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WEBSep 3, 2024 · The Hospitalist is the monthly news magazine of the Society of Hospital Medicine, reporting on issues and trends in hospital medicine relevant to hospitalists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, medical residents, and health care administrators.
SHM’s 2024 Hospital Medicine Workforce Experience Report …
WEB1 day ago · SHM is excited to announce the publication of the 2024 Hospital Medicine Workforce Experience Report. The 2024 Report, based on data collected in the Hospital Medicine Workforce Experience Survey conducted this spring, explores the perceptions of hospitalists on issues such as well-being, patient volumes, and workplace structures. This report builds off the Hospital Medicine Workforce […]
Hospitalist Co-management Takes Practice But Can Enhance …
WEB1 day ago · Besides better patient care, potential benefits of co-management include increased professional satisfaction through collaborative working relationships and better allocation of medical staff expertise among patients, said Daniel A. Meyer, MD, vice chair for clinical affairs and quality in the department of …
Hospitalists Use POLST to Initiate Patient Conversations About …
WEB1 day ago · Defining life-sustaining preferences. P hysician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) is a single-page medical order form, typically printed on bright pink paper, and signed by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to spell out treatment preferences for a seriously ill or frail patient. It is also a process for exploring those preferences in conversation with patients ...
Should Teaching Hospitalists be Required to Provide Direct Care?
WEB1 day ago · It’s been a while since our January #JHMChat, but with a new class of interns, it seems like a good time to go back and review what we discussed! The chat focused on a Journal of Hospital Medicine Point/Counterpoint article by Samantha Wang, MD, Suchita Sata, MD, MHS, Andrew Olson, MD, and Julia ...
Hospitalists as Disruptors in Healthcare - The Hospitalist
WEBMay 1, 2024 · Learn how hospitalists are innovating and advocating for change in the healthcare industry through new models of care, technology, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read stories of hospitalists who are leading the way in …
How Can Hospitalists Help Reduce Harmful In-hospital Patient Falls?
WEBMar 1, 2024 · Hospitalists can reduce harmful falls by assessing risk, prescribing and deprescribing medications, and co-creating a safety plan with patients and families. Learn about the causes, consequences, and evidence-based interventions for falls prevention in hospitalized patients.
Key trends in hospitalist compensation from the 2020 SoHM Report
WEBFeb 12, 2021 · The report shows that hospitalists nationally earned a median of $307,633 in 2020, with regional and academic variations. Compensation per wRVU and per encounter also differed across regions and settings, while financial support per FTE increased.
Hospitalists’ Reflections Offer Hope and Optimism for the Coming …
WEBDec 1, 2022 · Amira del Pino-Jones, MD, is an associate professor, division of hospital medicine, and associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colo. Dr. del Pino-Jones says the pandemic unmasked and amplified the inequities that exist in …
The state of inpatient COVID-19 care - The Hospitalist
WEBJan 21, 2021 · Remdesivir and convalescent plasma (CVP) disrupt viral replication in stages 1 and 2 of the illness. Remdesivir has shown efficacy reducing hospital length of stay and a small trend towards decreasing mortality, especially if given within 10 days of symptom onset, although its effectiveness in general use is very small, if it exists at all. 7,8 CVP efficacy has been disappointing and should ...