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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...
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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...