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

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

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, often outperforming chest radiography.

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: Does an addiction-focused consult service increase medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) initiation during inpatient hospitalization and connect patients to follow-up care post ...

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: ...

September is Women in Medicine Month, a time to inspire, elevate, and recognize women and their roles in medicine. The following SHM members—recommended by members of The Hospitalist’s editorial board ...

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