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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
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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?
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Focus on the actual processes that create bottlenecks preventing throughput.
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Opinion
Reflecting on 2021, looking forward to 2022
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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
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The quantitative and qualitative steps of transition of care should overcome disconnect between teams.
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Residency programs readjust during COVID
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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
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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
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How well do risk scores estimate mortality outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE)?
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Pandemic innovations that will outlast COVID
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Hospitalists discuss process changes implemented during the pandemic that will likely survive it.
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News
Geographic cohorting increased direct care time and interruptions
- Joseph R. Sweigart, MD, SFHM, FACP
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Does geographic cohorting improve hospitalist efficiency?