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The Great Debate 2024: Controversies in Perioperative Medicine
- Natalie Klawonn, MD, FACP
July 1, 2024
There are a great many debates in medicine. This perioperative topic lecture looked at the controversy of perioperative atrial fibrillation and a second topic of post-operative troponin screenings....
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Leading Within an Environment of Work-Life Balance: From Burnout to Wellness
- Robert A. Craven, MD, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV, SFHM
July 1, 2024
Few topics echo in the doctors’ lounge across the country more often than physician burnout. It’s the hot topic of our time. In this talk, the presenters did an excellent job exploring this issue...
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The Humans in Hospitalists
- Payal Parikh, MD, FACP, FHM
June 13, 2024
From admission to discharge, and transfers in and out, We are the captain of the ship. We aim to guide our patients through their hospitalized journey. With the goal of safe...
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Bridging Healthcare Disparities: A Call to Action for LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Care
- Gagandeep Dhillon, MD, MBA;
- Harpreet Grewal, MD;
- Rahul Kashyap, MD, MBA, FCCM;
- Ripudaman Munjal, MD;
- Venkata Buddhavarapu, MD
June 3, 2024
LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Care Venn Diagram Our first and foremost duty in healthcare is to provide our patients with compassionate and equitable care. Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
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Aiming for Equitable Care for Transgender Patients
June 3, 2024
With transgender care under debate among politicians and state laws around the U.S., hospitalists find they must take a leading role in making transgender patients feel welcome and helping them...
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4 Things Hospitalists Can Do to Reduce Nursing Turnover
- Weijen Chang, MD, FAAP, SFHM
May 1, 2024
Hospitalists and hospital administrators know the greatest challenge to providing safe, high-quality healthcare day in and day out in the U.S. is adequate nurse staff. Already a problem before the...
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New ACGME Peds Program Requirements Present Challenges and Opportunities
May 1, 2024
Although updates to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) program requirements for pediatric graduate medical education will present financial challenges to some hospitals...
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Top 10 Challenges to QIPs
- Bryant Faria, MD, FACP, SFHM;
- Harvir Singh Gambhir, MD, FHM;
- Rupesh Prasad, MD, MPH, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV, SFHM;
- Sarah Baron, MD, MS, SFHM;
- Trushar Dungarani, DO, SFHM
April 1, 2024
Hospitalists are uniquely positioned to drive quality-improvement (QI) initiatives across the health care continuum. Our daily interactions span diverse health care teams and specialties. Our care...
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Hospitalists Play a Leading Role in Responding to Mass-Casualty Incidents
March 1, 2024
Mass shootings. Bioterror attacks. Natural disasters. Wars. There’s seemingly no shortage of potential mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) that can lead health care professionals, including...
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SIG Spotlight: Physician Advisors
February 1, 2024
Physician advisors are responsible for a lot. Their work exists at the intersection of clinical matters and revenue. Think clinical documentation, hospital quality measures, length-of-stay...