On mixed rounding and admitting teams, admissions loom over each day, encouraging rushed rounding, and producing increased ...

This article describes the development, implementation, and initial outcomes of a pediatric hospital-at-home program at ...

National Hospitalist Day honors hospitalists. This year's feature focuses on hospitalists' diverse contributions to healthcare, showcasing varied career paths in hospital medicine.

Hospitalists rely on clinical practice guidelines as key decision-making tools, but these guidelines often depend more on expert consensus than on strong evidence. The complexity of medical cases and ...

SHM's Central Ohio chapter focuses on diverse topics and experiences to support hospital medicine professionals at various career stages. Led by Dr. Rashmi Ganith, the chapter emphasizes wellness, ...

Founded in 2024, the Environmental Health SIG is intended to be a community for all facets of environmental health in hospital medicine.

JHM’s Leadership and Professional Development series offers practical guidance to hospitalists navigating professional challenges, focusing on growth beyond traditional career milestones.

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 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 ...

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 ...

While placing a central line, you sustain a needlestick. You’ve washed the area thoroughly with soap and water, but you are concerned about contracting a bloodborne pathogen. What is the risk of ...

Some hospitalists have found greener pastures working in locum tenens capacities. The freedom, flexibility, enticing pay, and the ability to work in a variety of hospital environments and medicine ...