The Doctor’s Channel covered SHM 2010 in Washington, D.C., the annual meeting for the Society of Hospital Medicine. At SHM 2010, those associated with hospital medicine collaborate with one another, present posters, listen to though leaders and learn about the latest research and development done in hospital medicine.

The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) consists of 11,194 members and is the national organization for hospitalists which is leading the transformation and improvement of care for the hospitalized patient through innovation, collaboration and action.

In this video, Dr. Banks interviews Jonathan Lovins, MD, FHM who is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Duke University Health System. Dr. Lovins discusses the role of health care IT as it pertains to hospitalists in the new reformed health care system.