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SIG Spotlight: Night Medicine
December 1, 2023
When hospitalist Neil Desai, MD, started as a night doctor, he would get the same question for years. It came from colleagues and family members alike—and no one meant anything by it. They just...
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Chapter Spotlight: Iowa
December 1, 2023
Every SHM chapter likes to focus on the so-called big-tent philosophy, the idea that a group’s success is enhanced by having members who aren’t just hospitalists, but who are in the hospital...
Movers and Shakers November 2023
November 16, 2023
Dr. Davidyock John Davidyock, MD, FACP, SFHM, has been named senior vice president and chief physician executive at UF Health Central Florida, Leesburg, Fla. Most recently he served as vice...
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Psychological Safety a Must for HM Education
November 14, 2023
When the space shuttle Challenger exploded in the sky in 1986, a group of engineers’ fears had come true: They had known a critical failure was possible at the low temperatures that were seen...
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Experts Offer Tips to Thrive, Not Just Survive, in Hospital Medicine
November 14, 2023
When it comes to job satisfaction, many hospitalists might find themselves in a kind of in-between posture: Their jobs are, well, mostly fine. Dr. Pierce But Read Pierce, MD, chief of hospital...
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Research is Possible—and Vital—as a Hospitalist
November 14, 2023
When you’re in the middle of yet another impossibly busy week, making time for research in hospital medicine might seem next to impossible. But it is possible—and enormously important for the...
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In Service to Their Patients and Their Country
November 1, 2023
Caring. Effective. Dutiful. Supportive. Serving. Protective. Leading. Responsible. These words easily describe a hospitalist or a soldier—and sometimes both. In honor of Veteran’s Day, we...
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Making a Fortune in Pediatrics
November 1, 2023
Dr. King Presenters: Lisa Herrmann, MD, MEd, Tony Tarchichi, MD, and Matthew Molloy, MD, MPH Drs. Herrmann, Tarchichi, and Molloy discussed their approach to financial health at PHM 2023, a...
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Chapter Spotlight: Connecticut
November 1, 2023
No one starts out as the president of an SHM chapter. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. Folks are recruited to join because someone sees potential in them, and they rise to the top as their work...
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SIG Spotlight: VA Hospitalists
November 1, 2023
The practice of medicine, particularly in the hospitalized setting, is viewed by some as bureaucracy at scale. The federal government, particularly in the hospitalized setting, could be described the...