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Psychological Safety a Must for HM Education
November 14, 2023
When the space shuttle Challenger exploded in the sky in 1986, a group of engineers’ fears had come true: They had known a critical failure was possible at the low temperatures that were seen...
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Rebuilding Trust a Top Priority for Hospitalists
November 14, 2023
In addition to all of the more obvious effects such as deaths and lingering comorbidities wrought by the disease, a somewhat counterintuitive phenomenon took hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather...
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Experts Offer Tips to Thrive, Not Just Survive, in Hospital Medicine
November 14, 2023
When it comes to job satisfaction, many hospitalists might find themselves in a kind of in-between posture: Their jobs are, well, mostly fine. Dr. Pierce But Read Pierce, MD, chief of hospital...
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Research is Possible—and Vital—as a Hospitalist
November 14, 2023
When you’re in the middle of yet another impossibly busy week, making time for research in hospital medicine might seem next to impossible. But it is possible—and enormously important for the...
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My Journey
November 1, 2023
A startling diagnosis All of a sudden, I was sitting on the other side of the table from another physician, not a patient. I was not discussing my cholesterol levels, blood pressure, or anemia, but...
Gratitude is Good for Us
November 1, 2023
As our discussion about discharge ended, Ms. Jones, stooped, her thin grey hair pulled back, and moved slowly toward her husband’s hospital bed. Gently, she stroked his head and said, “We will...
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Lessons for All Hospitalists from PHM 2023
November 1, 2023
Dr. Kumar In August 2023, the Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) community celebrated 20 years of hosting the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference. The milestone was marked by highlighting the...
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Meet SHM’s 2023 DEI Scholarship Winner: Cedric Mutebi
November 1, 2023
Cedric Mutebi and his mom Lucy. The Society of Hospital Medicine bestowed its second annual Hospital Medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion scholarship earlier this year to Cedric Mutebi, a...
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Secrets of Satisfied EHR Users
November 1, 2023
A report released earlier this year by KLAS Research identified more than 3,000 “highly satisfied” users of their hospital’s electronic health record (EHR), which has also been shown to be a...
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In Service to Their Patients and Their Country
November 1, 2023
Caring. Effective. Dutiful. Supportive. Serving. Protective. Leading. Responsible. These words easily describe a hospitalist or a soldier—and sometimes both. In honor of Veteran’s Day, we...