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10 Facts for Hospitalists About Abortion
- Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, SFHM;
- Krystle D. Apodaca, DNP, FHM;
- Laura Chambers-Kersh, MD;
- Suman Pal MD
June 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe versus Wade is expected to result in a wave of state laws limiting access to reproductive health. This highlights why clinicians should stay current...
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What Do Hospitalists Need to Know About Monkeypox?
- Nikhila Chelikam MBBS, MSCR;
- Raghavendra Tirupathi MD, FACP, FRCP, FIDSA;
- Swetha Areti, MD;
- Venkataraman Palabindala, MD, MBA, SFHM
June 24, 2022
What is monkeypox? Monkeypox is a rare infection caused by the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae. The Orthopoxvirus genus also includes...
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Hospitalists Talk about Rebuilding Trust in Health Care
- Ankit Mehta MD FACP SFHM;
- Benji K. Mathews, MD, FACP, SFHM
May 2, 2022
Dr. Mehta Trust is fundamental to the practice of medicine. As the foundation of a therapeutic relationship, it’s essential for effective care delivery. Trust is a fragile bond, an agreement...
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Hospitalists stretch beyond their hospitals’ four walls
March 1, 2022
Praveen K. Vemula, MD, MPH, CPE, FACP, for the past decade a hospitalist and physician leader, currently with the 11-hospital WellStar Health System based in Atlanta, brought a master’s degree and...
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#HowWeHospitalist: A glimpse into six lives
February 16, 2022
They’ve been called heroes and godsends and walked out of work to applause from passersby. That respect and admiration was a balm to overworked hospitalists. Now many of the nation’s estimated...
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Hospitalists demonstrate resiliency in the face of challenge
February 3, 2022
Dr. Verplanke As he reflected upon his days as a hospitalist and unit medical director within the division of hospital medicine at NYU Langone Health in New York, since the COVID-19 pandemic...
What I wish I knew before becoming a hospitalist
- Allison Ashford, MD;
- Rachna Rawal, MD;
- Teela Crecelius MD
January 7, 2022
Finishing residency and beginning a career in hospital medicine is an exhilarating time of autonomy, unlike any time during residency. Now you can finally flex independent clinical skills. However,...
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Hospitalist Movers and Shakers
January 7, 2022
Dr. Merchant Malik Merchant, MD recently joined Del Sol Medical Center (El Paso, Texas) as its chief medical officer. Before joining Del Sol, Dr. Merchant was the section chief of hospitalists...
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Hospitalists helped plan COVID-19 field hospitals
November 18, 2021
Better to plan for too much than not plan for enough, say hospitalists who helped build COVID-19 field hospitals.
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Hospitalist movers and shakers – November 2021
November 5, 2021
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.