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Pediatric Update: Top 10 Articles of 2022
- Andrea Lauffer, MD;
- Anna Kushnir, MD
July 5, 2023
In 2022, a New York Times headline declared, “Saving kids is bad business in America.”1 Pediatric hospitalists were faced with an unprecedented winter surge due to the “tripledemic” of...
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SIG Spotlight: Family Medicine
June 1, 2023
Hospital medicine is often synonymous with internal medicine, but as Bob Dylan famously said, the times they are a-changin’. Family-medicine-trained hospital medicine practitioners may only...
Opinion
Females and the Future of Hospital Medicine
April 13, 2023
I was unknowingly the future of hospital medicine, but it was a future that almost didn’t come true. The first time I stepped onto the hospital wards was with a physician who called himself a...
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The Hospitalist’s Editorial Board Members’ Must-attend SHM Converge 2023 Sessions
February 1, 2023
SHM Converge 2023 offers world-class education for hospitalists, led by award-winning faculty. Engage with your global hospitalist community March 26-29, 2023, in Austin, Texas. With more than 150...
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Must-attend Converge sessions
March 1, 2022
SHM editorial board members share their picks Each year, hospitalists, clinicians, and frontline workers come together for SHM’s annual conference—Converge. They come for education, engagement,...
What I wish I knew before becoming a hospitalist
- Allison Ashford, MD;
- Rachna Rawal, MD;
- Teela Crecelius MD
January 7, 2022
Finishing residency and beginning a career in hospital medicine is an exhilarating time of autonomy, unlike any time during residency. Now you can finally flex independent clinical skills. However,...
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Choosing Wisely campaign targets waste and overuse in hospital pediatrics
September 8, 2021
Multiple medical societies collaborated to develop guidelines for high-value care with less unnecessary testing and hospitalization.
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Physicians’ trust in health care leadership drops in pandemic
May 24, 2021
Physicians, however, have great trust in their fellow clinicians.
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Pediatric hospitalists convene virtually to discuss PHM designation
July 8, 2020
PHM is distinct from adult hospital medicine by virtue of its designation as a board-certified subspecialty.
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Hospitalist movers and shakers – September 2019
September 19, 2019
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.