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

The Summer 2025 round of the National Hospital Medicine Writing Challenge will begin Monday, July 7, and registration will ...

As a result of multiple disruptors in recent years, Dr. Feeney has observed that residents are seeking greater variety in the ...

Urinalysis is the oldest laboratory test ever performed. It is a fast, easy, low-cost test for a variety of clinical ...

Now in its 13th year, Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) continues to incentivize hospitals to do a better job of coordinating the care of patients they are discharging to ...

Among their many responsibilities, hospitalists typically rank patient care as their number one priority and the education of medical students, residents, and fellows as a critical number two. As ...

A 45-year-old hospitalist, a familiar face in the system for the past decade, tragically took his own life. His colleagues and staff admired him, and he always had a pleasant working personality.

Prescription drug costs in the U.S. are among the highest in the world, surpassing those in other high-income nations by more than two and a half times. In 2023, the U.S. healthcare system’s total ...

How do U.S. hospitalists find their way into international hospital medicine and global health care—and what have they learned on the journey? Several hospitalist leaders in global health care ...

In May 2020, the murder of George Floyd sparked a national call to action within the field of medicine. The goal was to promote diversity, truly include underrepresented populations in the workforce, ...

With hospital medicine a newer specialty, mentorship has an extra special role, say several hospitalist leaders who have spent much of their careers serving as mentors for others. Mentoring helps ...

As a harbinger of the future, precision medicine (or personalized medicine) first came to light in 1999 when specific genetic markers and therapeutics were identified. In 2015, it became a national ...