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
Tips to reduce hospital sleep interruptions
IT'S NOT SECRET that many patients can't get a decent night's sleep in the hospital—and that a growing body of evidence details the problems...
Commentary
Clinical
Tackling opioid treatment in the hospital
IN 2019, Thomas Pineo, DO, medical director of UPMC Pinnacle Community Osteopathic, a hospital in Harrisburg, Pa., began advocating for a system-wide protocol that...
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Technology
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
What types of shifts do hospitalists work?
What does an average shift look like for hospitalists? Three-quarters of hospitalists work primarily day shifts, and 35% say they work only days. About...
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
Are physicians suffering from burnout or depression?
WHILE PHYSICIAN BURNOUT keeps gaining much-needed national attention, a new viewpoint published online in July by JAMA Psychiatry highlights this concern: Some doctors suffering from...
Career Center
Are physicians suffering from burnout or depression?
WHILE PHYSICIAN BURNOUT keeps gaining much-needed national attention, a new viewpoint published online in July by JAMA Psychiatry highlights this concern: Some doctors suffering from...