Early in his career, Eric Howell, MD, MHM—now the chief executive officer of the Society of Hospital Medicine—was a ...

The Society of Hospital Medicine and Wiley are happy to announce that The Hospitalist has received an APEX Award of Excellence this year for content published in 2024. The October 2024 issue was ...

The annual sepsis update distilled a year’s worth of high-impact evidence into practice-ready guidance for busy hospitalists. Here are highlights of the pivotal trials, clinical pearls, and future ...

The session emphasized different strategies to initiate buprenorphine, naltrexone, acamprosate, gabapentin, and phenobarbital therapy in patients with SUDs.

S HM Converge 2025 was another successful meeting of the minds and gave me the opportunity to learn and network. This year ...

Dr. Dustin T. Smith and Dr. Joanna M. Bonsall reviewed nine key updates in hospital medicine at SHM Converge 2025.

In this article, we identify the top 10 most impactful articles for pediatric hospital medicine in 2025, as presented at the Pediatric Update at SHM Converge 2025 in Las Vegas. Four publications are ...

Most working hospitalists will see cancer patients regularly on their hospital rounds since it’s the main underlying condition for many hospital admissions—whether for the disease itself, side effects ...

The Hospitalist is the monthly news magazine of the Society of Hospital Medicine, reporting on issues and trends in hospital medicine relevant to hospitalists, physician assistants, nurse ...

What is oral step-down therapy’s relative clinical effectiveness, compared with prolonged IV antibiotics for infective endocarditis (IE)?

Research has consistently shown that patients are vulnerable to dehumanization and loss of identity in the hospital, often exacerbated by wearing the standard hospital gown. 3-8 Case in point, a mixed ...

QUIZ A 65-year-old man is admitted for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). On hospital day two, respiratory symptoms are improving while being treated with ceftriaxone and azithromycin. As you are ...