In honor of Veterans Day, The Hospitalist asked SHM members who work for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to share their insights on working for the largest integrated healthcare system in the ...
Clinical question: Is an early switch to oral antimicrobial therapy in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection non-inferior to standard intravenous antimicrobial therapy? Background: S ...
Clinical question: How often do diagnostic errors occur among hospitalized patients who die or are transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU), and how often do diagnostic errors contribute to patient ...
This session, presented by Brittany Hunter, MD, and Cynthia Castiglioni, MD, MS, was a high-yield quick hit that gave practical solutions on how to implement meaningful change in multiple settings ...
Foreign medical graduates (FMGs), or international medical graduates (IMGs) represent an important section of the U.S. healthcare workforce. An IMG is a physician who received a basic medical degree ...
For hospitalists who are accustomed to caring for sick patients, encountering emergencies outside of the hospital is far beyond our comfort zones. To quell anxieties and prevent panic, Y. Katharine ...
The 2024 Annual Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference’s theme was “How We PHM,” uniting more than 1,200 pediatric hospitalists who attended the conference in Minneapolis in August. According to Nancy ...
Using systematic review software, 2 we broadly screened 11,589 abstracts from 21 journals from August 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, screened 289 abstracts, and reviewed 124 full-text articles to select ...
Clinical question: Does syndromic polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based testing of lower respiratory tract samples in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) lead to faster ...
Clinical question: Is there an association between pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) and subsequent incidence of diagnosed colorectal cancer (CRC) and if so, should early screening for colorectal cancer be ...
The objectives of this session were to define note bloat, identify unnecessary contributors to clinical note length, describe methods to decrease extraneous data and improve the readability of ...
Clinical question: Does Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist (GLP-1 RA) use lead to an increased risk of aspiration in patients undergoing anesthesia for elective procedures? Background: GLP-1 RA ...
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