The Hospitalist aims to provide articles on key issues and trends in hospital medicine, continually assessing how to deliver engaging, relevant, and useful content.
Popular clinical columns include In the Literature (brief updates of medical literature relevant to hospital medicine—people love to read them, and groups line up to write them), Key Clinical Questions (concise answers to common clinical questions hospitalists encounter), and Interpreting Diagnostic Tests (concise interpretations of diagnostic tests).
Last year, we added Coding Corner, which quickly became another well-read column. Recently, we added Key Operational Questions (answers to common operational questions), The Flipside (a forum presenting different perspectives on a single topic), and How We Did It (highlights of how individual hospital programs have successfully implemented innovations). In the coming months, we’ll debut another new column, HM History (a brief look at things that shaped and influenced hospital medicine).
Other articles fall into these topical buckets, or departments: Practice Management, Pediatrics, Quality, Leadership, Career, Diversity, Technology, Education, Clinical, and Commentary. HM Voices is the online area where SHM members can showcase their creativity through poetry, essays, art, and photos.
Aside from the common denominator of hospital medicine, the biggest tie that binds these columns and articles is you—SHM members. The ideas for new columns often come from editorial board discussions, but sometimes they come from queries submitted by members. Many of the articles are also written by members. There are several ways you can contribute to The Hospitalist, whether it’s rallying your group to write an In the Literature column, writing a Coding Corner, submitting a query for an article you’d like us to publish, or agreeing to be interviewed for one of our upcoming features, to name a few.
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