Tips for Hospitalists Caring for Patients with PTSD
June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. Brian Kwan, MD, SFHM, and Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA, two representatives from SHM’s VA Hospitalist Special Interest Group, shared their...
View ArticleInterprofessional Collaboration: Lessons Learned During a Nursing Elective
Health care professionals widely recognize that safe, efficient, and patient-centered care relies on effective teamwork and communication between physicians and nurses. While most understand the...
View ArticleEmotions & Vulnerability: A Leadership Reflection From More Than a Year of...
During the first two to three weeks of the pandemic in 2020, I was involved in a lot of meetings about the current status and future plans for the impending surge of COVID-19 patients we were...
View ArticleLet’s #JHMChat About Physicians’ Mental Health
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Week, October’s #JHMChat focused on physicians’ mental health. It was inspired by this article from the Journal of Hospital Medicine, centered on Dr. Justin...
View ArticleThe Routine Daily Physical Exam: Worthwhile or Waste of Time?
Last week’s #JHMChat saw an all-star guest lineup including Drs. Adam Rodman, Zahir Kanjee, Laura McNamara, and Shane Warnock of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center debating the value of the routine...
View Article#JHMChat Recap: EHR Documentation–What Makes a Good Note?
Could being on Twitter make you a better note-writer? We certainly think so! That was one of the many hot takes from February’s #JHMChat, with special guests Drs. Blair Golden, Robert Centor, and...
View Article#JHMChat: Supporting Colleagues Before and After Parental Leave
Preparing to go on parental leave? For most of us, planning involved casual conversations with colleagues who had recently entered parenthood and learning from their experiences. Some more proactive...
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View Article#JHMChat: Handling Patient Safety Events With a Focus on Just Culture, Not...
When RaDonda Vaught, a registered nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was criminally prosecuted for a medication error, it sent shockwaves through the medical community. Over 20 years after...
View Article#JHMChat – Beyond Burnout: Collective Suffering and Organizational Compassion
Burnout. It’s an all-too-familiar term for those in healthcare and other service fields. Often the onus is on the burned-out person to recognize and mitigate their burnout and activities such as yoga...
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