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Five Approaches to Change Management in Quality Improvement and Operational Initiatives
- Aziz Ansari, DO, FAAHPM, FACP, SFHM;
- Thomas McIlraith, MD, SFHM
January 3, 2023
Dr. McIlraith Dr. Ansari “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” Sun Tzu, The Art of War The U.S. has the world’s...
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Telemedicine to the Rescue
- Andrea Hadley, MD;
- Chris Arnos, MD;
- Dave Synhorst, MD;
- Eric Kort, MD;
- Jeri Kessenich, MD;
- Martina Inclan, MD
January 3, 2023
Children’s hospitals across the nation have been overwhelmed by the current surge of patients with acute respiratory illnesses.1 The unprecedented demand for acute care has caused critical...
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Should You Feed Patients Admitted for IBD Flares?
- Jaya Vasudevan, MD;
- Linda A. Feagins, MD
January 3, 2023
Case: A 26-year-old woman with a history of poorly controlled Crohn’s Disease (CD) presents to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of progressively worsening diarrhea for the past two...
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Chapter Spotlight: Pacific Northwest
January 3, 2023
Dr. Franco The use of technology to connect people is a great idea if you ask Thérèse Franco, MD, SFHM, president of SHM’s Pacific Northwest chapter. But not if it’s technology for...
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Experts Offer Guidance on Transitioning Children to Adult Care
December 1, 2022
LAKE BUENA VISTA—Transitioning a child from pediatric to adult care can be a sensitive process fraught with anxiety, and there is fairly little guidance on how to do it well, panelists said here at...
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Chapter Spotlight: Wiregrass
December 1, 2022
Like sports teams in the largest cities, SHM chapters in major metropolitan markets benefit from the resources of their surroundings. But in smaller regions, resources—like hospitalists—are...
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SIG Spotlight: Substance Use Disorders
December 1, 2022
It’s become a refrain in society as common as complaining about the weather: COVID-19 accelerated trend lines in things that were already headed downward. Parts of the economy. Political...
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Nursing Shortages Stress Existing Staff and Patient Care
December 1, 2022
The burden on critical care nurses during the pandemic has been well-documented, resulting in many nurses leaving their jobs. Even before the pandemic, the study United States Registered Nurse...
In the Literature (ITL) Guidelines
November 8, 2022
Goal Readers want to know timely, concise updates of literature relevant to hospital medicine. Additionally, they want the take-home message without reading the article and perhaps even your entire...
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Hospital Closures Pose Challenges to Care
November 1, 2022
Empty beds in a hospital room. When 10-bed Nye Regional Medical Center, in west-central Nevada, closed abruptly in 2015, it meant that the residents of the former gold-mining town of Tonopah...