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Members: Since you are a member of SHM, you are probably aware of many of our benefits. However, if you did not attend our annual meeting and were not informed, we sold out for the first time in history. It is amazing and proves that hospital medicine is a fast growing specialty. SHM is proud to be the only company that works primarily with hospitalists and their movement.

Non-Members: Hospitalists are doctors that work in hospitals only, and do not have their own private practice. Over the past 10 years, hospitalists have exploded and has become the fastest growing specialty in the medical field. SHM is the only organization that works specifically with this specialty, to improve healthcare and reduce the length of stays in hospitals. We are proud to devote all of our research to hospitalists, and educate as many people as we can along the way.

Media: If you are interested in the medical field, and you were not in attendence at the Hospital Medicine 2009 event in Chicago, you missed out on a huge milestone. For the first time in history, SHM sold out this event. There were numerous courses being taught by some of the most influential people in hospital medicine. Luckily, this is an annual event, and you still have the opportunity to talk to our PR department to get signed up for our next annual meeting, and all of our other meetings in the future. SHM is the only organization of its kind, and you do not want to miss out on another event conducted by them.

Competitors: While you spend one day focusing on nurse practicioners, or primary care physicians, we are focusing on hospitalists. Within the next few years, hospitalists are going to be everywhere. Fortunately for us, we spend all day, every day focusing on hospitalists and how we can improve them. At SHM, we understand that hospitalists are the up and coming in healthcare, and proud to be the only organization that offers all of our time to them!