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SHM Seats Its First Non-Physician Board Member
May 9, 2016
New Society of Hospital Medicine board member Tracy Cardin, ACNP-BC, SFHM, isn’t on the board because she’s a nurse practitioner (NP).
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Hospitalists’ Career Path: A Pinch Unexpected, and Lots of Quality Leadership
April 24, 2016
I believe there is no better field than hospital medicine to find your career path, and there’s no better organization than SHM to support you as you follow that path. My path is probably similar to most, a little unplanned and a little unexpected, but I am sure each member has their story.
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SHM Welcomes Member No. 15,000
April 19, 2016
As part of the Society of Hospital Medicine’s “Year of the Hospitalist” celebration of the 20th anniversary of the hospital medicine specialty, SHM recently welcomed its 15,000th member, Marilyn Glauber, MD, a hospitalist at St.
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Annual Meeting Highlights Latest Research, Project Completion
April 11, 2016
One of the things that Jennifer Feighner, MD, cheerfully came away with at HM16 was how to better complete a task that is distinctly uncheerful but also important to any high-performing hospital: how to collect the data of the dead.
The quality improvement session “Reducing Inpatient Mortality: A
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Policy Experts Urge Hospitalists to Get Involved, Share Knowledge
April 10, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Think beyond your four walls, speakers told hospitalists at HM16.
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Health Information Technology Ramps Up Its Presence
April 9, 2016
SAN DIEGO — To talk to Nancy Allen, MD, a locum tenens physician who works in Portland, Me., is to get a sense of that head-spinning sensation you can have in the digital age. For hospitalists, it’s an endless stream of patients, diagnoses, documentation, and performance metrics.
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New Ideas Showcased in Research at RIV Competition
April 9, 2016
Standing adjacent Poster 391 in a loud, crowded meeting hall, Monika Wells, MD, MPH, a resident in internal medicine at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, chatted with a colleague.
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Hospital Medicine 2016 Brims with Lively Talks, Record Crowds in San Diego
March 23, 2016
Yes, it rained some in dry San Diego—for the first time in a month, according to locals. But that was the extent of the disappointment at HM16—SHM’s annual meeting highlighted by inspiring words from the U.S.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Awards Three with Exclusive ‘Masters in Hospital Medicine’ Designation
March 8, 2016
SAN DIEGO—The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) today named three new Masters in Hospital Medicine at HM16, the largest meeting dedicated to the hospital medicine specialty.
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Start Thinking about Hospital Medicine 2017
March 8, 2016
Thanks to all who attended HM16 in San Diego! From the featured speakers—Acting Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S.