Brendon Shank joined the Society of Hospital Medicine in February 2011 and serves as Associate Vice President of Communications. He is responsible for maintaining a dialogue between SHM and its many audiences, including members, media and others in healthcare.
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2016: Celebrating 20 Years of Hospital Medicine and Looking Toward a Bright Future
For hospitalists who were practicing medicine in 1996, it may seem like just a few years ago; however, that was when the term “hospitalist” was...
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Start Planning for Hospital Medicine 2016
At the end of the year, many hospitalists still have funds left in their CME stipends.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Opens Enrollment for Practice Administrators' Mentor Program
SHM’s Practice Administrators Committee piloted a mentor/mentee program in January 2014 as a way to assist those who were new to practice...
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Hospitalists Can Earn CME Credits for Acute Coronary Syndrome Performance Improvement
Approximately 1.7 million patients are hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and 600,000 die of an acute myocardial infarction. Although...
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Hospitalists Get Prep Tool for ABIM’s Hospital Medicine MOC Exam
SHM's SPARK tool helps hospitalists brush up on skills, knowledge needed to pass
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Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant Winners Blog About Patient Safety
In 2015, three medical students received the first SHM Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant to complete scholarly work related to patient safety in...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Events, Online Tools, Programs for Hospitalists
Schedule includes HM16, leadership conferences, new Podcast, quality improvement Webinars, continuing medical education modules
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Society of Hospital Medicine Membership Ambassador Program Benefits Hospitalists
SHM members earn dues credits, recognition for recruiting new physicians, PAs, NPs, pharmacists or affiliate members
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How Hospitalists Can Support the Hospital Medicine Movement
There are all kinds of ways to show your support for the hospital medicine movement, including the following opportunities: Visit and share the...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Engagement Benchmarking Service Available
SHM’s new Engagement Benchmarking Service helps hospital medicine groups (HMGs) better understand how to engage their physicians for increased...
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Hospital Medicine Exchange Posts Top Topics Among Hospitalists
More than 7,000 hospitalists have logged in to HMX to ask questions and share successes.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Programs Help Improve Your Hospital
New Patient Experience Community and Resources SHM’s new Patient Experience Committee has begun convening resources and people to help...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Events for Hospitalists in 2015
Pediatric Hospital Medicine July 23-26, San Antonio There’s still time to register for one of the fastest growing conferences within hospital...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Learning Portal Adds Programs
Free CME is available to all SHM members, and new modules are added all the time. Here’s a sampling of the most recent online modules:...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Welcomes New Fellows Class
[caption id="attachment_9221" align="alignright" width="295"] Outgoing SHM President Burke Kealey (center) awards SHM CEO Larry Wellikson (left)...