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MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Special Recognition
More than 500 selected for inaugural Fellow in Hospital Medicine class
By Jason Carris
Jeff Dichter, MD, admits he’s not the typical 21st-century hospitalist. He isn’t in his 30s anymore, and he isn’t practicing HM full time anymore. He is, however, one of the original 300 SHM members. And after 10 years as a hospitalist, building an HM program of his own, and serving five years on SHM’s Board of Directors, Dr. Dichter is among more than 500 hospitalists in the inaugural Fellow in Hospital Medicine (FHM) class. The designation is for those who have devoted their career to HM and whose personal and professional activities embody both the mission and goals of SHM and the medical profession.
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ETHICS
Advertise at Your Own Risk
Hospital feud shines a spotlight on the potential pitfalls of medical advertising
By Richard Quinn
A continuing court battle between neighboring health systems over “Top Doc” self-promotions should serve as a reminder to HM group leaders that advertising claims must be legally defensible. “The issue for hospitalists really isn’t different from anybody else,” says Erin A. Egan, MD, JD, a hospitalist at the University of Colorado at Denver and chair of SHM’s Ethics Committee. “If you can claim something quantifiable, you better be able to back it up. If you claim something qualitative, essentially you’re offering an opinion, and opinions don’t have to be based in fact.”
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