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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every hospitalist program is unique because it is tailored to meet the specific needs of the hospital it serves. For instance, one employer may require hospitalists to rotate through a post-discharge ...

The Cleveland Clinic was the first major academic medical center to make improving patient experience a strategic goal. In 2007, the medical institution hired its first chief patient experience ...