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Tips for Hospitalists on Improving Diagnostic Skills
- Deepti Rao, MD;
- Joseph Rencic, MD;
- Justin Roesch, MD;
- Patrick Rendon, MD
November 4, 2015
Case
A 67-year-old man presents to the hospital with persistent, subjective fevers and malaise for one month, subacute onset of dyspnea, and nonproductive cough for the preceding six days. The patient is a nonsmoker, denies sick contacts, and has had no foreign travel.
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Hospitalist David Weidig, MD, Witnessed the Field Grow During His Decades-long Career
November 4, 2015
David Weidig, MD, was there at the beginning. He was one of the first internal medicine-trained physicians to adopt hospital-based practice. He was one of the first to proudly call himself a hospitalist.
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The Lone Hospitalist in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan
November 4, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11766" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: www.nytimes.comA screenshot of the New York Times website featuring Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff’s article "The Worst Atrocity You’ve Never Heard Of,” which chronicles Dr.
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When Should Hospitalists Order Continuous Cardiac Monitoring?
- Keith Davis, MD;
- Kirsten Tolstrup, MD;
- Mary Lacy, MD;
- Patrick Rendon, MD
November 4, 2015
Case
Two patients on continuous cardiac monitoring (CCM) are admitted to the hospital. One is a 56-year-old man with hemodynamically stable sepsis secondary to pneumonia. There is no sign of arrhythmia on initial evaluation.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Launches Antimicrobial Stewardship Campaign
November 4, 2015
In 2006, infectious disease specialists and pharmacists at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore took a look at the pharmacy budget and were jarred by the numbers.
“The proportion of the pharmacy budget that was antimicrobials was much larger than we would expect,” says Jonathan Zenil
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Hospital Medicine Flourishing Around the World
November 4, 2015
Since last September, Anand Kartha, MD, MS, has headed the hospital medicine (HM) program at 600-bed Hamad General Hospital, the flagship facility for eight-hospital Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar, a small nation of 1.8 million people located on the northeast corner of the Arabian Peninsul
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Hospital Medicine Administrator Amanda Trask Values Hospitalists, HM Role in Healthcare
October 5, 2015
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Most people think a career in hospital medicine means a medical degree that confers those two ubiquitous letters after your name.
Amanda Trask blazed her
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Hospitalist Lance Maki, MD, Spends Spare Time Tandem Surfing, Practicing Ballet
October 5, 2015
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Lance Maki, MD, has accomplished many things in his life.
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Hospitalists Play Vital Role in Patients’ View of Hospital Stay
September 9, 2015
Special Reports
Resident Education, Feedback, Incentives Improve Patient Satisfaction
Hospitalists' Role in Improving Patient Experience: A Baldridge Winner's Perspective
Cognitive, Emotional Memory Disconnect Impacts Patient Satisfaction
Rise of the Chief Patient Experience Officer
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Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning Conversations Needed Between Patients, Hospitalists
September 9, 2015
Editor’s note: In July, SHM board member Howard Epstein supported the new CMS proposal to pay for advance care planning, calling it a “procedure” for hospitalists. Below are excerpts from his blog post.