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When the Joint Commission Comes Calling
August 3, 2026
Before he was involved in department leadership, Shivi Sharma, MBBCh, associate director of the hospitalist service at Yale New Haven Health and assistant clinical professor of medicine at the Yale...
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Demystifying Performance Measures for Hospitalists: Attribution Challenges
August 3, 2026
A hospital leader assigns the hospital medicine division chief to reduce the division’s length of stay (LOS). The division chief chooses LOS as a measure and focuses on individuals’ LOS by...
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Being a Great Unit-Based Medical Director
July 1, 2026
This talk focused on the role of the unit-based medical director and the skills needed to be effective in this position. Although there are some similarities to other leadership positions, such as...
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A Giant Leap: Lessons from the Early Days of Generative AI Meets Healthcare
July 1, 2026
Robert Wachter, MD, returned to the SHM Converge mainstage and took attendees on a tour of his perspective on artificial intelligence (AI). Drawing from the more than 100 interviews he conducted as...
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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2026 Shark Tank Competition
July 1, 2026
The Shark Tank Competition session showcased innovative, early-stage ideas aimed at addressing operational, educational, and equity challenges in hospital medicine. Structured as a pitch-style forum,...
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Business Updates for the Hospitalist: The Top Business Articles of 2025 that Will Change the Way You Lead, Do Your Job, and Practice Medicine
July 1, 2026
This highly engaging talk by Christopher Russo, MD, reviewed high-impact articles from outside the medical literature and examined how knowledge from fields outside medicine can change the way...
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Private Equity Acquisition of Hospitals is Associated with Decreased Staffing, Increased Patient Transfers, and Increased ED Mortality
June 1, 2026
Clinical question: How does acquisition by private equity firms impact patient outcomes in emergency departments (EDs) and intensive care units (ICUs), and how is this related to changes in hospital...
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Influenza Vaccination Improves All-Cause Mortality and Rates of Readmission for Patients Admitted with Acute HF
March 2, 2026
CLINICAL QUESTION: Does influenza vaccination prior to hospital discharge improve a cause mortality and rates of readmission for patients admitted with acute heart failure (HF)? BACKGROUND:...
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What Is the “Source of Truth” for Hospitalists?
March 2, 2026
When he was a resident, Thejaswi Poonacha, MD, a hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, set out to look at the clinical practice guidelines of the National...