Special Issue


July 9, 2025 | FREE
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Next special issue of ACP Hospitalist open for submissions

This year's theme is memorable inpatient encounters. Submit your essay by Sept. 22.

Our top stories of 2024

We take a look back at the ACP Hospitalist articles that got the most clicks this year.

The vibes were off

Gen Z brings their slang, and more, to hospital medicine.

Reflections on a future past

After medicine makes the transition from the electronic record to the subdermal medical chart, what will you do when your devices are down?

OrthoCoin

A dystopian satire predicts the future physician reimbursement system.

Doctors are still human

Medical care will speed up, but being a doctor will remain the same.

DocBOT

Does the patient need a diuretic, or a cat meme?

A bright future for hospital medicine

An optimistic vision of 2124 has hospitalists harmonizing technology and humanity.

Our top stories of 2023

We take a look back at the ACP Hospitalist articles that got the most clicks this year.

Solving the schedule puzzle

A team of two hospitalists took over scheduling for their busy program.

Half-hospitalists to help with rural shortages

One physician proposed a way for himself and others to pursue their passions and provide more coverage for hospital patients.

Down-shifting for academic hospitalists

Fewer shifts were possible, and popular, one academic hospital found.

A strategy for long stays

Patients with extended hospitalizations got continuity and targeted help under a new program.

The year's top headlines

We collected the top five most read ACP Hospitalist articles of 2022 and identified some themes.

Quality improvement across specialties

A hospitalist mentored an endocrinology fellow after they connected at a social event.

Making the most of mentorship

Our special issue on mentorship offers tips for building relationships and five diverse stories of successful mentor/mentee pairs.

Lessons in leadership and life

An internal medicine physician turned to an academic leader and psychiatrist to help her build self-confidence and self-care skills.

From supervisor to friend

Sharing experiences as hospitalist leaders and mothers brought a mentor and mentee together.

An arranged mentorship

A hospitalist and a medical student with much in common learned from each other thanks to a diversity mentorship program.

A brief connection with long-term effects

The advice and example of an attending during residency left a hospitalist with lessons that have lasted a lifetime.