Online Exclusive - Sepsis Update
AT THE BEGINNING of her sepsis update at this year's Society of Hospital Medicine conference, intensivist Patricia Kritek, MD, EdM, threw up what she called "the obligatory slide" on the high costs of sepsis in the U.S. The disease...
Coding
Steer clear of copy and paste
Published in the June 2019 issue of Today's Hospitalist
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS from readers this month, including one on all-too-common documentation practices that can...
Compensation
What do bonuses and incentives for hospitalists look like?
How common are bonuses and incentives in hospitalist pay? According to data from the 2018 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey, more than 95%...
On the Wards
Scribes help hospitalists with more than just documentation
WHILE SCRIBES have made deep inroads into emergency and outpatient medicine, their role in hospital medicine has been much more tentative. Could using scribes...
Commentary
Clinical
Nocturnist nightmares: managing emergencies, agitated delirium and narcotic dependence
HOSPITALIST MICHAEL HOLTH, MD, has spent most of his seven years in hospital medicine working as a nocturnist. At this years Society of Hospital...
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Social media: Should you stop lurking and log on?
Published in the March 2019 issue of Today's Hospitalist
AS A YOUNG HOSPITALIST trying to develop his academic career, Charlie M. Wray, DO, MS, (@WrayCharles)...
Career
How large is the average hospitalist group?
What are the demographics of an average hospitalist group? How many physicians and nonphysicians work in average groups, and how many physicians come and...
By the Numbers
Waxing nostalgic
Published in the May 2019 issue of Today's Hospitalist
BACK IN 2005 when I became a hospitalist, the specialty was still in its infancy. Community...
Satisfaction/Burnout
Ailing career? A coach might help
Published in the May 2019 issue of Today's Hospitalist
2018 PROVED to be a year of big changes for Tinsley Coble, MD, who's based...
Career Center
What do bonuses and incentives for hospitalists look like?
How common are bonuses and incentives in hospitalist pay? According to data from the 2018 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey, more than 95%...