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Women Hospitalists Supporting Women
September 1, 2023
One of the most powerful displays of support among women is when they show up for each other in their professions. This is especially true in hospital medicine, where women have made significant...
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PCP Shortage Affects Hospitalists; What are the Options?
August 1, 2023
With worsening doctor shortages expected in many areas of medicine, including hospital medicine, the expected shortfall in primary care doctors is particularly sobering. A 2021 report from the...
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Empathy for the Rural Hospitalist
August 1, 2023
In residency, we had derisive nicknames for the hospitals in the surrounding rural areas that would frequently send us patients. After we were notified of the transfer, we stayed on edge until the...
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Environmental Service Workers’ Impact on Hospitalists
August 1, 2023
Anyone who works in a hospital knows how important environmental services (EVS) professionals are to providing a safe, functional, supportive environment for patients and staff. Like many aspects of...
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Unit Medical Directors—Liaisons Between Physicians and Nurses
August 1, 2023
Dr. McFadden A variety of health care professionals contribute to caring for patients on hospital units. “Maintaining communication and optimizing processes among these multidisciplinary...
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How Having a Medical Writer on Staff Can Help Your Team
August 1, 2023
Mary Ann Kirkconnell Hall: Hospitalists face numerous demands, and those in academic medicine are also expected to write and publish their work in peer-reviewed journals, present at conferences,...
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SIG Spotlight: Med-Peds
August 1, 2023
Hospitalists trained in both pediatric and adult medicine don’t always feel grounded as a comrade among either cadre of caregivers. Consider SHM’s Med-Peds Special Interest Group (SIG) that sense...
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Chapter Spotlight: Utah
August 1, 2023
For many SHM chapters nationwide, leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic paved the way for chapter growth and progress post-pandemic. But what if a chapter used 2020 not as a bridge to success,...
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Dr. Readlynn Enjoys the Team-based Care of HM and Working with Learners
July 21, 2023
Q & A with Jennifer K. Readlynn, MD, FHM, adult hospitalist and clinician educator, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y. Whether it’s working with her...
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Movers and Shakers, July 2023
July 6, 2023
Dr. Chudgar Saumil Chudgar, MD, MS, SFHM, a hospitalist at Duke University Hospital, Durham, N.C., and associate professor of medicine and assistant dean for clinical education at Duke University...