Hospitalists play a critical role in QI and patient safety in hospitals, focusing on incremental improvements and transparent ...

The Hospital Medicine Community Engagement Committee focuses on fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within hospital ...

AI, especially generative AI, is transforming medical education by changing how trainees learn, synthesize information, and ...

Hospitalization provides a crucial opportunity to support tobacco cessation. A QI initiative introduced a streamlined ...

SHM’s North Bay Chapter aims to rebuild connections among hospitalists in Northern California through social, educational, ...

The past year has been a time of significant change, shaped by shifting policy landscapes, legal challenges, and ongoing national conversations about the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion in ...

Clinical question: Does a restrictive fluid strategy improve clinical outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients compared to liberal fluid intake? Background: Fluid restriction is often recommended for..

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 ...

A 67-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was admitted to inpatient general medicine from his nursing home for pneumonia. He reported a 10-day history of an upper respiratory ...

Most hospitalists’ training likely included caring for patients in the ambulatory clinic, urgent care, and ED settings. One of the most important aspects of medical training is deciding which of the ...

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 hospital protocol is a mandatory, specific set of decision-making processes or standards based on best practices. Protocols are important in promoting safe, efficient, consistent, and high-quality ...