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Beyond the Prescription: A Hospitalist’s Guide to How Patients Pay for Medications in 2026
- Arunab Mehta, MD, MEd, FACP, SFHM and Stephanie Parton, PharmD, BCPS
October 1, 2026
I recently had the opportunity to go to a nearby pharmacy to get a fairly common prescription refilled. I thought using my insurance-negotiated price would be the obvious cheap option to help price...
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Hospitalists at the Hub of Patient Flow
October 1, 2026
For all the expansion of hospital medicine beyond its original focus on the hospital floor—incorporating extensivists, skilled-nursing-facility-ists, laborists, nocturnists, etc.—an essential...
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History of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Tai Kyung Sohn Hairston, MD, MEHP, FAAP
October 1, 2026
For much of the 20th century, pediatricians often cared for children in both the office and the hospital. A physician might round before clinic, return after outpatient visits, and resume care after...
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Summary of the Most Recent Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines
October 1, 2026
The 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock represent the first major update since 2021 and incorporate new evidence across sepsis...
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Updates in Pediatric Sepsis Management
- Kevin Thompkins, MD, Christy Leyland, CPNP-AC, Nora Raynor, MSN, RN, CNS, CPN, Amanda Sebring, MD, and Stefanie Reed, DO, SFHM
October 1, 2026
Sepsis is a major cause of death and disability for children worldwide, particularly for those hospitalized in the U.S. In a retrospective cohort study of 3.9 million U.S. pediatric sepsis cases,...
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SIG Spotlight: Geriatrics
October 1, 2026
When SHM’s Geriatrics Special Interest Group (SIG) founders established the group in the summer of 2025, they wanted to form a collaborative community where hospitalists could share ideas, exchange...
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Chapter Spotlight: Oregon/Southwest Washington
October 1, 2026
As the president of SHM’s Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter, Yohalakshmi Chelladurai, MD, MPH, FACP, FHM, believes that chapter membership offers support to hospitalists in both their...
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Vaseline in Times of Despair
September 14, 2026
Death, dying, unrelenting despair, Doing our best to care For those who are critically ill. Another code, another rapid. Patients who didn’t choose to be here, many held against their...
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The Bookshelf
September 14, 2026
The Bookshelf showcases books written by SHM members. If you’re an SHM member who’s published a book and would like to have it added to the Bookshelf, email your cover image and synopsis to...
Introducing The Bookshelf
September 2, 2026
The Hospitalist is debuting a new section on the website called The Bookshelf. If you’re an SHM member who’s published a book, we want to showcase your accomplishment. Send us a cover image...