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Perioperative Medication Management Controversies
July 1, 2025
The session began with Alana Sigmund, MD, SFHM, medical director for arthroplasty at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, addressing the complex issue of perioperative medication management,...
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Heating Up: Febrile Neutropenia for the Hospitalist
July 1, 2025
“You will encounter neutropenic fever in your career as a hospitalist,” emphasized David Goese, MD, an academic hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at the Northwestern University...
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Pediatric Update: Top 10 Articles of 2024
July 1, 2025
In 2024, we witnessed changes both within the U.S. and abroad, ranging from vaccine hesitancy, uncertainty about the future of governmental health organizations, rapidly advancing medical technology,...
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Toward a Medical Superintelligence: Reasoning Models and the Race Towards a Strange New World in Clinician-Computer Collaboration
July 1, 2025
The original title of this talk was “A Turing Test for Clinical Reasoning: Large Language Models and the Future of Diagnosis.” A lot can happen in a year, so now we find ourselves “Turing” in...
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Updates in Rheumatology for the Busy Hospitalist
July 1, 2025
The neon of Las Vegas may have framed this year’s clinical update at SHM Converge 2025, but the real spotlight fell on the everyday rheumatologic dilemmas that land patients in our wards....
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We’re All In: How to Run an Effective Meeting
July 1, 2025
“How many of you have been a part of or have run crappy meetings?” Brad Sharpe, MD, hospitalist and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, asked the audience during...
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The Wholly Frail—Choose Your Own Surgical Adventure
July 1, 2025
This workshop presented participants with three case scenarios of older adults needing surgical interventions, including inpatient management after traumatic rib fracture, vascular surgery for...
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Lessons Learned From 20 Years as an Expert Witness in PHM Malpractice Cases
July 1, 2025
This presentation was part of the pediatric track at SHM Converge 2025 in Las Vegas. Jack M. Percelay, MD, MPH, FAAP, MHM, clinical professor of pediatrics at Stanford Healthcare Tri-Valley Hospital...
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Big and Small
July 1, 2025
At SHM Converge 2025, Shelia Swartz, MD, MPH, associate professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, shared practical insights into the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to...
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SHM 2025 Awards of Excellence and Junior Investigator Award
July 1, 2025
SHM’s Awards of Excellence program honors members who’ve made exceptional contributions to hospital medicine in various categories. Congratulations to the 2025 award winners. Clinical Leadership...