Article
The Power of Attention and Specificity in Medical Trainee Evaluations
March 4, 2025
Many hospitalists regularly work with medical trainees—medical students, interns, and upper-level residents—and teaching, overseeing, and evaluating these trainees is an important aspect of the...
Article
Sightseeing in Sin City
March 4, 2025
In case you haven’t heard, SHM Converge is happening in Las Vegas this year (April 22-25). Whether it’s your first time attending or your first time in Las Vegas, or you’re a veteran of both,...
Article
Session Recommendations for Converge 2025
March 4, 2025
The Hospitalist’s editorial board members are making plans for SHM Converge 2025. Here they share some of the sessions they’re looking forward to. Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, MD, SFHM Associate...
Article
Can Expediting Patient Discharge Past Clinical and Non-Clinical Barriers Improve Overall Hospital Throughput?
March 4, 2025
It’s 8 a.m. and the hospital is starting the day in a tough position. There are 15 patients boarding in the emergency department (ED), two patients who can be downgraded from the intensive care...
Opinion
A Face to Face
February 11, 2025
In late 2022, I began developing notable facial discoloration that was spreading around my temples, then periorbitally, and eventually down my cheeks. After two rounds of biopsies, it was eventually...
Article
Don’t Miss Out on SHM Converge 2025
February 3, 2025
At this time of the year, my dedication to my New Year’s resolution is dwindling, and the weather here in Chicago is leaving a lot to be desired. During times like this, I find looking forward to...
Article
JHM Thinks Outside the Box with Innovations Corner and Point-Counterpoint
February 3, 2025
Realizing that patients cared for at rural and critical-access hospitals struggle with access to interventional endoscopy procedures at tertiary care centers, a Minnesota hospital began a bold...
Article
As Wearable Monitors Proliferate, Hospitalists Weigh How to Use Them
February 3, 2025
Charumathi Raghu Subramanian, MD, a hospitalist and second-year clinical informatics fellow at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine in San Francisco, remembers a patient in...
Article
Hope in Tough Times
February 3, 2025
Scanning the labs of the woman I am admitting from the emergency department, I see a calcium of 12. “Oh no,” the thought jumps to the front of my mind, “This might be from a recurrence of her...
Article
How Can We Cultivate Happiness in Medicine?
February 3, 2025
Case A 45-year-old hospitalist, a familiar face in the system for the past decade, tragically took his own life. His colleagues and staff admired him, and he always had a pleasant working...