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 ...

Some hospitalists have found greener pastures working in locum tenens capacities. The freedom, flexibility, enticing pay, and the ability to work in a variety of hospital environments and medicine ...

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 ...

First, a disclaimer: I am not an attorney, and this is not intended to be legal advice. Any specific questions or concerns you may have should be directed to your legal counsel. The recommendations in ...

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 ...

Hospitalists who entered the field of hospital medicine two or three decades ago may not have anticipated how their careers and the specialty would evolve over time. They have witnessed the expansion ...

Clinical coding is a meticulous task that translates patient notes into specific International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes, crucial for billing and insurance claims.

“The Latest and Greatest Strategies for Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal and Alcohol Use Disorder” provided a practical, evidence-informed update highly relevant to hospitalists managing patients with ...

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 ...

Our first and foremost duty in healthcare is to provide our patients with compassionate and equitable care. Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and ...

Clinical question: Does early thiamine administration improve mortality outcomes for patients with alcohol use disorder who are hospitalized for pneumonia? Background: Wernicke’s Encephalopathy (WE) ...

In the past several years, health systems have experienced an increasing number of physicians transitioning to leadership roles that extend beyond patient care. 1 This trend is largely driven by a ...