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The hidden pandemic
January 7, 2022
Dr. Sekaran In the eyes of Anand Sekaran, MD, division head of hospital medicine, and medical director of inpatient services at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., it’s...
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A different kind of leadership rounds
- Chris Moriates, MD;
- Elizabeth Schulwolf MD;
- F. Parker Hudson MD;
- Kirsten Nieto MD;
- Lysbeth Miller MD;
- Michael Pignone MD;
- Read Pierce MD
January 7, 2022
In the early 2000s, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement helped popularize the idea of Leadership WalkRounds, encouraging health care leaders to regularly visit frontline clinical units to hear...
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Practicing HM in the Alaska Native community
- Anna Ogena, MD, FAAP;
- Matthew Hirschfeld MD;
- Whitney Elliot MD
January 5, 2022
The Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) in Anchorage, Alaska has served the Alaska Native community since 1999. Our group works with the community to...
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Opinion
A case-based framework for de-escalating conflict
- Allison Ashford, MD;
- Eileen Barrett, MD, SFHM;
- Nicole Lee, MD;
- Rachna Rawal, MD
December 14, 2021
De-escalation of a conflict is a critical and evolving skill and practice.
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News
Does morning discharge really improve hospital throughput?
December 13, 2021
Focus on the actual processes that create bottlenecks preventing throughput.
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Opinion
Reflecting on 2021, looking forward to 2022
December 10, 2021
Throughout the pandemic, SHM has continued to provide hospitalists with vital tools.
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Opinion
Chronically interrupted: The importance of communication with patient and family during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Ebrahim Barkoudah, MD, MPH;
- John Halporn, MD;
- Nichola Haddad, MD
December 9, 2021
The quantitative and qualitative steps of transition of care should overcome disconnect between teams.
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Residency programs readjust during COVID
December 3, 2021
The pandemic has put a spotlight on the importance of being flexible.
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Ten changes that could keep clinicians in the workforce in a pandemic
December 2, 2021
Doctors make checklist of low-cost action items to start addressing a wave of providers leaving medicine.
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Comparing pulmonary embolism mortality risk scores
November 16, 2021
How well do risk scores estimate mortality outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE)?