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Celebrating the Human in Hospitalist (and Patient)
June 13, 2024
2024 National Hospitalist Day Contest Winner I have a small stack of cards. They sit tucked away in a little envelope in a drawer of the desk in my home office. There aren’t many, and I do not...
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A Hospitalist Haiku
June 13, 2024
Me. White Coat. Stoic. You. Blue gown. Waiting for news. I cry. You collapse. Submission for the 2024 National Hospitalist Day Contest Dr. Childers is a hospitalist and physician...
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A Love Letter to Hospitalists
June 13, 2024
Dear Hospitalist, I am writing this letter as one of you to express my heartfelt gratitude for the silent sacrifices you have made for decades, especially as frontline workers during the COVID-19...
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Beyond the Dashboard
June 13, 2024
As a hospitalist, I am accustomed to dashboards measuring my performance by length of stay, number of hours in observation, and catheter-acquired infections. When these metrics are unfavorable, the...
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Celebrating the Human in Hospitalist Medicine
June 13, 2024
This spring as part of an interview panel, a statement stood out that seemed completely ordinary at first. The candidate in question for our hospitalist program was answering how to best manage...
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The Humans in Hospitalists
June 13, 2024
From admission to discharge, and transfers in and out, We are the captain of the ship. We aim to guide our patients through their hospitalized journey. With the goal of safe...
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SHM 2024 Awards of Excellence and Junior Investigator Award
June 3, 2024
SHM’s Awards of Excellence Program honors members who’ve made exceptional contributions to hospital medicine in various categories. Please join The Hospitalist and SHM in congratulating the 2024...
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Celebrating the 2023 Chapter Excellence Status Awards Recipients
June 3, 2024
Celebrating the 2023 Chapter Excellence Status Awards Recipients SHM has five international and 65 U.S. chapters, extending SHM’s reach and providing networking and information at the local level....
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Chapter Spotlight: Pee Dee
June 3, 2024
COVID-19 was brutal on SHM chapters nationwide, immediately forcing events to teleconference technology and eliminating the in-person networking and education that has become a staple of the...
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SIG Spotlight: Patient Experience
June 3, 2024
Length of stay, work-relative value units, hospital-acquired infections. There is no shortage of metrics—and their accompanying acronyms—that silo, summarize, and study whether hospitalists are...