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

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

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, ...

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: How frequently are feeding tubes placed during hospitalization in older adults with dementia, and what patient or regional factors influence their use? Background: Feeding tube ...

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 ...

Clinical question: In patients 65 years and older, with multimorbidity, and presenting with acute cholecystitis, is operative treatment more efficacious than non-operative treatment? Background: ...

QUIZ A 65-year-old man is admitted for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). On hospital day two, respiratory symptoms are improving while being treated with ceftriaxone and azithromycin. As you are ...

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 ...

Ms. S. is a 60-year-old woman admitted with gastroenteritis and hypovolemia in the setting of three days of nausea and diarrhea. She was also found to have atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular ...