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Vaught Verdict Shines Spotlight on the Need to Report Errors Without Fear
October 3, 2022
The outcome of the RaDonda Vaught case could have a chilling effect on the reporting of medical errors by hospitalists and other front-line caregivers. Earlier this year, RaDonda Vaught, a...
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Hospitalists’ Voices and Votes Make a Difference
October 3, 2022
It’s that time of the year again: inboxes full of unsolicited requests for donations, people with clipboards approaching as you try to squeeze in a grocery run between work and your child’s...
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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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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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Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis and as Hospitalists, It’s Time to Step Up
July 12, 2022
I did not think that becoming a pediatric hospitalist would require me to become an expert in firearm injury, but here I am. Every day more than 300 people are shot in the United States.1,2 That fact...
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10 Facts for Hospitalists About Abortion
June 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe versus Wade is expected to result in a wave of state laws limiting access to reproductive health. This highlights why clinicians should stay current...
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New HHS Guidance for Increasing Number of Buprenorphine Clinicians Who Can Treat OUD
June 1, 2022
Does your state allow it? The ongoing opioid epidemic The U.S. hit a grim milestone of more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths,1 most opioid-involved, in the 12 months ending April 2021. This...
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SHM Advocates for Hospitalists and Their Patients
May 2, 2022
Advocacy, simply put, is the act of pleading or arguing in favor of something. It’s raising the concerns and voices of a group to efficiently influence decisions and affect change within...
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases resume their climb
December 14, 2021
Decline in new vaccinations continues, even among 5- to 11-year-olds.
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AMA, hospital group sue federal government over surprise billing law
December 9, 2021
The rule’s approach to surprise billing would “all but ensure that hospitals, physicians, and other providers will routinely be undercompensated by commercial insurers,” the groups said.
