Describing SHM

Members: Through SHM, members have the benefit of meeting people with different career interests to make a difference in hospital medicine. SHM is open to a spectrum of areas relating to healthcare because the company’s goal is to ultimately improve hospital medicine in any every way it can. Being a member is being a part of a team of over 6,000 hospitalists. Together, members are able to contribute ideas and work to keep hospital medicine a field of healthcare enriched with value and quality.

Non-members: SHM invites professionals and professionals in training to become members. These people include: physician members, resident/fellow-in-training members, medical student members, affiliates, allied health professionals. To be a part of SHM means to be a part of society dedicated to the field of hospital medicine and quality healthcare.

Media: SHM’s many components have led to its success over such a short span of time. SHM has broadcasted itself to the public through its website which includes publications, blogs, news, and press releases. It is most recognized around a specific time of the year, when the Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting takes place. This year’s meeting completely sold out in seats, which has never happened before. SHM shows to be growing at a rapid pace as more people are recognizing the organization and contributing to it.

Competition: SHM is an organization that dedicates all of its efforts to hospitalists and hospital medicine. Being loyal to only hospital medicine, SHM is supporting one of the fastest growing specialties over time. Our healthcare in hospitals is always in need of quality improvement and rigorous interventions, and this is what SHM primarily focuses on. It has not been around for long, but its success has grown over such a short span of time of 10 years.