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Inpatient Management of Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
July 1, 2024
This session was a high-yield overview of the management of hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) presented by Dr. South, an addiction medicine physician who treats patients with...
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Solving Major Problems: Major Bleeding and Major Surgery for Patients on Anticoagulants
July 1, 2024
This interactive session posed real-life scenarios for hospitalists who frequently deal with difficult anticoagulation questions and grounded it all with the evidence. The first case discussed was...
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Leading Within an Environment of Work-Life Balance: From Burnout to Wellness
July 1, 2024
Few topics echo in the doctors’ lounge across the country more often than physician burnout. It’s the hot topic of our time. In this talk, the presenters did an excellent job exploring this issue...
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Update on Clinical Guidelines
July 1, 2024
In a packed room, Dr. O’Leary, chief of the division of hospital medicine, associate chair for quality in the department of medicine, and vice president of quality for Northwestern Memorial...
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The Art and Science of Hospitalist Workloads: Designing and Implementing Evidence-Informed Strategies for Optimal Patient, Workforce, and Organizational Outcomes
July 1, 2024
This engaging strategy session was led by two passionate speakers committed to optimizing hospital operations while prioritizing the well-being of hospitalists. They delved into various challenges,...
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Syncope: Things We Do for No Reason & Things We Do for Reason
July 1, 2024
Syncope is broadly classified into reflex-mediated (60% to 70%), orthostatic (10%), and cardiac (10% to 20%). Cerebrovascular causes were removed from American and European guidelines (or listed as a...
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Joy in Motion
June 13, 2024
Dr. Joshi describes Joy in Motion as an expressive painting of a traditional dancer, capturing the vibrant spirit and colorful attire of Indian folk dance. The dynamic pose, adorned with intricate...
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Four Generations of Love
June 13, 2024
2024 National Hospitalist Day Contest Winner Four Generations of Love is representative of the ever-lasting intergenerational love and family bond. Dr. Kanikkannan is a...
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Stones
June 13, 2024
2024 National Hospitalist Day Contest Winner A walk in this place I’ve known for so long Upon its dark soil, I sing a solemn song I was a child in which oblivion one could find Now knowledge of...
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Celebrating the Human in Hospitalist (and Patient)
June 13, 2024
2024 National Hospitalist Day Contest Winner I have a small stack of cards. They sit tucked away in a little envelope in a drawer of the desk in my home office. There aren’t many, and I do not...