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 ...

Medical gaslighting occurs when healthcare providers downplay or dismiss a patient’s symptoms or concerns, causing them to question the validity of their experiences. This phenomenon can lead to ...

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 ...

SHM is excited to announce the publication of the 2025 State of Hospital Medicine Report. The Report, based on data from 2024, is a snapshot of what is happening across hospital medicine groups. We ...

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 62-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and hypertension presents with painful erythema of the left lower extremity and is admitted for purulent cellulitis. During the first evening of admission, he ...

The field of hospital medicine is continuously evolving to meet the demands of rising patient numbers and complexity. As a result, nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants or physician ...

Hospitalist nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) providers have been a growing and evolving part of the inpatient medical workforce, seemingly since the inception of hospital medicine.

A 23-year-old male with opioid use disorder (OUD) with intravenous use is hospitalized with a fever and several weeks of back pain. He is diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...

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 ...

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 ...