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Be an Advocate for Voting
September 3, 2024
Dr. Sheehy Healthcare practitioners have firsthand knowledge about the strengths and weaknesses of the current healthcare environment. “Oftentimes, things that are working well (or not) are...
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CMS Update to the Two-midnight Rule
August 1, 2024
Many are familiar with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) two-midnight rule, which was created in 2013 and distinguished between observation-appropriate and inpatient-appropriate...
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Hospitalists, the Catalyst for Voter Engagement in Healthcare
August 1, 2024
Voting is now widely considered to be a social determinant of health, with increased access associated with improved health outcomes.1,2 Nationwide, the healthiest counties have up to 30% greater...
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Black Patients More Likely to Experience Security Emergency Responses
May 1, 2024
Colby Feeney, MD, FHM Clinical question: Do race and ethnicity predict the use of security emergency responses (SER) in a non-psychiatric inpatient setting? Background: Studies have demonstrated...
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Message from Dr. Eric Howell: The SHM Annual Report
January 2, 2024
Dr. Howell As we begin a new year, it’s common to set goals and identify areas for improvement—both in our personal and professional lives. In 2023, SHM released its inaugural Annual Report...
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SHM’s 2023 Hill Day: Continuing the Conversation with Legislators
December 7, 2023
U.S. Capitol, SHM Hill Day 2023 Each year SHM members and staff converge in Washington, D.C., to meet with legislators and discuss key concerns and policy issues that affect hospitalists, their...
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Experts Say Racism a Too-common Factor in Care, and Offer Fixes
July 5, 2023
Saying that structural racism permeates more clinical situations than hospitalists are typically aware of, a panel of speakers at SHM Converge in March offered a framework that physicians can use to...
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Complying with the MATE Act
June 13, 2023
The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, of 2023, which takes effect June 2023. The MATE Act requires training for Drug Enforcement...
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Everyone Deserves to Belong
June 1, 2023
This month’s magazine focuses on the challenges faced by our colleagues and patients from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and more (LGBTQIA+)...
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LGBTQIA+ Allyship
June 1, 2023
Dr. O’Toole Hospitalists are in a unique position to be allies for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other (LGBTQIA+) community because they’re on the...