Article
Make the Most of Media Opportunities
October 3, 2022
It’s the sign of the times—24-hour news cycles, information at your fingertips, and “experts” everywhere willing to share their voices. During the last two years especially, health care...
Article
A Love for General Internal Medicine Inspired This Hospitalist
October 3, 2022
Q & A with Lonika Sood, MD, MBBS, MHPE, FACP, FHM, Washington State University, Spokane, Wash. As a volunteer member of The Hospitalist’s editorial board, Dr. Sood considers SHM one of her...
Article
Investing in the Future
September 1, 2022
Q & A with Raman Palabindala, MD, MBA, SFHM, CLHM, regional medical director of population health, Optum, Seattle, Wash. Dr. Palabindala, a volunteer member of The Hospitalist's editorial...
Article
Juggling Medical School, DEI, and Volunteering are All in a Day’s Work for This Med Student
September 1, 2022
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are three words that, rightfully, get bandied around more and more frequently. The Society of Hospital Medicine does more than bandy the words around. In support of...
Article
SIG Spotlight: NPs/PAs
September 1, 2022
Shutterstock.com Shared learning. Bidirectional mentorship. Professional leverage. Buzzwords to some, but to the leadership of SHM’s Special Interest Group (SIG) for nurse practitioners (NPs)...
Article
Chapter Spotlight: Minnesota
September 1, 2022
Shutterstock.com Diversity can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. To SHM Minnesota chapter president Nichole Cummings, MD, it means a statewide chapter that truly feels open to everyone....
Article
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...
Article
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...
Article
Hospitalist Finds Her Niche in Quality and Patient Safety
August 4, 2022
Q & A with Isha Puri, MD, MPH, FHM, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas Dr. Puri, a volunteer member of The Hospitalist’s editorial board, joined hospital medicine when...
Article
Unintended Consequences of the PHM Board Certification Process
August 1, 2022
Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) was designated a subspecialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties in 2016, with certification through the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). While this...