I was assigned to Medicine Team 6 (MT6)—our residency program’s only inpatient family medicine service. It’s not just another ...

Continuity in Discontinuity There’s an irony to being a hospitalist in oncology. Our patients often have complex, ...

Drs. Poonacha and Chamoun outline why it's advantageous for hospitalists to be involved in hospital contract negotiations.

Physician editor Dr. Weijen Chang talks about how the changes to Medicaid will impact hospitalists, patients, and healthcare.

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 ...

Clinical question: Does patient sex influence opioid prescription patterns during hospitalization and at discharge on general medicine services? Background: Clinicians may have sex- and gender-based ...

Clinical question: Does long-term colchicine use plus guideline-based care after ischemic stroke prevent recurrent vascular events? Background: According to the World Health Organization, stroke is ...

Venkat Gundareddy, MBBS, MPH, FACP, SFHM, associate director in the division of hospital medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore and a member of The Hospitalist’s editorial board ...

Clinical question: Does diltiazem increase the risk of major bleeding in patients on apixaban or rivaroxaban? Background: Diltiazem is a potent CYP3A4 inhibitor and a mild P-glycoprotein inhibitor.

Dr. Sood is a hospitalist at Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert, Ariz., affiliated with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bessel is Banner Health’s chief clinical officer. She has ...

Comments Gokul Samudrala MD December 5, 2024 at 2:57 am. Great article! I am IM hospitalist and I echo a lot of concerns with note bloat. Specifically, I am not sure why a lot of my colleagues like ...

Foreign medical graduates (FMGs), or international medical graduates (IMGs) represent an important section of the U.S. healthcare workforce. An IMG is a physician who received a basic medical degree ...