Background: Antibiotics targeted against C. difficile bacteria are necessary, but insufficient, to achieve a durable clinical response because they have no effect on C. difficile spores that germinate within a disrupted microbiome. ECOSPOR-III evaluated SER-109, an investigational, biologically-derived microbiome therapeutic of purified Firmicute spores for treatment of recurrent CDI. Methods: Adults ≥18 years with recurrent [...]

Background: Survivors of hospitalization for COVID-19 are potentially at high risk for subsequent psychiatric morbidity due to medical trauma, systemic inflammation, and potential neurotropism of SARS-CoV-2(1). In addition, social isolation during the hospital stay due to restrictive visitor policies and after discharge due to fears of contagion or stay-at-home orders could further increase psychiatric vulnerability [...]

Background: Across the field of Hospital Medicine, there is a “call to arms” to build robust faculty development programs(1). Medical education and clinical teaching are common career interests for early career hospitalists (ECH), defined as hospitalists ≤5 years since postgraduate training. ECH often pursue academic positions to explore an interest in medical education, but find [...]

Background: In Hospital Medicine, change isn’t coming—it’s already here. Transition is perhaps the only constant in this field. Whether it’s billing models, quality metrics, staffing, reimbursements, or even contracts, evolution is inevitable. A significant shift occurred when Nurse Practitioners (NP) and Physician Assistants (PAs), collectively referred to as Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), joined hospitalist groups. [...]

Background: In Hospital Medicine, change isn’t coming—it’s already here. Transition is perhaps the only constant in this field. Whether it’s billing models, quality metrics, staffing, reimbursements, or even contracts, evolution is inevitable. A significant shift occurred when Nurse Practitioners (NP) and Physician Assistants (PAs), collectively referred to as Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), joined hospitalist groups. [...]

Background: Between the United States and Canada, TikTok hosts more than 175.8 million active users. While originally known for entertainment, the platform has rapidly evolved into a major source of education, news, and health-related content. Because of its wide reach and immediate accessibility, it is essential to evaluate the accuracy and quality of medical information [...]

Background: Between the United States and Canada, TikTok hosts more than 175.8 million active users. While originally known for entertainment, the platform has rapidly evolved into a major source of education, news, and health-related content. Because of its wide reach and immediate accessibility, it is essential to evaluate the accuracy and quality of medical information [...]

Background: In the US, 30-day hospital readmissions remain a significant challenge, impacting patient outcomes and healthcare costs. While conventional binary classification models predict whether readmission occurs within 30 days, survival models can capture time-to-readmission dynamics and provide time-dependent risk estimates. We compared these approaches to characterize readmission patterns and guide tailored interventions. Methods: This was [...]

Background: In the US, 30-day hospital readmissions remain a significant challenge, impacting patient outcomes and healthcare costs. While conventional binary classification models predict whether readmission occurs within 30 days, survival models can capture time-to-readmission dynamics and provide time-dependent risk estimates. We compared these approaches to characterize readmission patterns and guide tailored interventions. Methods: This was [...]

Background: Guideline-direct medical therapy (GDMT) improves morbidity and mortality outcomes in heart failure (HF), yet disparities in prescribing patterns persist across insurance types. Previous work at our hospitals demonstrated overall increases in GDMT prescribing following two phases of targeted interventions: financial incentives and education interventions (“Post 1”) and the addition of clinical decision support systems [...]