From Solo Acts to Supergroups: Building a Strong APP Team in Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2026
In Nashville, in a room full of hospitalists who spend their days thinking about flow, safety, and scale, this session landed in a familiar but underexamined space. The focus was practical and...
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How to Lead a Debrief After a Patient Death or Adverse Event
July 1, 2026
Every patient’s death carries a weight that physicians learn to carry quietly, sometimes for years. Experience does not erase it. Even seasoned clinicians find themselves returning to the same...
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Leveraging Research, Education, and Communication for Better LGBTQIA+ Care
June 1, 2026
Dr. Keaster Andrew Keaster, MD, is a hospitalist with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, who also takes some shifts at the gender-affirming care clinic that he...
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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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The Value of Investing in Good Onboarding for Hospitalists
May 1, 2026
Every hospital system faces the challenges of orienting and integrating new healthcare personnel, including new hospitalists, many of whom come straight from residency or fellowship. Some bumps are...
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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...
