What is the single best piece of advice you received when starting out as a hospitalist for the first time?

Billing is just a part of routine practice. While everyone is scared of overbilling, underbilling is also a big problem.

During my training, I had very little exposure to billing and coding. During my hospitalist onboarding, we had a couple of sessions on billing, but I was anxious when I submitted ...

This question makes me reflect in many ways. Certainly, the logistics, the team dynamics, the medical complexity, and the social determinants impact day-to-day aspects of hospital medicine.

The best advice I received towards the end of training, which has paid dividends, is to tell yourself you have...