Monthly Archives: November 2017

As a Johns Hopkins undergraduate, I used to run the Welch lecture series in medical history. Through this role, I learned about an interesting tidbit – the origin of the word “rounds.” Johns Hopkins Hospital had a circular ward where the infamous and quotable Dr. Osler made his “rounds” to see patients. While medicine has […]

­SHM & Hospital Medicine in the News: October 26 – November 9, 2017: Check out the latest hospital medicine and SHM-related stories in mainstream and healthcare news. For the full stories, click on the links below: SHM member Shoshana Herzig, MD spoke with healthline about why so many Americans utilize the emergency room rather than […]

I receive lots of calls and emails from HM group leaders, APP leads and others looking to up their game in APP integration. The calls fall into certain domains, and I thought it might be a good time to address some of these concerns. Training/Onboarding: This is the number one domain I get questions about. […]