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Optimizing Patient Flow and Growing Referring-Hospital Transfers
September 2, 2026
As a quaternary academic referral center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) is heavily reliant on transfers from referring hospitals and experiences a high volume of such...
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Bridge to Care for OUD: Three-Day Methadone Dispensed at Hospital Discharge
August 3, 2026
The number of opioid-related overdose deaths has sharply increased over the past decade, primarily due to the use of synthetic opioids. There were more than 70,000 such deaths in 2023.1 Although...
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Bridging the Gap: A Hospitalist-Designed, Nurse-Driven Palliative Care Model in a Community Hospital
June 1, 2026
Palliative care is both a medical specialty and an art. However, the number of clinicians trained in palliative care is insufficient to meet the increasing demand for goals-of-care and advance care...
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Improving Equity by Making Tobacco Treatment Routine in the Hospital
May 1, 2026
Hospitalization represents a critical opportunity to support patients who use tobacco in making a quit attempt, yet tobacco use disorder remains a relatively low priority in many inpatient settings.1...
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Laying the Groundwork for Sustainable Overnight Care
April 6, 2026
Pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) programs with nocturnists have more than doubled in recent years.¹ Consequently, more hospitalists face the hazards of overnight work, including sleep-related...
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Expanding Pediatric Hospital Capacity Through a Pediatric Hospital-at-Home Unit in a Large U.S. Children’s Hospital
March 2, 2026
Children’s hospitals across the U.S. are increasingly experiencing capacity shortages, particularly at times of seasonal surges in acute illness.1 In addition, increasing closures of smaller and...
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Unique Elective in Hospital Medicine for Medical Students
February 2, 2026
Hospital medicine requires both clinical expertise and an understanding of healthcare systems. While some residency programs offer hospital medicine electives, including the Junior Hospitalist...
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A Secure Chat-Based Pairing Model Doubled Paracentesis Certifications in Four Months
January 5, 2026
At 2 p.m. on a crowded admitting day, our cirrhotic patient still waited for a paracentesis—because no one on call felt confident with a needle. Problem Statement As procedural certification is...
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Embracing Tele-Hospitalist Cross-Coverage Model as a Solution for Staffing Shortages
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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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...