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    SHM Is Using Its Voice. Help Us Stay on Message.

    September 1, 2022

    Dr. Howell I begin this article with the obvious: these are challenging times. Some of the challenges are thrust upon us, like the COVID-19 virus, and some are made by our own society, like the...

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    How We Improved MOLST Documentation

    September 1, 2022

    What: Increasing the documentation of end-of-life care preferences (advance directives) during hospital admission for patients with advanced comorbidities admitted to the telemetry/stroke...

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    Hospitalists Lead the Way for Hospital at Home Programs

    September 1, 2022

    Part II of a two-part series In his plenary address at SHM’s Converge Conference in Nashville, Tenn., on April 9, hospital medicine founding father Robert Wachter, MD, MHM, posed the question:...

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    The Blueprint for Overcoming Burnout Exists

    September 1, 2022

    “No one is the same,” whispered a physician seated at an adjacent table, echoing the sentiment of the entire conference room of health care workers at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. We were...

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    Celebrating Women in Hospital Medicine

    September 1, 2022

    September is Women in Medicine Month, a time to inspire, elevate, and recognize women and their roles in medicine. The following SHM members—recommended by members of The Hospitalist’s editorial...

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    Why Hospitalists Should Vote and Help Their Patients with Civic Engagement

    September 1, 2022

    Politics plays a vital role in health care. In Thomas Oliver’s article, “The Politics of Public Health Policy,”1  he emphasizes how political decisions are crucial in how health care policy is...

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    Movers and Shakers

    August 17, 2022

    Christie White, MBA, HCM-CMPE has been named chief operations officer at Lovelace Health System, Albuquerque, N.M. Ms. White has more than 26 years of experience in health care, including both...

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    Bringing Acute-Level Care to the Patient: Key Steps for Hospital at Home

    August 1, 2022

    Shutterstock.com As the hospital at home concept and care model gets more attention nationally, hospitalists often provide the leadership, clinical expertise, and labor needed to get these...

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    SHM’s 2022 Hill Day a Success

    August 1, 2022

    US Capitol. Getty Images It’s been two years since members of SHM’s Public Policy Committee (PPC) participated in Hill Day—the annual visit to Washington, D.C. to meet with legislators and...

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    SIG Spotlight: POCUS

    August 1, 2022

    For a skill that is decidedly single-handed, many hands make lighter work for hospitalists focused on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS). Hence the popularity of SHM’s POCUS Special Interest Group...