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Nonclinical Medical Teams Role Gives Clinical Staff More Time for Patient Care
October 3, 2022
As patient numbers rise, so do clerical duties, and studies are showing that many highly trained clinical staff are getting bogged down. Two hospital administrators recognized the issue and created a...
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Curbing C. difficile Infection in a Hospital
October 3, 2022
Shutterstock.com This article discusses the prevalence of Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection in hospitals, the progress that’s been made in recent years in reducing...
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The Blueprint for Overcoming Burnout Exists
September 1, 2022
“No one is the same,” whispered a physician seated at an adjacent table, echoing the sentiment of the entire conference room of health care workers at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. We were...
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History and Importance of Procedural Medicine
August 1, 2022
Dr. Ault, considered a pioneer in procedural medicine, often used chickens as teaching tools in his courses. Over the past 30 years, the number of procedures performed by internists has steadily...
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Bringing Acute-Level Care to the Patient: Key Steps for Hospital at Home
August 1, 2022
Shutterstock.com As the hospital at home concept and care model gets more attention nationally, hospitalists often provide the leadership, clinical expertise, and labor needed to get these...
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Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis and as Hospitalists, It’s Time to Step Up
July 12, 2022
I did not think that becoming a pediatric hospitalist would require me to become an expert in firearm injury, but here I am. Every day more than 300 people are shot in the United States.1,2 That fact...
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10 Facts for Hospitalists About Abortion
June 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe versus Wade is expected to result in a wave of state laws limiting access to reproductive health. This highlights why clinicians should stay current...
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Onboarding Changes in the Wake of the Pandemic
June 1, 2022
The switch from in-person to virtual takes away a personal touch, but also offers some convenience hospitals may continue to use The COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to work a little differently,...
Prescriptions for health and happiness
May 2, 2022
In addition to all the fear and chaos it has wreaked, COVID-19 has changed the way we think about our health. Thanks to the psychological, and even the physical, impacts of protracted quarantines and...
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SHM’s New President, Dr. Thompson, Talks about the Future
May 2, 2022
Dr. Thompson In February of 2019, I wrote The Amazing Work We Get To Do 10 months before the first case of COVID-19 at Providence Everett in Washington was diagnosed. In that article, I wrote of...