News
COVID spikes exacerbate health worker shortages in Rocky Mountains, Great Plains
October 26, 2020
“One case can take out a whole team of people in a blink of an eye.”
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News
Patients can read your clinical notes starting Nov. 2
October 22, 2020
“Open notes” mandates immediate patient access to inpatient and outpatient notes and testing and imaging results.
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Opinion
Increasing racial diversity in hospital medicine’s leadership ranks
October 21, 2020
According to recent data, only 5.5% of hospital medicine group leaders were Black/African American.
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News
Hospitalists and unit-based assignments
October 16, 2020
The push for geographic rounding comes from the need to achieve excellence in patient care and efficiency in work flow.
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News
COVID-19 pandemic amplifies uncertainty for immigrant hospitalists
October 13, 2020
“It feels like we are essential health care workers but non-essential immigrants,” said Dr. Patel.
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News
Hospital leadership lessons in the era of COVID-19
October 12, 2020
In a virtual SHM seminar, Dr. Leonard Marcus shared advice and techniques for meta-leadership.
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News
The ally in the waiting room
October 5, 2020
Daily communication between hospitalists and a patient’s loved one is important to give a sense that the patient is looked after.
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News
Pandemic poses new challenges for rural doctors
September 29, 2020
But physicians are adapting and still finding joy in treating patients.
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Opinion
HM20 Virtual: Combating racism in medicine
September 28, 2020
Though the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented, the pandemic of racism is not.
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Opinion
Defining excellence with Dr. Kimberly Manning
September 16, 2020
SHM’s 2020-2021 Awards of Excellence nominations are now open with nine unique categories.
