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Residents Look Forward to a New Year
January 1, 2025
The beginning of a new year is often a time of reflection and introspection as people make plans for the coming year and for their futures. Last month we enjoyed hearing from seasoned hospitalists,...
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Expanded Care Roles for AI and Lots More: Seasoned Hospitalists Share Top Changes to the Specialty
December 2, 2024
What have been some of the most significant changes in hospital medicine since the specialty was established? What recent highs and lows have occurred in hospital medicine or healthcare as a whole?...
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Hospitalists Provide Insight on Working at VA Hospitals
November 1, 2024
In honor of Veterans Day, The Hospitalist asked SHM members who work for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to share their insights on working for the largest integrated healthcare system in...
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Finding Your Dream Job Out of Residency
October 1, 2024
Since the role of a hospitalist was defined more than 25 years ago, hospital medicine has become an established and increasingly popular career choice for residency graduates. A recent report...
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DRG Downgrades: The Clash of Medical Standards and Insurance Guidelines
- Lea Chamoun;
- Thejaswi K. Poonacha, MD
September 3, 2024
Clinical coding is a meticulous task that translates patient notes into specific International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes, crucial for billing and insurance claims....
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Demystifying Performance Measures: Length of Stay
- Kristin Gershfield, MD, FHM;
- Sadia Abbasi, MD, MHA;
- Ting-Yu Jih, MD;
- Vidushi Golla, MD, FACP
August 1, 2024
A 73-year-old woman presents with syncope, generalized weakness, and frequent falls on a Friday afternoon. Past medical history includes coronary artery disease, aortic stenosis, atrial fibrillation...
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SHM 2024 Awards of Excellence and Junior Investigator Award
June 3, 2024
SHM’s Awards of Excellence Program honors members who’ve made exceptional contributions to hospital medicine in various categories. Please join The Hospitalist and SHM in congratulating the 2024...
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Facing the Inevitable: Cyberattacks in Healthcare
June 3, 2024
Kristian Feterik, MD, MBA, FAMIA, SFHM has been a hospitalist for 20 years, and a board-certified clinical informatician for the last eight years. But the cyberattack on UnitedHealthcare unit...
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Hospitalists as Disruptors in Healthcare
- Flora Kisuule, MD, MPH, SFHM
May 1, 2024
Dr. Kisuule We are living in disruptive times. We are amidst national and global conflict, we survived a pandemic that changed many aspects of our lives permanently, and many of our health...
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Tricky Transitions: How SNF Challenges Affect Hospitalists
May 1, 2024
With skilled nursing facing thin margins and high costs, many hospitalists are also struggling to transfer patients for the care they need from these types of facilities. This becomes a big...