Dr. Anna Conlon’s talk at #ACP in San Francisco on community-onset sepsis connected presenting symptoms with antibiotic timing—and reinforced that timely antibiotics are associated with lower mortality.
Appreciated Dr. David Paje and Dr. Lama Hsaiky’s presentation at the Michigan Pharmacists Association meeting in Lansing on vascular access use in patients with cancer—practical insights and a strong reminder of the value of team-based oncology care.
#MichiganPharmacistsAssociation #Pharmacy
What a week for our Collaborative! We just published our second paper this month from our Antimicrobial Initiative, examining outcomes associated with azithromycin use in patients with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
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The HMS–Sepsis Mortality Model is now live on GitHub 🚀
✅ Code + data dictionary
✅ Open for use & collaboration
🔗 github.com/mi-hms/HMS-M...
📖 Please cite the Chest 2024 paper if you use it > pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38964673/
Among 55 517 hospitalized patients with CAP, 5620 (10.1%) ultimately met eligibility criteria for short-course therapy after comorbidity, clinical stability, and treatment duration criteria were applied. Median age of eligible patients was 68.2 years, and 54.3% were men. Median antibiotic duration was 7 days, with only 7.9% (444 of 5620) receiving 3 to 4 days. Thirty-day adjusted risk ratios for short- versus long-course antibiotic therapy were 0.89 for mortality (95% CI, 0.01 to 2.25), 1.07 for readmission (CI, 0.81 to 1.42), 0.94 for urgent visit (CI, 0.70 to 1.28), and 1.01 for C difficile infection (CI, 0.18 to 5.68). Only 10.1% of inpatients with CAP met the strict eligibility criteria for short-course therapy. The short- and longer-course antibiotic treatment groups had similar mortality rates, and there was little difference in benefits and harms.
Our new paper in @annalsofim.bsky.social finds that, for selected, clinically stable patients hospitalized with community-acquired #pneumonia, 3–4 days of antibiotics may be as safe and effective as longer courses. 🩺📉
🔗 www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
🚀 Today marks the kickoff of our Critical Care Initiative training with our incredible data abstractors! Excited to learn, connect, and drive impact together. Let’s go! 💥👏 #CriticalCare #TeamWork
A fitting end to #SHMConverge26: discharge planning! 🏡
What happens as patients leave matters as much as what happens in the hospital — especially for #sepsis recovery.
For #HMS, it’s a major focus — improving transitions and reducing risk.
It’s been real, Nashville! 🎸
If you're going to the @sheaepi.bsky.social Spring Conference in Chicago from 4/7-4/10, be sure to check out these presentations from #HMS! 👏
Closed Day 2 at #SHMConverge26 with Dr. Stephen Biederman’s #Sepsis session!
Key #QualityImprovement tips:
🧭 Use a proven framework
👂Listen to all voices
🎉 Celebrate small wins
🎯 Stay goal-focused
❤️ Keep patients at the center
New global #sepsis guidelines = earlier detection, smarter antibiotic use, and better outcomes. 🫀
UM experts helped lead the first adult sepsis guideline update since 2021—changing how care begins before patients reach the hospital.
🔗 ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...
🎉 Celebrating #Michigan at #SHMConverge2026!
The Michigan Chapter of @societyhospmed.bsky.social took home 3 awards:
🥇 Member Engagement Excellence
🏆 Chapter of the Year
💎 Platinum Status
Congrats to the chapter leadership! We’re proud to work in a state with such dedicated, engaged hospitalists.
Kicked off Day 2 at #SHMConverge26 with “Updates in Clinical Guidelines” featuring IDSA’s new complicated #UTI guidance:
🧪 Test smarter
🎯 Treat with narrower, targeted abx
💊 Shorter courses
🚫 Avoid treating ASB
#HMS is proud to support bringing national guidelines to the Michigan bedside 🏥
🔥🐔 Hot takes on #anticoagulation straight from the Hot Chicken Capital courtesy of our close HMS partner, Dr. Scott Kaatz of @henryfordhealth.bsky.social 🩸
His sessions are always insightful, entertaining, and this one was well-seasoned with the latest research!
#SHMConverge26
Really proud to see #HMS data featured at #SHMConverge26 in this morning’s “Updates in #Pneumonia” session—co-presented by our own @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social
Big thank you to our HMS data abstractors—your work is what makes this kind of national impact possible 👏🏻
And what a way to start! Dr. Vineet Chopra honored as a Master in Hospital Medicine at the #SHMConverge26 Opening Plenary!
🎉 The MHM is the hall of fame of hospital medicine — and his work on vascular access safety has transformed care in hundreds of hospitals worldwide. So proud, VC! 👏
We’re here for the party — HMS is in Nashville! 🎸 We're at #SHMConverge26 and kicking things off with a poster this morning:
Etiologic Agents of Non-COVID CAP Requiring Hospitalization: Analyzing Changes over Time
📅 March 30 | 10:55–11:19 AM
#HospitalMedicine #PatientSafety #Hospitalist
HMS had great representation at @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social #CCCongress2026 this past weekend! 👏
HMS Sepsis Quality Manager Pat Posa presented "Evaluation of ABCDEF Bundle Implementation and Monitoring Across Michigan ICUs."
HMS Sepsis Physician Leader Dr. Hallie Prescott presented new & revised Surviving Sepsis Campaign recs at
@sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social #CCCongress2026, highlighting guideline updates, supporting evidence, & global implementation challenges.
Check out the updates ➡️https://shorturl.at/rTqls
If you're attending @societyhospmed.bsky.social Converge in Nashville from 3/30 to 4/1, make sure to check out this poster presentation by #HMS!
If you're attending @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social in Chicago from 3/22 to 3/24, make sure to check out these poster presentations by #HMS!
🚨 Patient Safety Awareness Week | Sepsis Awareness
Sepsis is a medical emergency—and recognizing the signs early can save lives.
⏱️ Act fast: Seek medical help immediately if these symptoms appear.
💊 HMS ABX Insights
Dr. Tejal Gandhi highlighted performance in #AsymptomaticBacteriuria, #UTI & #CommunityAquiredPneumonia and the top 10 interventions our hospitals are using to curb unnecessary ASB treatment. Also coming: the 2027 measure and what’s next for the ABX team.
🚨 HMS Sepsis Update!
Dr. Hallie Prescott shared what’s ahead:
🤝 @CDCgov & @SepsisAlliance partnerships
📘 Q2 2026 #SurvivingSepsis Campaign webinar
🦠 Sepsis + ABX stewardship
📊 2027 measure development & site visits
Driving sepsis care forward!
🧭 The Patient Experience: Navigating Discharge & Care Coordination With our Georgiann Ziegler Patient Advisory Council, we’re elevating what matters most to patients: clear discharge contacts, follow‑up outreach, and scheduled visits.
Patient voices leading the way 💙
🚀 #HMS kicks off 2026 at our virtual March Collaborative Wide Meeting! We’re celebrating 15 years of impact 🎉 and highlighting our latest presentations at national conferences 📢 Here’s to the next chapter of innovation!
To the HMS team that makes the magic happen: THANK YOU! Your creativity, resilience, and heart power everything we do. 💙🙌 #EmployeeAppreciationDay
Happy #NationalHospitalistDay!
Today, we honor #hospitalists, especially those across Michigan who elevate patient care, safety, and quality every day. Thank you for your compassion, expertise, and the humanity you bring to every bedside. 💙 #HowWeHospitalist
Elated to be presenting our MAGIC-ONC vascular access appropriateness recommendations in patients with cancer to the @hms-mi.bsky.social consortium today! Be sure to read the full paper published @annalsofim.bsky.social: www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... #medsky #oncsky cc @davidpaje.bsky.social
BREAKING‼️: $5M in federal funding for #sepsis —a $2M increase for CDC programs. Just 3 years ago, sepsis had no line-item funding. This progress belongs to every survivor, family member, clinician & advocate who raised their voice. Let’s keep pushing!
www.endsepsis.org/2026/02/05/5...
New in @atsblueeditor.bsky.social shows #CDC Hospital #Sepsis Program Core Elements are associated with improved sepsis management and outcomes—highlighting the power of system-level approaches to patient care.
🔗 academic.oup.com/ajrccm/advan...
#Sepsis #CriticalCare