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Rounding and Admitting Teams—Separate or Together?
- Chris Migliore, MD, MS, FACP, FHM;
- Elizabeth Herrle, MD, FACP, SFHM
March 2, 2026
Clean, Clear, and Consistent For years, I was strongly against splitting our hospital medicine team structure into admitting and rounding teams. In looking at the competing values associated with...
Navigating PTO for Hospitalists
- Sarah Shihadeh, MD;
- TaRessa Wills, MD;
- Teresa Caponiti;
- Venkat P. Gundareddy, MBBS, MPH, FACP, SFHM
February 25, 2026
SHM has heard anecdotes from hospitalists that, post-COVID-19 pandemic, the culture around paid time off (PTO) has been shifting—both in prevalence and in use. Some groups are exploring PTO...
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How are AI’s Seismic Transformations Impacting Front-line Hospitalists?
February 2, 2026
Dr. Skandhan Amith Skandhan, MD, FACP, SFHM, a hospitalist and associate professor at UT Health in San Antonio, is so fascinated by the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform...
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Hospitalist-Led AI Research
- Adam Rodman, MD, MPH;
- Andrew S. Parsons, MD, MPH;
- R. Logan Jones, MD
February 2, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering hospital medicine at a moment when the field needs it most and when the risks of getting it wrong are high. For many hospitalists, interest in AI has grown...
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De-Mystifying Performance Measures for Hospitalists: Mortality
- Anunta Virapongse, MD;
- Kristin Gershfield, MD, FHM;
- Matthew Cerasale, MD, MPH, SFHM;
- Preetham Talari, MD
February 2, 2026
Mortality is the ultimate outcome metric for patient care. In the hospital, measuring mortality appears simple and straightforward, but upon considering the layers of attribution and risk...
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Social Prescriptions for Hospitalists in Tough Times
January 5, 2026
We knew hospital medicine was challenging when we signed up for the job: the most vulnerable members of our communities facing acute health crises; competing economic interests; continuous time...
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Being a Hospitalist in Your 60s and 70s
- Arunab Mehta, MD, MEd, FHM
January 5, 2026
Hospital medicine is still a relatively young field. Coined as a formal term in 1996, it has since become a cornerstone of inpatient care in the U.S. The 2010s marked a significant turning point,...
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Embracing Tele-Hospitalist Cross-Coverage Model as a Solution for Staffing Shortages
- Emily Cohen, MD;
- Jeydith Gutierrez, MD, MPH;
- Neha Jindal, MD
December 1, 2025
Staffing shortages in hospital medicine affect hospitals nationwide, presenting a critical challenge. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by...
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VA Hospitalists’ Commitment to Quality Improvement includes Support for Research, Education, and Collaboration
November 3, 2025
In 2012, after completing her medical training at George Washington University, Jessica Logan, MD, FACP, was selected to be a chief resident for quality and safety at the Washington, D.C., Veterans...
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PLQS: Innovative Merit Pathway for Hospitalist Recognition and Career Development
- Chenwei Wu, MD;
- Mehraneh Khalighi, MD
November 3, 2025
Over the past two decades, quality improvement and patient safety (QI/PS) have become integral to the mission of hospital medicine, driving system-wide problem solving and practice changes to improve...