Hospitalists working in behavioral health centers face unique challenges, including limited resources and complex patient ...

Hospitalists share the pros and cons of working as locum tenens, citing flexibility, pay, and variety as benefits, but also ...

Hospitalists are expanding into diverse roles beyond inpatient care, including long-term care, outpatient clinics, ...

Clinical excellence, Awareness, and New opportunities—offers a roadmap for early-career hospitalists to grow into leadership ...

Heart in Bloom” is a 2025 National Hospitalist Day HM Voices Contest Winner “I was on my cardiology service when I painted ...

Lung POCUS has become an essential tool in hospital medicine, offering rapid bedside assessment of respiratorypathologies, often outperforming chest radiography.

SHM's Maine Chapter is building a strong community through in-person events, poster contests, and outreach to rural regions. Its leadership aims to foster statewide collaboration and professional ...

Clinical question: Does an addiction-focused consult service increase medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) initiation during inpatient hospitalization and connect patients to follow-up care post ...

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 ...

Most working hospitalists will see cancer patients regularly on their hospital rounds since it’s the main underlying condition for many hospital admissions—whether for the disease itself, side effects ...

Case 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 ...

The role that hospitalists can play in responding to a larger-scale emergency became evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Jason Persoff, MD, SFHM, an associate professor of medicine and ...