News
SHM responds to racism in the United States
June 25, 2020
SHM enthusiastically supports its members working to promote equity and reduce the adverse impact of racism.
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Opinion
Farewell to Larry Wellikson, MD, MHM
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- Win Whitcomb, MD, MHM
June 23, 2020
SHM cofounders praise the Society's outgoing CEO.
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Opinion
The evolution of “COVIDists”
- Christine Bryson, DO;
- Muhammad Umar, MD;
- Prasanth Prabhakaran, MD;
- Sivakumar Natanasabapathy, MD;
- Venkatrao Medarametla, MD
June 19, 2020
Hospitalists at Baystate Health in Western Massachusetts realized the necessity of a new model of care for COVID-19 patients.
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News
#WhiteCoats4BlackLives: A ‘platform for good’
June 5, 2020
Sporadic protests – with participants in scrubs or white coats kneeling for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in memory of George Floyd – have quickly grown into organized, ongoing, large-scale events at hospitals, medical campuses, and city centers.
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News
Patients’ perceptions and high hospital use
- Danielle Richardson, MD, MPH
June 4, 2020
What are patients’ perspectives of factors associated with the onset and continuation of high hospital use?
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News
Reducing low-value preop care for cataract surgery patients
June 3, 2020
Can a quality improvement project decrease low-value, preoperative testing for cataract patients?
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Opinion
New York City inpatient detox unit keeps running: Here’s how
May 28, 2020
BronxCare Health System was able to take in patients with substance use disorders at a time when other detox units were closed.
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News
The SHM 2019 Chapter Excellence Awards
May 20, 2020
The Society of Hospital Medicine congratulates its chapters on their year of success in 2019.
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News
Maskomania: Masks and COVID-19
- Kavya Bharathidasan, MD;
- Raghavendra Tirupathi, MD, FACP;
- Ruth Freshman, MSN, RN, Cic;
- Venkataraman Palabindala, MD, SFHM
May 19, 2020
Masks alone are not enough to control COVID-19 and must be coupled with other nonpharmacologic interventions.
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News
Dermatologic changes with COVID-19: What we know and don’t know
- Graeme M. Lipper, MD;
- Lindy P. Fox, MD
May 18, 2020
Two dermatologists discuss “COVID toes” and other apparent dermatologic manifestations of COVID-19.