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Should Hospitalists Routinely Perform Bedside Procedures?
- Kristin Gershfield, MD, FHM, and Christopher Migliore, MD, MS, FACP, FHM
September 2, 2026
Why Hospitalists Should Not Routinely Perform Bedside Procedures After six months of critical care rotations during my internal medicine residency, I felt well prepared to perform most of the...
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Building a Hospitalist Research Career
- Alexander S. Roseman, MD, Mary Ann Kirkconnell Hall, MPH, Angela Keniston, PhD, MSPH, Waseem Khaliq, MBBS, MPH, Lubna Jamal, MD, MBA, Boomer Olsen, DO, Amanda Ward, MD, and Shaheen Fatima, MD
June 1, 2026
Despite high levels of research interest, hospitalists often participate at lower levels due to numerous barriers, including limited mentorship, difficulty balancing clinical work and research, and...
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Embracing Tele-Hospitalist Cross-Coverage Model as a Solution for Staffing Shortages
- Emily Cohen, MD;
- Jeydith Gutierrez, MD, MPH;
- Neha Jindal, MD
December 1, 2025
Staffing shortages in hospital medicine affect hospitals nationwide, presenting a critical challenge. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by...
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Shining a Spotlight on National Hospitalist Day
March 4, 2025
Hospitalists work hard (not that we have to tell you that!), so celebrating March 6 as National Hospitalist Day is an ideal time to recognize the work done in hospital medicine. The Hospitalist...
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Global Hospital Medicine
January 1, 2025
Dr. Ajala worked at the Tibetan School of Medicine in Dharamsala, India, where she shadowed the Dalai Lama’s personal physician How do U.S. hospitalists find their way into international...
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Running Dry: How Hospitalists Can Conquer the IV Fluid Crisis
- Mihir H Patel, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, CLHM, SFHM
January 1, 2025
Intravenous fluids are undeniably essential in modern medicine, acting as a critical conduit for delivering hydration, electrolytes, medications, and nutrition to patients. They are vital for...
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Acute Cardiac Events are Common Among Adults 50 Years or Older Hospitalized with RSV and Associated with Severe Disease
December 2, 2024
Clinical question: How common are acute cardiac events among hospitalized older adults (50 years or older) with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and what are the associated risk...
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Breaking Barriers: Advancing Inclusion for International Medical Graduates in Hospital Medicine
- Amy Y. Yu, MD;
- Carolina Musri, MD;
- Keshav Khanijow, MD
November 1, 2024
International medical graduates (IMGs) are defined by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates as physicians who completed their medical education outside the U.S. and Canada.1 They...
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Precision Medicine in Sepsis Diagnosis
September 3, 2024
Sepsis, a life-threatening syndrome induced by infection, has been a leading cause of hospitalization and death in U.S. healthcare settings and accounts for more hospital admissions and spending than...
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Seizing the Moment: Hospitalists’ Roles in Reproductive Care
- Abbey Masonbrink, MD, MPH;
- Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH;
- Gisele Nogueira Bezerra, MD;
- Vanessa McFadden, MD, PhD, SFHM
September 3, 2024
A 25-year-old woman is admitted to your service with acute kidney injury due to lupus nephritis in the setting of chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and hypertension. She mentions having menstrual...