Feb 3, 2025 · 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 practitioners, medical residents, and health care administrators.

Mar 30, 2022 · T he term hospitalist was coined in 1996 in a New England Journal of Medicine article written by Dr. Robert Wachter—often considered the father of the field. The need was clear: hospitals wanted a physician dedicated to the care of inpatients on a 24/7 basis. Hospitals and patients have benefited tremendously, and hospital medicine has become the fastest-growing medical specialty in U.S ...

Aug 1, 2024 · Dr. Williams quickly progressed with physical therapy from being bedbound to using a wheelchair, a walker, and then a cane. He returned to the teaching service at Barnes in September and was working seven-day blocks again on the floors by December.

Feb 3, 2025 · Celebrating the Human in Hospitalist (and Patient) February 3, 2025. 2024 National Hospitalist Day Contest Winner I have a small stack of cards. They sit tucked away in a little envelope in a drawer of the desk in my home office.

Feb 3, 2025 · P rescription drug costs in the U.S. are among the highest in the world, surpassing those in other high-income nations by more than two and a half times. In 2023, the U.S. healthcare system’s total drug expenditure soared to an unprecedented $722.5 billion, driven by increased spending per prescription, higher drug utilization, and the ongoing development of new medications. 1 The financial ...

Nov 14, 2023 · Implementing and Evaluating a DBN Initiative in a Large Tertiary Care Urban Hospital November 14, 2023. Clinical question: What is the impact of implementing discharge before noon (DBN) initiatives on discharge time and other factors such as length of stay (LOS), 30-day readmission, and ED boarding...

Dec 2, 2024 · Change is Hard: 5 Practical Tips to Leading Change from Rounds to the Board Room December 2, 2024. PHM 2024 Session Recap 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...

Jan 1, 2025 · For Meredith R. Hickson, MD, MSc, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at Michigan State University and partner in the pediatric hospital medicine group at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, both in Grand Rapids, her journey …

Feb 3, 2025 · These include medical errors and the search for solutions (“Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes,” in 2005); rollout of the electronic health record (“The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age,” in 2015); and, coming up in about 18 months, the place for …

Mar 1, 2023 · As we celebrate 2023 National Hospitalist Day on March 2, taking a peek into the future of hospital medicine, we offer you brief accounts of some of the roles 10 hospitalists are playing to advance the field, helping better to define its range and extent, improve quality on multiple levels, and commit to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in …