A hospitalist is a physician who works full time in a hospital and specializes in providing care and treatment for hospitalized patients. During your inpatient stay, a hospitalist will function as your temporary PCP to oversee and manage your comprehensive care plan. Hospitalists perform around-the-clock examinations, monitoring and treatment management services for patients from the […]

As a hospitalist, you may be faced with a myriad of challenges when it comes to bereavement care. Whether it’s informing family members about the death of a patient, or as the provider, learning to cope with considerable loss on a regular basis – it can be extremely stressful for a clinician to be in […]

COVID-19 has affected almost every facet of life as we know it and will likely continue to impact our society for the foreseeable future. It is likely that as a hospitalist, you have seen quite a few changes in the last year that you weren’t expecting. From variations in hospital admissions, changes in protocols, and […]

As a hospitalist, you visit with and provide treatment plans for many different types of people with various conditions and diseases. Some of the patients you may encounter could benefit from a clinical or health care experimental trial, but you may not be thinking about it at the time of your rounding. Did you know […]

With the arrival of the vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, there is global optimism. However, with a continued influx of sick patients and health care facilities taking a toll from it, COVID-19 still poses significant clinical challenges. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become critical for hospitals to have enough available beds. A relentless rise in hospitalizations […]

It’s been a few months since a federal mandate called the 21st Century Cures Act began requiring that hospitals would give patients immediate electronic access to “open notes” such as consultations, discharge summaries, physical examinations, laboratory and pathology report narratives, as well as notes on procedures and progress. As clinicians everywhere have begun adjusting to […]

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine in individuals 16 years of age and older in the United States. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination Series includes two doses, given intramuscularly, three weeks apart. As Florida enters week four of its vaccination approach, we remain hopeful […]

Back in January 2020, you probably didn’t expect to be reading an article in December filled with tips on how to plan your holiday festivities in the midst of a global pandemic. But as coronavirus cases continue to surge around the country, your holiday plans and traditions may be taking a different shape this year. […]