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Environmental Service Workers’ Impact on Hospitalists
August 1, 2023
Anyone who works in a hospital knows how important environmental services (EVS) professionals are to providing a safe, functional, supportive environment for patients and staff. Like many aspects of...
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Unit Medical Directors—Liaisons Between Physicians and Nurses
August 1, 2023
Dr. McFadden A variety of health care professionals contribute to caring for patients on hospital units. “Maintaining communication and optimizing processes among these multidisciplinary...
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What are Common Pitfalls in Measuring the QTc in Hospitalized Adult Patients?
August 1, 2023
Case Ms. S. is a 60-year-old woman admitted with gastroenteritis and hypovolemia in the setting of three days of nausea and diarrhea. She was also found to have atrial fibrillation with rapid...
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The Value of Cultural Exchange in Health Care
August 1, 2023
On a Tuesday in February 2002, a happy little boy left home for school. Two hours later, he started feeling unwell, and his parents were called to pick him up. The next day, he insisted on going back...
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MRSA Nasal PCR’s Role in Empiric Antibiotic Selection
August 1, 2023
Case A 67-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was admitted to inpatient general medicine from his nursing home for pneumonia. He reported a 10-day history of an upper...
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How Having a Medical Writer on Staff Can Help Your Team
August 1, 2023
Mary Ann Kirkconnell Hall: Hospitalists face numerous demands, and those in academic medicine are also expected to write and publish their work in peer-reviewed journals, present at conferences,...
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SIG Spotlight: Med-Peds
August 1, 2023
Hospitalists trained in both pediatric and adult medicine don’t always feel grounded as a comrade among either cadre of caregivers. Consider SHM’s Med-Peds Special Interest Group (SIG) that sense...
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Chapter Spotlight: Utah
August 1, 2023
For many SHM chapters nationwide, leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic paved the way for chapter growth and progress post-pandemic. But what if a chapter used 2020 not as a bridge to success,...
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A Vantage Point Amidst Chaos
July 31, 2023
Photos are taken from the campus of EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Wash. The hospital is a vantage point, A window into human existence, Where we see proof...
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Dr. Readlynn Enjoys the Team-based Care of HM and Working with Learners
July 21, 2023
Q & A with Jennifer K. Readlynn, MD, FHM, adult hospitalist and clinician educator, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y. Whether it’s working with her...