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5 Best Practices and Resources for Interhospital Transfers
April 1, 2025
Transfer of patients between hospitals has long been a part of hospitalist life, and most hospitalists can recall any number of challenging situations. Driven by a desire to improve these situations...
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How Hospitalists Can Learn from Diagnostic Errors and Successes
February 3, 2025
Hospitalists are at the forefront of inpatient care and are well-positioned to reduce diagnostic errors while promoting diagnostic excellence. Diagnostic errors, defined as “the failure to (a)...
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Running Dry: How Hospitalists Can Conquer the IV Fluid Crisis
January 1, 2025
Intravenous fluids are undeniably essential in modern medicine, acting as a critical conduit for delivering hydration, electrolytes, medications, and nutrition to patients. They are vital for...
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Less Bloat, More Clarity: Optimizing Inpatient Notes
November 1, 2024
PHM 2024 Session Recap The objectives of this session were to define note bloat, identify unnecessary contributors to clinical note length, describe methods to decrease extraneous data and improve...
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Growing Pains: How to Successfully Navigate Inpatient Pediatric-to-Adult Care Transition
November 1, 2024
PHM 2024 Session Recap In this interactive workshop, the presenters, Ruchi Doshi, MD, Colby Feeney, MD, Kelly Grannan, MD, Christy Mulligan, MD, Rachel Peterson, MD, and Jesse Rhodes, MD, (who were...
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Clinical Scenario: Patient Care Through POLST
October 10, 2024
Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences are respected and followed, particularly during medical emergencies. As...
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Should Teaching Hospitalists be Required to Provide Direct Care?
October 1, 2024
It’s been a while since our January #JHMChat, but with a new class of interns, it seems like a good time to go back and review what we discussed! The chat focused on a Journal of Hospital Medicine...
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Hospitalist Co-management Takes Practice But Can Enhance Patient Care
October 1, 2024
Clearly defined roles are crucial when establishing a co-management program Co-management continues to evolve as hospital leaders and hospitalists find the best ways to use skills and expertise...
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Hospitalists Use POLST to Initiate Patient Conversations About Care Goals
October 1, 2024
Defining life-sustaining preferences Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) is a single-page medical order form, typically printed on bright pink paper, and signed by a physician,...
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A Roadmap for New DEI Officers in Hospital Medicine Programs
October 1, 2024
In May 2020, the murder of George Floyd sparked a national call to action within the field of medicine. The goal was to promote diversity, truly include underrepresented populations in the workforce,...