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Evolution of IDTs
July 5, 2023
This informative session was geared towards team-building enthusiasts as well as those just starting to develop hospital-based teams. The speakers introduced the meeting with a case study on Amazing...
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Creative Ways to Expand Academic Opportunities Through Multicenter Networks
July 5, 2023
You wouldn’t think COVID-19 would bring us together, not with masks and social distancing, but that’s exactly what this session was about—how four physicians learned to build multicenter...
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Retaining Physicians is Crucial and Can be Hard—But It’s Possible
July 5, 2023
Employee retention sign and figurines on the memo sticks. As he stood before the audience talking about the high rate at which physicians are leaving health care, and the challenges to retaining...
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Experts Say Racism a Too-common Factor in Care, and Offer Fixes
July 5, 2023
Saying that structural racism permeates more clinical situations than hospitalists are typically aware of, a panel of speakers at SHM Converge in March offered a framework that physicians can use to...
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Dr. Craven Finds Purpose in Helping Patients
June 22, 2023
Q & A with Robert A. Craven, MD, FACP, CHCQM-PHYADV, SFHM, vice president of case management, physician advisor, and hospitalist at McLeod Health, Florence, S.C. The hospitalist movement was...
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Dr. Mehta Enjoys Improving Patient Care and Working with Learners
June 1, 2023
Q & A with Arunab Mehta, MD, MEd, hospitalist, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Dr. Mehta was drawn to hospital medicine to care for acutely ill patients and because of the...
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Mr. Desamours Thrives on Serving Others
May 24, 2023
Q & A with Patrick Desamours, MSPA, PA-C, MBA, CHCQM, SFHM, director of APP operations, hospital medicine, US AcuteCare Solutions, Westminster, Md. Perseverance has paid off for Mr. Desamours...
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Dr. Gundareddy Enjoys Making Change Happen
May 1, 2023
Q & A with Venkat Gundareddy, MBBS, MPH, FACP, CHCQM-PA, SFHM, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore Dr. Gundareddy thrives in the variety of his job--clinical, academic, and...
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SHM’s CEO, Dr. Eric Howell, Outlines SHM’s Goals
May 1, 2023
Dr. Howell The cover article of the April issue of The Hospitalist was a message from the SHM president, Dr. Kris Rehm. In her article, she outlined the recently completed vision and mission...
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2023 Masters in Hospital Medicine
April 12, 2023
SHM outgoing president Rachel Thompson, MD, MPH, SFHM, kicked off SHM Converge 2023 in Austin, Texas in March by honoring SHM's 2023 class of Masters in Hospital Medicine—Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA,...