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Does Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Apply to Hospital Medicine?
February 19, 2016
Every American knows this well-known phrase from the Declaration of Independence, which describes the three “unalienable rights” ordained on humans by their Creator and which governments are bound to dutifully protect.
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Health IT Chief, Hospital Medicine ‘Godfather’ Headline SHM Annual Meeting Keynotes
January 23, 2016
Health information technology (IT) will take center stage early and often at this year’s annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, acting assistant secretary for health in the U.S.
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Nocturnists Offer Tips for Tackling Night Shifts
January 12, 2016
Nocturnists Daniele Olveczky, MD, MS, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and Eric Martin, MD, of the University of Colorado, provide insight and tips for tackling night shifts and avoiding burnout.
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Leadership Academy ‘Hits Nail on the Head’
December 11, 2015
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The Leadership Academy, presented by SHM, was held in October in Austin, Texas.
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Listen Now: Highlights of the December 2015 issue of The Hospitalist
December 7, 2015
Highlights from the December 2015 issue of The Hospitalist include a look at ways hospitals can better care for unassigned or uninsured patients, how electronic health record implementation has contributed to physician burnout, and our key clinical question examines strategies for secondary stroke p
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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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Opinion
Eliminations Hospitalist Groups Should Consider
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
November 4, 2015
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Editor’s note: Second in a continuing series of articles exploring ways hospitalist groups can cut back.
In last month’s column, I made the case that most hospitalist groups should think abo
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Use of Medical Scribes Spurs Debate About Costs, Difficulties of Electronic Health Records
October 6, 2015
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The hospitalists at six Illinois hospitals, physicians who are provided by Best Practices Inpatient Care, were grappling with some issues that might sound fa
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Opinion
Why Hospitalist Morale is Declining and Ways to Improve It
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
September 2, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11094" align="alignright" width="250"] Some hospitals have begun to resist providing more support, and this translates into stress and lower morale for hospitalists.