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SIG Spotlight: Oncology Hospitalists
September 3, 2024
A lot of hospital medicine goes back to the mid-1990s when the term was first coined and the budding specialty’s first bricks were laid. Dr. Hodde Dealing with cancer as an inpatient expert...
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Finding the Time to Optimize Hospitalist Workflow
August 15, 2024
The average daily census (ADC) is a tool that has been used in healthcare to “effectively manage patient flow, allocate resources, and ensure high-quality care.” It has become a central part of...
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The Hospitalist Wins 2024 APEX Award for Publication Excellence
August 9, 2024
The Hospitalist, the official monthly news magazine of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), has won an APEX Award of Excellence in the Magazines, Journals, and Tabloids category for writing for...
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Love and the Hospitalist
July 1, 2024
Some of the most important lessons I’ve learned in life have come from conversations with my patients. Such was the case with Ms. W a wiry 85-year-old who came in with increasing fatigue and a...
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Common Inpatient Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning: Practical Applications for the Hospitalist
July 1, 2024
Everyone has cognitive biases that can lead to errors in diagnosis and have a profound impact on patient management decisions. In this thought-provoking session, Dr. Daniel Restrepo, a hospitalist...
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The Art and Science of Hospitalist Workloads: Designing and Implementing Evidence-Informed Strategies for Optimal Patient, Workforce, and Organizational Outcomes
July 1, 2024
This engaging strategy session was led by two passionate speakers committed to optimizing hospital operations while prioritizing the well-being of hospitalists. They delved into various challenges,...
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Celebrating the Human in Hospitalist (and Patient)
June 13, 2024
2024 National Hospitalist Day Contest Winner I have a small stack of cards. They sit tucked away in a little envelope in a drawer of the desk in my home office. There aren’t many, and I do not...
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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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4 Things Hospitalists Can Do to Reduce Nursing Turnover
- Weijen Chang, MD, FAAP, SFHM
May 1, 2024
Hospitalists and hospital administrators know the greatest challenge to providing safe, high-quality healthcare day in and day out in the U.S. is adequate nurse staff. Already a problem before the...
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Tricky Transitions: How SNF Challenges Affect Hospitalists
May 1, 2024
With skilled nursing facing thin margins and high costs, many hospitalists are also struggling to transfer patients for the care they need from these types of facilities. This becomes a big...