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    Hospitalists Talk about Rebuilding Trust in Health Care

    May 2, 2022

    Dr. Mehta Trust is fundamental to the practice of medicine. As the foundation of a therapeutic relationship, it’s essential for effective care delivery. Trust is a fragile bond, an agreement...

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    A structured end-of-life communication strategy reduces prolonged grief in families of dying ICU patients

    May 2, 2022

    Clinical question: Does a proactive, three-step, support strategy decrease prolonged grief in relatives of patients who die in the intensive care unit (ICU)?  Dr. Wood Background: Prolonged...

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    SHM’s Leadership Academy

    April 1, 2022

    Invest in yourself and the leader you want to be SHM’s Leadership Academy was created to address an education gap common among physicians—leadership skills. These skills are not uniformly taught...

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    Back to basics

    April 1, 2022

    Dr. Siy Where does one begin as we charge into a third year of a pandemic? Hospitalists have leaped hurdle after hurdle to care for COVID-19 patients and those we cared for in congregate living...

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    Drinking from the fire hose of emerging medical literature

    April 1, 2022

    We’ve all said to ourselves hundreds of times, “I need to stay more up to date on the medical literature.” For hospitalists with ever-increasing patient care and administrative...

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    It’s time for a change

    March 1, 2022

    Much has been written about the challenges frontline health care workers have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Long hours, excessive death, and fear for one’s own safety and the welfare of...

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    Hospitalists demonstrate resiliency in the face of challenge

    February 3, 2022

    Dr. Verplanke As he reflected upon his days as a hospitalist and unit medical director within the division of hospital medicine at NYU Langone Health in New York, since the COVID-19 pandemic...

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    Helping others find their joy

    January 7, 2022

    Dr. Weijen Chang My last editor’s column focused on crisis leadership, specifically the example of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s doomed attempt to cross the Antarctic, which nonetheless proved to...

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    Hospitalists combat COVID burnout

    January 7, 2022

    Sometimes well-being is as simple as a last-minute bike ride. At the 2021 virtual Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) annual meeting in July, someone on the planning committee asked Mike Tchou, MD, MSc...

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    Practicing HM in the Alaska Native community

    January 5, 2022

    The Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) in Anchorage, Alaska has served the Alaska Native community since 1999. Our group works with the community to...