The Hospitalist: Current issues
The Power of Coaching
I am a mid-career academic hospitalist deeply interested in physician wellness and burnout. At SHM Converge 2025 in Las Vegas, I attended the wellness plenary by Dr. Sandeep Jauhar titled…
Complexity in Compensation in Academic Medicine
Physicians in academic hospital medicine are usually motivated not just by their interest in clinical care, but by a love of intellectual progress, academic citizenship, mentorship, and teaching. For those…
How are AI’s Seismic Transformations Impacting Front-line Hospitalists?
Amith Skandhan, MD, FACP, SFHM, a hospitalist and associate professor at UT Health in San Antonio, is so fascinated by the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform medicine—especially hospital…
Hospitalist-Led AI Research
Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering hospital medicine at a moment when the field needs it most and when the risks of getting it wrong are high. For many hospitalists, interest…
