Women hospitalists have seen advances in the care of female patients, but also in their careers within hospital medicine.

Thus, when patients with unmet medical or personal needs continue to require hospitalization, the system will ultimately allow for exposure to fresh eyes, additional opinions, and differing skill sets ...

As a Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation ambassador, Dr. Williams advocates fiercely for the healthcare workforce’s well-being and champions national policy efforts, including the reauthorization of the ...

SHM is dedicated to improving care for hospitalized patients through innovation and collaboration and is committed to supporting all hospitalists in achieving this goal. There are many reasons to ...

Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) have become a more prominent part of the hospitalist workforce, and at many institutions, they account for a large proportion of patient care ...

Clinical question: Does tighter blood pressure (BP) control postpartum reduce emergency department (ED) visits for postpartum patients, and if yes, what are the cardiovascular risk... Clinical ...

Clinical question: Is albumin-adjusted calcium a reliable surrogate for determining true calcium status, particularly when compared to ionized calcium, in adult patients? Background:... 1. The ...

Case Emily is a 35-year-old woman with no substantial medical history who presents to the emergency department (ED) due to severe headaches that have worsened in recent weeks. She also experiences ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With hospital medicine a newer specialty, mentorship has an extra special role, say several hospitalist leaders who have spent much of their careers serving as mentors for others. Mentoring helps ...