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SIG Spotlight: Hospital at Home
February 3, 2025
Everyone knows the concept of hospital at home care. It’s institutional-level medical treatment delivered in the confines of a Cape Cod or a two-bedroom apartment, either in person or through...
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Running Dry: How Hospitalists Can Conquer the IV Fluid Crisis
- Mihir H Patel, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, CLHM, SFHM
January 1, 2025
Intravenous fluids are undeniably essential in modern medicine, acting as a critical conduit for delivering hydration, electrolytes, medications, and nutrition to patients. They are vital for...
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Expanded Care Roles for AI and Lots More: Seasoned Hospitalists Share Top Changes to the Specialty
December 2, 2024
What have been some of the most significant changes in hospital medicine since the specialty was established? What recent highs and lows have occurred in hospital medicine or healthcare as a whole?...
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Finding Your Dream Job Out of Residency
October 1, 2024
Since the role of a hospitalist was defined more than 25 years ago, hospital medicine has become an established and increasingly popular career choice for residency graduates. A recent report...
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Digital Tools: The New Frontline Against Sepsis
- Mihir Patel, MD, MPH, FACP, CLHM, SFHM
September 3, 2024
In the fast-paced world of hospital medicine, digital tools are revolutionizing the battle against sepsis. This life-threatening condition, known for its rapid onset and potentially devastating...
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Hospitalists as Disruptors in Healthcare
- Flora Kisuule, MD, MPH, SFHM
May 1, 2024
Dr. Kisuule We are living in disruptive times. We are amidst national and global conflict, we survived a pandemic that changed many aspects of our lives permanently, and many of our health...
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To Niche or Not to Niche-Should You Subspecialize?
- Ethan Molitch-Hou, MD, MPH, SFHM;
- Laura Paletta-Hobbs, MD;
- Melissa Plesac, MD;
- Paula Skarda, MD
January 2, 2024
Hospital medicine has experienced significant growth since its inception as a career within general internal medicine. Over the past 20 years, this expansion has created numerous opportunities for...
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SIG Spotlight: Health IT
January 2, 2024
The world of 2024 isn’t your grandfather’s health information technology (IT). Heck, it’s not even the world that existed when the first iPhone debuted in 2007. The breakneck pace of health IT...
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A Look at the History of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
November 1, 2023
Dr. Ottolini The first national meeting of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference (PHM) was held in 2003—and the dividing line of before and after that confab couldn’t be a brighter red...
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Hospitalist’s Role in a Transfer Center
November 1, 2023
Dr. Nguyen Presenters: Sara Sanders, MD, and Rebecca M. Cantu, MD, MPH Drs. Sanders and Cantu are pediatric hospitalists who played an integral role in the development of an extended transfer...