Opinion
Early management of patients with acute ischemic stroke
March 19, 2018
CT rather than MRI is the go-to imaging technique with which to evaluate patients with early acute ischemic stroke.
Opinion
Hospital Medicine: An international specialty
March 15, 2018
SHM is committed to supporting the growth of hospital medicine and its practitioners, not only in the U.S., but worldwide.
Opinion
Opioids and hospital medicine: What can we do?
February 15, 2018
Hospitalists can implement evidence-based practices to help stem the opioid crisis.
Opinion
Making hospital medicine a lifelong, enjoyable, and engaging career
February 2, 2018
Hospitalists, as frontline providers, have the unique opportunity to implement key clinical and administrative changes at their institutions.
Opinion
Homelessness: Whose job is it?
January 5, 2018
Addressing the significant known health disparities faced by homeless persons is one of the greatest health equity challenges of our time.
Opinion
More thoughts about hospitalist burnout
January 3, 2018
Many hospitalists address their own work-related distress by simply working less in total, but that isn’t an ideal solution for the field.
Opinion
Sneak Peek: The Hospital Leader blog – Dec. 2017
January 2, 2018
Female leaders face well-documented and controversial challenges that require careful thought.
Opinion
Project improves noninvasive IUC alternatives
January 2, 2018
A UC San Diego medical student’s quality improvement project proves successful.
Opinion
Transition in care from the MICU to the ward
December 15, 2017
Patient handoffs where both receiving and transferring providers share the same mental model result in better outcomes.
Opinion
Helping patients with addictions get, stay clean
December 13, 2017
Advise patients to consider programs affiliated with major medical centers or established treatment centers, an expert says.