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SHM’s Hospital Medicine DEI Scholarship Winner: Ricardo Crespo Regalado
August 1, 2024
L to R: Dr. Kris Rehm, Ricardo Crespo Regalado, Langston Faulk of Vituity, and Dr. Eric Howell In support of its commitment to enhancing diversity in the hospitalist workforce and eliminating...
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CMS Update to the Two-midnight Rule
August 1, 2024
Many are familiar with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) two-midnight rule, which was created in 2013 and distinguished between observation-appropriate and inpatient-appropriate...
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Hospitalists, the Catalyst for Voter Engagement in Healthcare
August 1, 2024
Voting is now widely considered to be a social determinant of health, with increased access associated with improved health outcomes.1,2 Nationwide, the healthiest counties have up to 30% greater...
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Best Case Scenarios: Developing Scholarship From Your Day-to-day Work
August 1, 2024
When navigating academic medicine, a daunting task is entering into the world of scholarship. Junior faculty, residents, and medical students are often intimidated trying to find an entry point. Lack...
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SIG Spotlight: Multi-site Leaders
August 1, 2024
When you’ve seen one hospital-medicine group, as the saying goes, you’ve seen one hospital-medicine group. But when you’ve seen one multi-site hospital-medicine group, chances are you’ve...
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Chapter Spotlight: New Hampshire and Vermont
August 1, 2024
Perhaps the best description of SHM’s combined New Hampshire and Vermont chapter is camaraderie and curriculum, with a dash of snow. Dr. Krawitt “We’re creating…a kind of neighborhood...
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Semaglutide for the Hospitalist
August 1, 2024
Obesity is a chronic disease and a global health challenge across all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA), has shown promising...
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Why Generalists Triumph in a World of Specialists
July 1, 2024
David Epstein’s novel “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” is based on the idea that our world is increasingly incentivized by demands and specialization. The presenters of...
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Movers and Shakers July 2024
July 1, 2024
Dr. Vasilevskis Eduard Vasilevskis, MD, MPH, was named division chief of hospital medicine within the department of medicine at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Previously he was an...
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Love and the Hospitalist
July 1, 2024
Some of the most important lessons I’ve learned in life have come from conversations with my patients. Such was the case with Ms. W a wiry 85-year-old who came in with increasing fatigue and a...