This can qualify for an advance care planning (ACP) billing code (99497). ACP includes the explanation and discussion of ...

Dhruv Srinivasachar, MD, earned his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., and is a PGY-4 ...

As I reflect on this past year, despite the disruptive times, I am deeply grateful. I am also reminded of the article in The ...

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On September 26, 2024, SHM’s Public Policy Committee (PPC) and SHM Chapter members visited Washington, D.C. for SHM’s annual ...

A 75-year-old woman with a previous medical history of high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, stage 4 chronic kidney disease, and lung cancer was admitted to the hospital with chest pain and... The ...

Medetomidine is a non-opioid animal sedative increasingly used with fentanyl in illicit drug mixtures. It causes overdose ...

Dr. Ajala worked at the Tibetan School of Medicine in Dharamsala, India, where she shadowed the Dalai Lama’s personal physician How do U.S. hospitalists find their way into international... Mark V.

Editor’s note: This is the first of two articles from SHM’s Health Information Technology committee offering practical recommendations for improving electronic health records (EHRs) to reduce ...

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 ...

Clinical question: What is the prevalence of metronidazole-related neurologic adverse events and what are the risk factors associated with these events? Background: A 2021 study reported neurologic ...