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From #MeToo to troponins: Updates in hospital medicine
April 13, 2018
How do you summarize a year’s worth of hospitalist-relevant research in an hour?
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The ‘holy grail’ of thrombosis prevention
April 13, 2018
SAN DIEGO – One expert says it’s the ability to determine the risk of recurrence with or without continuation of anticoagulant treatment.
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Presenting the 2018 SHM Awards of Excellence winners
April 11, 2018
Congratulations to the 2018 SHM Award of Excellence winners.
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New for HM19: Call for content expanded to include speaker, topic proposals
April 11, 2018
This change, for both workshops and sessions, will allow for more speaker diversity, as well as open the door for new presenters.
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Understanding palliative care: An important part of practicing hospital medicine
April 11, 2018
"As the population ages, this issue is going to become more and more important for our field."
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Welcome to Day 3 at HM18
April 11, 2018
Today offers sessions on advancement with topics for mid-career hospitalists and those aspiring to leadership roles.
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Session to cover expanding HM scope of practice to pre- and posthospitalization care
April 11, 2018
“As hospital medicine continues to advance, we are being asked to help hospitals and health care systems with challenges that extend beyond the hospital."
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Learn to employ cultural humility
April 11, 2018
Many health care providers are guilty of having implicit or unconscious biases against patients, which can negatively affect the care they give.
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A call for innovation: Dr. Robert Wachter to discuss evolution of HM at closing plenary
April 11, 2018
"My talk will be a pep talk and will include reflections on how the world of health care is changing and what those changes will mean to hospitalists."
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Using data to drive quality improvement projects
April 11, 2018
Attendees will learn how to develop balanced metrics for quality improvement projects, understand distinctions between quality improvement and traditional research projects, and identify how different measures of the same data can tell vastly different stories.