News
Telehealth models of care for pediatric hospital medicine
September 29, 2021
Telehealth standards of care are the same as in-person care.
Article
Mean leadership
September 23, 2021
Leadership requires the investment of deliberate practice, financial acumen, negotiation skills, and increased vulnerability.
News
Nurses ‘at the breaking point,’ consider quitting due to COVID issues: Survey
September 21, 2021
“Hospitals can have all the beds and all the rooms and all the equipment they want, but without nurses and others at the front lines to provide that essential care, none of it really matters.”
Opinion
Embedding diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in hospital medicine
September 21, 2021
Hospitalists have significant work ahead to ensure that we develop and maintain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.
News
Baylor gets restraining order against COVID-19 vaccine–skeptic doc
September 17, 2021
The war should be against SARS-CoV-2, but “because this virus has so many supporters, the war in essence becomes a war against ourselves, which is much harder.”
News
Trio of awardees illustrate excellence in SHM chapters
September 16, 2021
The SHM Chapter Excellence Awards highlight outstanding efforts, engagement, and resilience.
News
PHM 2021: Achieving gender equity in medicine
September 14, 2021
COVID-19 is causing immense stress on women in medicine and the impact could be disastrous.
News
Health care workers eager for COVID booster shots
August 23, 2021
Almost all of the health care workers surveyed – 98% of physicians and 94% of nurses/APNs – have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
News
Weathering this storm and the next
August 20, 2021
Disaster preparedness is achieved with the nonstop cycle of planning, coordinating, and recognizing vulnerable areas.
Opinion
Open notes in health care: The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Cures Act
August 17, 2021
While many physicians and other providers have anticipated open notes with dread, most outcomes so far have been positive.