PrEP and PEP are important HIV prevention tools that hospitalists should understand and discuss with patients during hospital ...

Hospitalists play a crucial role in improving healthcare for LGBTQIA+ individuals by fostering trust, advancing research, ...

Hospitalists face significant challenges in engaging with research due to barriers like limited mentorship, balancing ...

The authors share their perspectives on whether Sir William Osler, renowned as the “father of internal medicine,” is the ...

Sean Williams, an incoming fourth-year medical student from Detroit, is the 2026 SHM Hospital Medicine Scholarship Fund ...

Acute pancreatitis is a common and costly gastrointestinal condition with significant risk of complications. The 2024 ...

In 2024, SHM launched the SHM Global & Rural Health Foundation in service of its mission to promote high-value care and optimal outcomes for acutely ill patients.

Hospitalists encounter troponin elevations daily, but we have to use clinical judgment to determine if the troponin elevation represents either a myocardial infarction (MI), or a non-MI troponin ...

We read with interest “Getting an Advanced Degree—Why Bother?” in the April issue of The Hospitalist. We appreciate the discussion given LS’s background in hospital medicine and now 31+ years ...

Sir William Osler occupies a revered place in the mythos of the history of medicine, medical education, and medical practice. Because he is celebrated as the “father of internal medicine,” his ...

National Hospitalist Day celebrates hospitalists’ contributions to health care on the first Thursday of March. Founded by SHM in 2018, the day will be commemorated on March 5 this year. In honor of ...

Mr. Smith is a 48-year-old man with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and compensated cirrhosis who presented to the emergency department with alcohol withdrawal. He had been consuming one pint of vodka ...