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How Hospitalists Can Team with Nursing to Improve Patient Care
October 3, 2011
Important coordinators of care, nurses can help hospitalists build relationships
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How Hospitalists Can Team with Nursing to Improve Patient Care
September 23, 2011
Respect and trust go a long way with nurses, and improve patient care, satisfaction
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interview with a pediatric hospitalist who is starting a palliative care team
August 2, 2010
Listen to an audio interview with Ami Doshi, MD, who is spearheading an effort to establish a pediatric palliative care team at the University of California at San Diego.
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Supporting Your Workforce: Building an Effective APP Leadership Team
July 1, 2025
Quoting the leadership guru Simon Sinek, April Burke, vice president of advanced practice providers at Sound Physicians, set the tone of her SHM Converge session in Las Vegas: “Leadership without...
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Reflections After Attending on an Oncology Hospitalist Service for Three Years
- Nathaniel Parker, DO, FACP
June 24, 2025
1. The Privilege of Immediate Impact Unlike many inpatient services, the oncology hospitalist role often means managing pivotal moments in a patient’s cancer journey. The admission might reflect a...
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The Case for Hospitalists’ Involvement in Hospital Contract Negotiations
- Fady Chamoun, MD, FHM;
- Thejaswi K. Poonacha, MD, MBA, SFHM
June 24, 2025
Physician advisors and hospitalists bring indispensable value to contract negotiations between hospital systems and payers. Traditionally, contracting has been managed primarily by finance and...
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Career Hospitalist Advisement and Mentorship Program (CHAMP)
- Agostina Velo, MD;
- Andrew Dunn, MD, MACP, FRCP, SFHM;
- Benjamin Hack, MD;
- Eric Barna, MD, MPH;
- Forough Hakimzada, MD;
- Krystle Hernandez, MD;
- Vasundhara Singh, MD, FACP, SFHM
June 2, 2025
Between 2012 and 2019, the field of hospital medicine experienced rapid growth, expanding by 50%.1 From 2019 to 2021 alone, there was an additional 10% increase, signaling continued growth over the...
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The Balancing Act: How Hospitalists Juggle Clinical and Teaching Responsibilities
April 1, 2025
Among their many responsibilities, hospitalists typically rank patient care as their number one priority and the education of medical students, residents, and fellows as a critical number two. As...
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Trends in Benefits for Hospitalists, and How They Help With Recruitment and Retention
April 1, 2025
Every incentive counts when it comes to recruiting and retaining top talent. In particular, today’s hospitalists view funding for continuing medical education (CME) and getting paid time off (PTO)...
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Reducing Avoidable Readmissions is an Important Focus for Hospitalists
April 1, 2025
Now in its 13th year, Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) continues to incentivize hospitals to do a better job of coordinating the care of patients they are discharging to...