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    RIV poster contest a meeting highlight

    April 26, 2017

    The number of submissions has nearly tripled from 634 in 2010 to 1,712 this year.

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    Tips from ‘the father of modern networking’

    April 5, 2017

    One of HM17’s biggest draws will be the opportunity for hospitalists and other attendees to connect with their counterparts across the country. According to networking expert Ivan Misner, the best way to become an effective networker is to go to events with the idea of being willing to help people.

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    What’s new at HM17

    March 31, 2017

    One of the top priorities of the HM17 planning committee was to create a diversity of topics that will appeal to hospitalists in a variety of settings. SHM leaders believe they have fulfilled that mandate.

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    HM17’s ‘must-see sessions’

    March 31, 2017

    11 editorial board recommendations for precourses, breakout sessions, and workshops

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    Fellows and Awards of Excellence

    March 31, 2017

    SHM will honor new Masters, Senior Fellows, and Fellows of Hospital Medicine at HM17, as well as bestow its annual Awards of Excellence.

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    Networking: A skill worth learning

    March 31, 2017

    According to networking expert Ivan Misner, the best way to become an effective networker is to go to events with the idea of being willing to help people.

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    Tips for significant others

    March 31, 2017

    While thousands of hospitalists and other HM17 attendees swarm the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for a four-day crash course on all things hospital medicine, thousands more family members tag along.

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    HM17: Plenaries – Conway and DeSalvo

    March 22, 2017

    The keynote speakers at HM17 are both optimistic about the future of the U.S. health care system, despite concerns about the rollback of the Affordable Care Act and what that could mean for access to care.

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    Don’t assume work is sole burnout determinant

    February 1, 2017

    Physician burnout is almost always linked to issues at work. Blame is placed on added duties piled onto a to-do list that barely makes enough time for prolonged patient interaction in the first place. Fault is laid upon the hours and hours per week – or even per day – wasted on cumbe...

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    Hot-button issue: physician burnout

    February 1, 2017

    As research validates and offers solutions, hospitalist groups can work harder – and smarter – to prevent and treat physician burnout.