Thomas R. Collins
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With a Dynamic Past and Present, There’s Little Doubt of a Dynamic Future for HM
July 1, 2022
In the late 1990s, when Robert Wachter, MD, found that his vision of and advocacy for the hospital medicine field was starting to get publicity, his father told him about a tennis game he’d...
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COVID-19 Has Shown the Power of HM
July 1, 2022
Amid the unspeakable tragedies and hardships that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the medical community are examples of stunning acts of innovation, compassion, and old-fashioned effort. Dr....
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Hospitalists Recount the Struggles of Parenting During COVID-19
July 1, 2022
Mary Fredrickson, MD, a hospitalist at HealthPartners and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota, already had a hectic life before COVID-19, with four children ages 5 to 21,...
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Disaster Management Right up Hospitalists’ Alley
July 1, 2022
At all levels of handling disasters—managing capacity, coordination among hospitals, and biocontainment—hospitalists can and should be more involved, panelists said in a session at SHM...
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Careful Approach to Combatting Misinformation
July 1, 2022
In a world that can feel like it’s awash in misinformation—about COVID-19, politics, and Russian propaganda related to the Ukraine war for example—we all need to make more of an effort to...
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Intellectual Disabilities Call for Thorough Care
July 1, 2022
A 45-year-old woman with trisomy 21, hypertension, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnea arrives in the emergency department (ED) with a fever, a fast breathing rate, and a fast heart rate. Staff at...
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Apps and Gadgets: Tech for Hospitalists
July 1, 2022
KardiaMobile 6L Apps, wearables, and gadgets—hospitalists are well aware that technology is having a profound effect on health care. But you’re probably not aware of everything out there, or...
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Remedies for the Unavoidable Implicit Bias
July 1, 2022
Dr. Capers The billboard loomed above the road in Savannah, Ga., with three huge faces in medical masks peering out. “All Cardiothoracic Surgeons Look Like This,” it read. All the faces...
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Steroid Dosing, Surgery Outcomes for COVID-19 Patients, and More: Highlights from 2021 Research
July 1, 2022
Drs. Frank and Grant did an outstanding job with their in-person In the Literature at SHM Converge. Whether to use a standard or a personalized dose of corticosteroids in hospitalized patients...
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SHM Converge promises a lively return to live
February 3, 2022
In 1998, about 200 hospitalists and hospital medicine-related professionals came together in San Diego at the first annual conference of the National Association of Inpatient Physicians (NAIP). The...