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New Publishing Opportunity
December 1, 2025
Introducing the Literature Lounge! As readers of The Hospitalist know, our In the Literature column is quite popular, with hospitalist groups lined up to contribute. This popularity inspired the...
Applications Open for The Hospitalist’s Editorial Board
December 1, 2025
If you’re an SHM member interested in sharing your expertise with readers of The Hospitalist, consider applying for the editorial board. Board members develop content, recommend sources, and may...
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Navigating the Path to Promotion
December 1, 2025
Valerie Lang, MD, MHPE, is a hospitalist at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, N.Y., where she’s also a tenured professor of medicine, a major academic achievement that...
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Lessons from the Courtroom: PHM Malpractice Cases
November 5, 2025
PHM 2025 Session Recap One of the most terrifying and potentially career-altering experiences in medicine is being named in a malpractice lawsuit. Although many deep-seated emotions exist in this...
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Learning to Lead: Optimizing Trainee Autonomy After ACGME Updates
November 5, 2025
PHM 2025 Session Recap Improving resident autonomy on inpatient wards remains a hot topic across the country. In particular, the recent Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)...
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VA Hospitalists’ Commitment to Quality Improvement includes Support for Research, Education, and Collaboration
November 3, 2025
In 2012, after completing her medical training at George Washington University, Jessica Logan, MD, FACP, was selected to be a chief resident for quality and safety at the Washington, D.C., Veterans...
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PLQS: Innovative Merit Pathway for Hospitalist Recognition and Career Development
November 3, 2025
Over the past two decades, quality improvement and patient safety (QI/PS) have become integral to the mission of hospital medicine, driving system-wide problem solving and practice changes to improve...
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Charting a Legacy: The Origins of the SHM Leadership Academy
August 12, 2025
The Genesis of a Vision The SHM Leadership Academy may be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, but the origin story began much earlier. The narrative is not just one of organizational growth,...
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Beyond the Hospital’s Four Walls
July 31, 2025
When, in their classic 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article, Robert Wachter, MD, and Lee Goldman, MD, announced the emergence of the hospitalist concept, they defined it in terms of doctors...
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An In-Depth Look at Locum Tenens Work
July 31, 2025
Some hospitalists have found greener pastures working in locum tenens capacities. The freedom, flexibility, enticing pay, and the ability to work in a variety of hospital environments and medicine...