Pediatric hospital medicine is rapidly advancing with new research focusing on clinical management, quality improvement, health equity, and technology. This summary highlights the top articles from ...
Nashville welcomed SHM Converge 2026, and with it one of the conference’s most anticipated annual traditions: the Updates in Hospital Medicine session. Kencee Graves, MD, FHM, clinical professor of ...
Jessica Nave, MD, vice president for middle revenue cycle at Emory Healthcare and assistant professor of medicine in Emory’s division of hospital medicine, both in Atlanta, summarized the updated 2025 ...
Prescription drug costs in the U.S. are among the highest in the world, surpassing those in other high-income nations by more than two and a half times. In 2023, the U.S. healthcare system’s total ...
A 45-year-old hospitalist, a familiar face in the system for the past decade, tragically took his own life. His colleagues and staff admired him, and he always had a pleasant working personality.
A 74-year-old frail man with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease is admitted for severe community-acquired pneumonia. On hospital day four, the nurse reports a new sacral wound ...
Understanding the complexities of health information and traversing the often obtuse, poorly organized, broader healthcare system can be difficult for even the most knowledgeable and educated ...
Mr. Smith is a 48-year-old man with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and compensated cirrhosis who presented to the emergency department with alcohol withdrawal. He had been consuming one pint of vodka ...
As an example, let’s look at the difference in RW, LOS, and reimbursement in an otherwise identical patient based on documenting altered mental status (AMS), delirium, or encephalopathy. (see Table 1) ...
Hospitalists are uniquely positioned to drive quality-improvement (QI) initiatives across the health care continuum. Our daily interactions span diverse health care teams and specialties. Our care ...
Welcome to “Survey Insights,” a new section devoted to exploring and interpreting information from the survey conducted jointly by SHM and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Each month ...
“To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.” – Mike Krzyzewski High-performing teams plan, communicate, reflect, and take action together.
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