News
Labor & Delivery: An overlooked entry point for the spread of viral infection
February 27, 2020
OB hospitalists can be doing more to protect the public from viral spread.
Opinion
The evolution of social media and visual abstracts in hospital medicine
February 20, 2020
Medical journals are looking for novel ways to engage their audiences and create communities.
Opinion
2019 Novel Coronavirus: Frequently asked questions for clinicians
January 30, 2020
Dr. Andrew T. Pavia offers practical advice on how to make a 2019-nCoV plan.
News
Introduction to population management
January 30, 2020
The cornerstone of population management is provider accountability for the cost of care.
Opinion
Community pediatric care is diminishing
January 15, 2020
With the loss of pediatric units, community hospitals lose their comfort caring for children.
Opinion
Envisioning the future of hospital medicine
December 18, 2019
The hospital medicine practice model as we know it may be facing an existential crisis.
Opinion
Guideline: Diagnosis and treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia
November 22, 2019
The practice guideline was jointly written by an ad hoc committee of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Opinion
Was the success of hospital medicine inevitable?
November 8, 2019
SHM leadership has always believed that hospital medicine is a “work in progress,” says Dr. Larry Wellikson.
Opinion
Climate change, health systems, and hospital medicine
October 24, 2019
Carbon neutrality is achievable in the health care sector, but time is of the essence.
Opinion
Labeling of medication warnings
September 30, 2019
Issuing timely warnings regarding medical products promotes patient safety, and the law appears to place the major onus on the manufacturer.