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Getting Started with Multicenter Research and QI: Lessons from EMO
November 1, 2023
Dr. Peterson Presenters: Chris Bonafide, MD, MSCE, Kim Albanowski, MHS-MA, Canita Brent, MPH, and Brooke Luo, MD A team from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is leading a national...
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Bridging the Gap: How Do You Interpret an Osmolal Gap?
November 1, 2023
Case A 53-year-old man with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis presented with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He drinks three to 12 beers daily and denied ingestion of toxic alcohol. Labs...
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Chapter Spotlight: Connecticut
November 1, 2023
No one starts out as the president of an SHM chapter. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. Folks are recruited to join because someone sees potential in them, and they rise to the top as their work...
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SIG Spotlight: VA Hospitalists
November 1, 2023
The practice of medicine, particularly in the hospitalized setting, is viewed by some as bureaucracy at scale. The federal government, particularly in the hospitalized setting, could be described the...
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Scholarship: Through a DEI Lens
November 1, 2023
Dr. Potts Presenters: Kristina Nazareth-Pidgeon, MD, Michelle White, MD, MPH, Victoria Parente, MD, Mikelle Key-Solle, MD, and Abby Nerlinger, MD, MPH Equity is a pillar of quality health care...
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Behavioral Emergency Response Teams and Racial Bias in Pediatric Hospitals
November 1, 2023
Dr. Edwards Presenters: Rachel Peterson, MD, and Edward Kim, MD Recently, concern has been growing about hospital patient-to-worker harm events and the increase in patients with mental health...
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Beyond Pronouns: A Hospitalist’s Guide to Understanding the Medical and Physical Aspects of Gender-Affirming Care
November 1, 2023
Dr. Hamlin Presenters: Kimberly Horstman, MD, and Taylor Rosenbaum, MD This PHM 2023 session aimed to educate hospitalists about the continuum of gender-affirming care, the side effects of...
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SHM’s President Shares Her 5 Traits of Leadership
November 1, 2023
Dr. Rehm Like most people who rise through their careers, she was first taught, and then later developed, the varied skill sets behind being the person responsible. It’s a curriculum she...
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A Look at the History of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
November 1, 2023
Dr. Ottolini The first national meeting of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference (PHM) was held in 2003—and the dividing line of before and after that confab couldn’t be a brighter red...
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Geographic Information Systems
November 1, 2023
A six-year-old patient admitted to a hospital medicine service due to status asthmaticus is a common occurrence in pediatric hospitalists nationwide. But what if the questions about why the patient...