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Dr. Shi Revels in the Diversity of Experiences and Opportunities in HM
May 3, 2024
Q & A with Lucy Shi, MD, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif. Dr. Shi felt she had too many interests and not much direction when she first started as a hospitalist. Reflecting, growing,...
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A Clinician’s Romance with Uncertainty
March 4, 2024
It all started as a fling; harmless, unburdened. My tryst with uncertainty found its roots in those educational conferences where every case started as a mystery and was resolved with a definitive...
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SHM’s 2023 State of Hospital Medicine Report Includes New Data
August 10, 2023
SHM’s 2023 State of Hospital Medicine (SoHM) Report contains the first data on hospital medicine groups since before the COVID-19 pandemic started in early 2020. SHM paused the normal two-year...
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A Vantage Point Amidst Chaos
July 31, 2023
Photos are taken from the campus of EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Wash. The hospital is a vantage point, A window into human existence, Where we see proof...
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Complying with the MATE Act
June 13, 2023
The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, of 2023, which takes effect June 2023. The MATE Act requires training for Drug Enforcement...
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Mr. Desamours Thrives on Serving Others
May 24, 2023
Q & A with Patrick Desamours, MSPA, PA-C, MBA, CHCQM, SFHM, director of APP operations, hospital medicine, US AcuteCare Solutions, Westminster, Md. Perseverance has paid off for Mr. Desamours...
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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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Hospitalists’ Jam Session
July 1, 2022
These members of the band performed in Nashville: standing (L to R): Kevin Maguire, Do, FHM, John Nelson, MD, MHM, Robert Zipper, MD, MMM, SFHM, Thomas McIlraith, MD, CLHM, SFHM, and David Lake, MD;...
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What Do Hospitalists Need to Know About Monkeypox?
June 24, 2022
What is monkeypox? Monkeypox is a rare infection caused by the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae. The Orthopoxvirus genus also includes...
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#HowWeHospitalist: A glimpse into six lives
February 16, 2022
They’ve been called heroes and godsends and walked out of work to applause from passersby. That respect and admiration was a balm to overworked hospitalists. Now many of the nation’s estimated...