PHM 2024 Session Recap This session, presented by Brittany Hunter, MD, and Cynthia Castiglioni, MD, MS, was a high-yield ...

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 the ...

This session began with a discussion of a patient presentation pediatric hospitalists are very familiar with—a toddler with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain most consistent with a diagnosis of ...

Using systematic review software, 2 we broadly screened 11,589 abstracts from 21 journals from August 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, screened 289 abstracts, and reviewed 124 full-text articles to select ...

Clinical question: How often do diagnostic errors occur among hospitalized patients who die or are transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU), and how often do diagnostic errors contribute to patient ...

The 2024 Annual Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference’s theme was “How We PHM,” uniting more than 1,200 pediatric hospitalists who attended the conference in Minneapolis in August. According to Nancy ...

Despite their contributions to the U.S. healthcare system, IMGs need a work permit and ultimately a visa sponsorship to practice medicine in the U.S. The vast majority will have had a J-1 visa during ...

PHM 2024 Session Recap The objectives of this session were to define note bloat, identify unnecessary contributors to clinical note length, describe methods to decrease extraneous data and improve ...

Foreign medical graduates (FMGs), or international medical graduates (IMGs) represent an important section of the U.S. healthcare workforce. An IMG is a physician who received a basic medical degree ...

For hospitalists who are accustomed to caring for sick patients, encountering emergencies outside of the hospital is far beyond our comfort zones. To quell anxieties and prevent panic, Y. Katharine ...

Clinical question: Is an early switch to oral antimicrobial therapy in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection non-inferior to standard intravenous antimicrobial therapy? Background: S ...

Months of anticipation finally came to a head in April 2024 as we gathered in San Diego for #SHMConverge24. The Journal of Hospital Medicine’s Digital Media Team finally all met in person for the ...