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Fired on the Floor: Should We Allow it?
- John Hoyle, MD;
- Yasmin Marcantonio, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAP
September 3, 2025
As healthcare professionals, we have a responsibility to promote patient autonomy and self-advocacy. Modern healthcare has shifted to prioritize a culture that is increasingly patient-centered, with...
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What are the Risks, Challenges, and Solutions to Medical Gaslighting in Hospital Medicine?
- Anthony D. Slonim, MD, DrPH, FCCM;
- Kryss Shane, PhD, MBA, MSW, LMSW;
- Nikhil Sood, MD
September 3, 2025
Case Emily is a 35-year-old woman with no substantial medical history who presents to the emergency department (ED) due to severe headaches that have worsened in recent weeks. She also experiences...
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Simulating Success
- Arti Tewari, MD;
- Ethan Molitch-Hou, MD, MHP, SFHM;
- Jilian R. Sansbury, MD, FACP, FHM
September 3, 2025
Simulation in medical training is an evidence-based, cost-effective tool for doctors at every level to take part in patient care scenarios in a protected environment. From small group “megacode”...
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Charting a Legacy: The Origins of the SHM Leadership Academy
August 12, 2025
The Genesis of a Vision The SHM Leadership Academy may be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, but the origin story began much earlier. The narrative is not just one of organizational growth,...
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Different Spheres
- Rohini Harvey, MD, FAAP, FHM
July 31, 2025
Shana* was a young adult admitted for more than two weeks with a painful sickle cell episode when our team came on service. Even though I knew her from a previous admission, she was wary of so many...
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Going Home
- Jordan Messler, MD, FACP, SFHM
July 31, 2025
She promised herself that this would be the last time, no matter what. She is tired and wants to go home. This is the visit that tipped the scale. Literally. That damn scale was the source of this...
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Hospital Addiction Consultative Service Increases MOUD Initiation and Linkage to Follow-up After Discharge
- John M Cunningham, MD, FHM
July 31, 2025
Clinical question: Does an addiction-focused consult service increase medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) initiation during inpatient hospitalization and connect patients to follow-up care...
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Countertransference
July 31, 2025
He raises his head, fingers curled gently around the tiny ankle of the child on the bed – “I lost my grandson last year,” he says, quiet undertone to rustle of sheets from the next room...
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Beyond the Hospital’s Four Walls
July 31, 2025
When, in their classic 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article, Robert Wachter, MD, and Lee Goldman, MD, announced the emergence of the hospitalist concept, they defined it in terms of doctors...
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An In-Depth Look at Locum Tenens Work
July 31, 2025
Some hospitalists have found greener pastures working in locum tenens capacities. The freedom, flexibility, enticing pay, and the ability to work in a variety of hospital environments and medicine...