Perspectives
Quality
How can hospitalists change the status quo?
There is no hard and fast rule about the way health care should adopt Lean thinking.
News
Physicians react: Doctors worry about patients reading their clinical notes
As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, patients will now have the right to see their medical notes.
Perspectives
The importance of community pediatric hospital medicine
A pediatric hospitalist in a community hospital allows children to obtain high-quality, evidence-based care within their home communities.
Clinical
Social isolation at the time of social distancing
Social distancing in the hospital contributes to the development of isolation, loneliness, and fear.
Perspectives
Leading in crisis
You can’t be a good runner or a good leader when you are totally depleted.
Perspectives
Flattening the hierarchy
Hospitalists can learn lessons from the airline industry about how to build a nonhierarchical team.
Perspectives
Should I be afraid of getting COVID again?
Am I immune now? Is it over or do I have to brace myself for the possibility of a reinfection? Could the second time be worse than the first?
Practice Management
13 best practices to increase hospitalist billing efficiency
Although hospitalists do a tremendous amount of work, they do not always bill for what they are doing.
Opinion
Understanding messenger RNA and other SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
Technological advances make these new and revolutionary vaccines a reality.
Perspectives
Leading hospitalists during a pandemic
Effective crisis leadership must guide hospitalists through the winter of COVID-19.