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Becoming a Well-being Advocate
- Anna Zachwieja, MHA;
- Swati Mehta, MD, FACP, CPXP, SFHM
May 1, 2023
By now, burnout and its related toll on clinicians nationwide are recognized as a pressing crisis. While burnout among U.S. health care practitioners isn’t new, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated...
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Reducing Mental Health Care Barriers for Hospitalists
- John Gaskill, DO, Richard M. Wardrop III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP, FHM, Joshua Allen-Dicker, MD, MPH, SFHM and Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH
May 1, 2023
Clinical vignette MB is a 36-year-old woman who completed her residency three years ago. She has practiced as a hospitalist at a community hospital since that time. Throughout her time in medical...
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The Future of Hospital Medicine…Is Connected
April 18, 2023
Recently someone on Twitter, supposedly a physician, replied to one of my tweets calling out misinformation and tried to catch me in some trap about vaccine-induced cardiac events. She went on to...
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Chapter Spotlight: North Jersey
April 3, 2023
North Jersey, which represents the area between the upper Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean, is considered part of the greater New York City metropolitan area; it has a higher population compared...
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The Rewards of Getting Involved
March 24, 2023
The Hospitalist‘s editorial advisory board is a volunteer group of SHM members who share their time, experience, insight, and ideas to ensure we're publishing relevant, interesting, and educational...
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Reflections Forward
- Rachel E. Thompson, MD, MPH, SFHM
March 1, 2023
Rising costs of care. Decreasing access to care. Inequities in access to quality care. Inequities in care. Systemic bias and racism. Polarizing politics. Decreasing resources. Aging systems. Aging...
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Connecting at Converge Via SIGs and Chapters
March 1, 2023
One of the many benefits of SHM membership is connecting and learning from fellow members. One of the best ways to do that is to join a Special Interest Group (SIG) or Chapter. SHM’s SIGs are...
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Bright Spots in the Future of Hospital Medicine
March 1, 2023
As Americans start to rediscover their place in a (largely) post-pandemic world, hospitalists across the country are resuming and recommitting to a variety of extracurricular roles and...
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The Power of Emotional Intelligence for Hospitalists
- Farzana Hoque, MD, MRCP (UK), FACP
February 1, 2023
Emotions drive people, people drive performance. This oft-quoted expression provides a simplified explanation of emotional intelligence, but let’s dive a little deeper and consider its importance...
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Update: Caring for COVID-19 Patients in the Hospital
January 3, 2023
Severe cases of COVID-19 infections continue to necessitate hospitalization more than two and a half years after the pandemic first hit. A total of 26,996 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 in...