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Back to basics
- Jerome C. Siy, MD, MHA, SFHM
April 1, 2022
Dr. Siy Where does one begin as we charge into a third year of a pandemic? Hospitalists have leaped hurdle after hurdle to care for COVID-19 patients and those we cared for in congregate living...
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Workforce Issues
April 1, 2022
Silver linings emerge for hospitalists For Elisabeth Souther, MD, chief of hospital medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, a rural, academic hospital with almost 400 beds in Lebanon, N.H.,...
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Volunteers—making SHM an educational, scientific, and advocacy powerhouse for 25 years
April 1, 2022
For Ramesh Adhikari, MD, MS, FHM, a hospitalist with Franciscan Alliance in Lafayette, Ind., volunteering for SHM seemed like the right thing to do. “My motivation was to advance the field of...
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Drinking from the fire hose of emerging medical literature
- Alan Hall, MD;
- Eileen Barrett, MD, SFHM;
- Maria Maldonado MD;
- Mary Manley MD
April 1, 2022
We’ve all said to ourselves hundreds of times, “I need to stay more up to date on the medical literature.” For hospitalists with ever-increasing patient care and administrative...
Movers and Shakers
March 18, 2022
Farzana Hoque, MD, MRCP, FACP was recently recognized with the Caring Physician, Attending Physician of the Quarter, and the Excellence in Professionalism awards by SSM Health Saint Louis...
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Learn to surf
March 3, 2022
Recently, three hospitalists turned what could have been a webinar focused on venting into something positive and inspirational. Sharmila Dissanaike, MD, FACS, FCCM, a hospitalist and a trauma,...
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Top 10 leadership tips from Dr. Eric Howell
March 1, 2022
Dr. Howell While preparing for National Hospitalist Day, I began reflecting on how fortunate I am to be a hospitalist and on the aspects of leadership that have allowed me to successfully...
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Movers and Shakers
March 1, 2022
Dr. Choi Chang B. Choi, MD, FHM has been named to the board of directors at CalvertHealth, Prince Frederick, Md. Dr. Choi leads the adult-hospitalist team at CalvertHealth Medical Center. Since...
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Must-attend Converge sessions
March 1, 2022
SHM editorial board members share their picks Each year, hospitalists, clinicians, and frontline workers come together for SHM’s annual conference—Converge. They come for education, engagement,...
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How to manage patients with eating disorders in the inpatient setting
March 1, 2022
Case Dr. Wimberly A 25-year-old female pharmacy student is brought to the emergency department by her parents after a presyncopal episode while at home for a school break. Her parents are...