the negative impacts of declining vaccination rates, which threaten to revive vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and pertussis. With vaccination rates slipping below the critical threshold needed for herd immunity, hospitalists must prepare to confront these diseases and advocate for community health. To equip hospitalists for this challenge, the Journal of Hospital Medicine has introduced a series of short reviews on vaccine-preventable diseases. These reviews—to be published as Clinical Progress Notes over the coming months—will serve as a practical resource, offering concise updates on clinical presentations, diagnostic approaches, and evidence-based treatments for diseases like measles, diphtheria, pertussis, and polio.

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