A Q&A with Jennifer Caputo-Seidler, MD, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla. Early in my career, I was advised of the importance of finding a professional home. Being the society for hospitalists, ...

The Hospitalist aims to provide articles on key issues and trends in hospital medicine, continually assessing how to deliver engaging, relevant, and useful content. Other articles fall into these ...

A 66-year-old man with a history of hypertension and stage 4 chronic kidney disease was admitted to the hospital for acute pulmonary embolism and started on a heparin drip. It is day two of his ...

How We Did It is a new column that aims to highlight how individual hospitalist programs have successfully implemented innovations in medical programs, educational programs, wellness initiatives, or ...

Clinical question: Are there alternatives to statins for primary prevention? Background: Statins that lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol are major therapeutics in reducing both primary ...

POCUS is a new column on point-of-care ultrasound. This column aims to explore evolving clinical applications, educational advancements, and the clinical impacts of POCUS through the insights of ...

May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. In honor of this month, The Hospitalist interviewed several AAPI hospitalists to learn more about how their upbringing influenced them and ...

Clinical question: Can computerized provider order entry (CPOE) prompts reduce the use of empiric extended-spectrum antibiotics in patients with urinary tract infections (UTI)? Background: UTIs are a ...

Being the newest anything can be both a blessing and a curse. For SHM’s Research Special Interest Group, which just formed in October 2024, the positives of being so new are that the group is ...

Clinical question: How often are medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), naloxone, and behavioral health services prescribed after a nonfatal drug overdose, and what is the association between ...

The Society of Hospital Medicine inducted four new Masters in Hospital Medicine (MHM) at SHM Converge 2025 in Las Vegas. This honor was introduced by SHM in 2010 to acknowledge hospitalists who have ...

Clinical question: Does a brief continuing education intervention improve the well-being of healthcare workers (HCWs)? Background: HCWs’ well-being has been severely impacted, particularly after the ...