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Lessons in Redeployment from Adult Hospitalists
May 1, 2023
Diverse mid-adult nurses, mature adult hospital administrators, and senior adult doctors are standing around a table in a hospital board room. They are reviewing spreadsheets and charts containing...
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Experts Offer Guidance on Transitioning Children to Adult Care
December 1, 2022
LAKE BUENA VISTA—Transitioning a child from pediatric to adult care can be a sensitive process fraught with anxiety, and there is fairly little guidance on how to do it well, panelists said here at...
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In Caring for Afghan Refugees, Hospitalists Discover New Capabilities
December 1, 2022
LAKE BUENA VISTA—When leaders in the pediatric hospitalist service at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis were asked to lead the medical care for a mass influx of Afghan refugees after the...
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Nursing Shortages Stress Existing Staff and Patient Care
December 1, 2022
The burden on critical care nurses during the pandemic has been well-documented, resulting in many nurses leaving their jobs. Even before the pandemic, the study United States Registered Nurse...
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STI Guideline Updates for Pediatric Hospitalists
September 23, 2022
PHM Session: 2021 Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Guideline Updates: What the Pediatric Hospitalist Needs to Know Presenters: Jason Zucker, MD, Columbia University, New York, and Candice...
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Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis and as Hospitalists, It’s Time to Step Up
July 12, 2022
I did not think that becoming a pediatric hospitalist would require me to become an expert in firearm injury, but here I am. Every day more than 300 people are shot in the United States.1,2 That fact...
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High-Value Care in Pediatrics: Things We Do for No Reason
July 1, 2022
Dr. Tantoco Presenter: Mike Tchou, MD, MSc, Children’s Hospital of Colorado/University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colo. Dr. Tchou began by defining value as an equation, with...
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10 Facts for Hospitalists About Abortion
June 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe versus Wade is expected to result in a wave of state laws limiting access to reproductive health. This highlights why clinicians should stay current...
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What Do Hospitalists Need to Know About Monkeypox?
June 24, 2022
What is monkeypox? Monkeypox is a rare infection caused by the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae. The Orthopoxvirus genus also includes...
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LGBTQIA+ Patient Care
June 1, 2022
Where are we and where are we going? The LGBTQIA+ community has doubled since it was first measured in 2012, according to a 2022 Gallup poll—it now includes 7.1% of Americans.1 As the community...
