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Hospitalists’ Holistic Approach Draws Monal Shah, MD to Hospital Medicine
March 3, 2015
There was just something about hospitalized patients and the folks who cared for them that drew the attention of Monal Shah, MD. Midway through residency, he decided that the best word for it was respect.
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Threat of Facility Closure Puts Pressure on Rural Hospitalists
February 24, 2015
A pair of rural South Carolina hospitals that may soon shutter their doors is the latest example of the pressure on rural hospitalists, says a veteran HM director.
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Hospitalists Optimistic over ABIM Changes to Maintenance of Certification Requirements
February 10, 2015
News that the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will reboot its controversial Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program is an opportunity for hospitalists to help shape their own professional development, according to former ABIM chair and hospital medicine pioneer Robert Wachter, MD, MHM.
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LISTEN NOW: Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, Explains Hospitalists’ Role in Improving the U.S. Healthcare System
February 4, 2015
Patient-safety guru Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, talks about hospitalists’ role in improving the American healthcare system. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PeterPronovo
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LISTEN NOW: Ron Greeno Discusses Key Policy Issues Facing Hospitalists
February 4, 2015
SHM Public Policy Committee Chair Ron Greeno, MD, MHM, talks about policy issues facing hospitalist, and how "Hill Day 2015" works as an advocacy tool. [caption id="attachment_7818" align="alignright" width="75"] Dr.
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LISTEN NOW: HM15 Course Director Explains How You Can Maximize SHM’s Annual Meeting
February 4, 2015
HM15 Course Director Efren Manjarrez, MD, SFHM, talks about getting new and younger hospitalists involved in the annual meeting, as well as how to get the most out of the largest hospitalist-focused confab in the nation. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/EfrenM
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2015 Annual Meeting Preview
February 2, 2015
SHM’s annual meeting returns to Washington, D.C., next month. For the third time in six years, HM15 will take place at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md., and that means thousands of hospitalists will converge on the nation’s capital to learn and lobby.
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Dr. Peter Pronovost to Speak to Hospitalists About Healthcare Quality at HM15
February 2, 2015
Type the name Peter Pronovost into Google and try to make it past the “n” before the word “checklist” pops up.
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Sightseeing, Activities, Events for Hospitalists, Families Attending HM15
February 2, 2015
Networking, education, and professional refreshment will keep several thousand hospitalists busy during HM15 workdays next month at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md. But what will fill the evenings?
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Hospital Medicine Career Perfect Fit for Hands-On Hospitalist Sowmya Kanikkannan
February 2, 2015
Sowmya Kanikkannan, MD, SFHM, has medicine in her blood. Stories her physician mother told her when she was a child piqued her curiosity.
