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Hospitalist Finds Her Niche in Quality and Patient Safety
August 4, 2022
Q & A with Isha Puri, MD, MPH, FHM, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas Dr. Puri, a volunteer member of The Hospitalist’s editorial board, joined hospital medicine when...
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Surprise! You’re a Hospitalist!
July 1, 2022
Q & A with Amanda Green, MD, FACP, FHM, HMDC, CPPS, Paris Regional Medical Center, Paris, Texas Though becoming a hospitalist was a bit unplanned for Dr. Green, she's thrived as a rural...
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Disaster Management Right up Hospitalists’ Alley
July 1, 2022
At all levels of handling disasters—managing capacity, coordination among hospitals, and biocontainment—hospitalists can and should be more involved, panelists said in a session at SHM...
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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,...