The Hospitalist - An Official Publication of Society of Hospital Medicine
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Coding Corner: Type 1 MI, Type 2 MI, or Non-Ischemic Myocardial Injury
October 1, 2025
An 82-year-old female with a history of hypertension and stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) was admitted with fever, hypotension, and confusion. The workup revealed Escherichia coli bacteremia due...
Recognizing and Addressing Health Literacy Barriers
October 1, 2025
October marks Health Literacy Month, a crucial observance dedicated to highlighting the essential role health literacy plays in patient care, especially within hospital medicine. Health...
Cardiac POCUS: A Bedside Window View of the Heart
October 1, 2025
Heart ultrasound image on a computer screen. In many hospitals across the nation, hospitalists assume leadership roles during rapid response and code blue events, especially in settings where...
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History of Antibiotic Stewardship
October 1, 2025
Antibiotic stewardship—the coordinated effort to optimize antimicrobial use—is integral to hospital medicine, though its origins extend much earlier than contemporary clinical programs...
Fighting the Pandemic of Misinformation
October 1, 2025
Adapted from a talk given at TEDx-Buffalo, June 2025 On November 28, 2021, scrolling through Twitter, I came across a tweet by @SailingKateMD: “Checked my ICU list after being gone for a few days...
A Comparative View of Chinese and American Hospitals
October 1, 2025
The hospital experience can be intimidating for the uninitiated. For hospitalists, however, the hospital is a second home—an environment where we manage patient care with familiarity and...
How Should Vitamin D Levels be Interpreted in Patients with IBD?
October 1, 2025
A 35-year-old male with Crohn’s disease (CD) presents with diarrhea, frequent abdominal cramps, and fatigue. He is on a tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitor, infliximab 5 mg/kg infusion...
Cystatin C in the Inpatient Setting: Enhancing Kidney Function Assessment
October 1, 2025
A 68-year-old man on chronic steroids for amiodarone-induced thyroiditis presented with pneumonia, hypotension, and encephalopathy. Though the pneumonia resolved, his encephalopathy worsened, and...
Treating Influenza: Yay or Nay to Antivirals?
October 1, 2025
Vote Yay for Treating Flu A (Dr. Mehta) We, as a nation, recently experienced an influenza epidemic that was the worst in 15 years in my state of Ohio. Questions reminiscent of the pre-pandemic...
From SHM
SHM Advocacy at Work
SHM supports legislation that affects hospital medicine and general healthcare, advocating for hospitalists and the patients they serve. Recently, SHM has joined a letter requesting a physician exemption from the new H-1B filing fees, and it has joined a coalition opposing the DHS proposed rule that replaces admission for the duration of status with fixed periods of admission for J-1 physicians.
From JHM
Patients and Families Reading Their Discharge Summaries: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Benefits, Concerns, and Implications
This article explores patients' experiences with reading their discharge summaries and the impact of having this information during the posthospitalization period. It focuses on opportunities to address common concerns—such as medication changes, follow-up steps, and documentation errors.
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