The Brigham Update in Hospital Medicine 2026

1. Overview

The practice of hospital medicine requires a vast knowledge base that must be continuously updated to meet rapidly evolving standards of care. For the busy hospitalist, staying current and incorporating the latest evidence into practice can be challenging. To help meet this need, Brigham and Women’s Hospital offers the Update in Hospital Medicine course, accredited by Harvard Medical School. This intensive, four-day virtual course reviews current clinical guidelines and practice changing updates across 33 core topics in hospital medicine. In a casebased format, leading Harvard Medical School faculty answer every day clinical questions with recent evidence, updated guidelines, and expert opinion. The focus is on practical management of common hospital problems.

Date of Original Release: February 15, 2026

Estimated Time to Complete the Activity: 37.25 hours

2. Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to apply the following:

• Best practices for management of common problems in hospital medicine
• Seminal studies and updates in the literature
• Recent guideline changes and recommendations
• Expert opinions where the data are lacking
• Pearls for interpreting common diagnostic studies

3. Target Audience

Best for hospitalists and internal medicine physicians who want updates on inpatient management, acute care guidelines, and critical illness.

Hospitalists, Internists, Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and other clinicians caring for hospitalized patients

4. Topics

1. 1. Can’t-Miss Radiology Diagnoses – Jennifer W. Uyeda, MD

   2. Hypercoagulable States – Jean M. Connors, MD

   3. Rapid-Fire Hematology Cases – Alfred Lee, MD, PhD

   4. Inpatient Management of Patients with Psychiatric Disease – Sejal B. Shah, MD

   5. Best Practices in Delirium Management – Shoshana Streiter, MD

   6. A Review of Common Clinical Scenarios in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation – Yee-Ping Sun, MD

   7. Updates in the Diagnosis and Management of C. diff – John J. Ross, MD, CM, FIDSA

   8. Improving the Evaluation and Management of Syncope – Kapil Kumar, MD

   9. Evidence-Based Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes – Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH

   10. Allergy 101 – Drug Allergy and Other Common Consults for Hospitalists – Paige G. Wickner, MD, MPH

   11. Difficult Dermatology Cases for the Hospitalist – Alexandra P. Charrow, MD

   12. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and Common Mimics – Adam D. Lipworth, MD

   13. Pain Pointers – Practical Approaches to Managing Acute Pain in the Hospital – Morgan C. Esperance, MD

   14. Goals of Care Conversations in Hospital Medicine – Richard E. Leiter, MD

   15. Current Strategies and Common Questions in the Management of Urinary Tract Infections – Sigal Yawetz, MD

   16. CKD and ESRD Management for the Hospitalist – Gearoid M. McMahon, MBBCh

   17. Management of Critical Illness Before ICU Transfer – Rebecca Baron, MD and Christopher I. Roy, MD, SFHM

   18. Recent Advances in Heart Failure Management – Anju Nohria, MD

   19. Cirrhosis for the Hospitalist – Anna E. Rutherford, MD, MPH

   20. Inpatient Management of GI Bleeding – Tyler M. Berzin, MD, MS

   21. Care of the Hospitalized Patient with HIV – Paul E. Sax, MD

   22. Evidence-Based Management of COPD – Scott L. Schissel, MD, PhD

   23. Antibiotics – A Comprehensive Update and Pearls for the Hospitalist – Part I – Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

   24. Antibiotics – A Comprehensive Update and Pearls for the Hospitalist – Part II – Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

   25. Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients – Michael Klompas, MD

   26. Bloodstream Infections – Michael Klompas, MD

   27. Do I Really Need Meropenem. Common ID Curbsides – Hayden S. Andrews, MD

   28. Choosing the Best View – Patient-Centered Cardiovascular Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease – Diana Lopez, MD

   29. Centering Equity in Hospital Medicine – Bram Wispelwey, MD, MS, MPH and Michelle Morse, MD, MPH

   30. State-of-the-Art Management of Pancreatitis and Biliary Tract Disease – Linda S. Lee, MD

   31. Evidence-Based Approaches to Inpatient Hyperglycemia – Nadine E. Palermo, DO

   32. Ischemic Stroke in Hospital Medicine – Alexis T. Roy, MD

   33. Let’s Rheuminate – Answers to Common Questions in Inpatient Rheumatology – Michael A. Dilorio, MD

   34. Current and Emerging Concepts for Preoperative Evaluation – Adam C. Schaffer, MD

   35. Challenges and Conundrums in Hospital Medicine – Elizabeth Petersen, MD, MPH, FAAP, FHM

   36. Rapid-Fire Electrolyte Cases for the Hospitalist – HyperCa, HypoNa – David A. Krakow, MD

   37. Rethinking Common Labs – Pearls for the Hospitalist – David A. Krakow, MD

   38. Pregnancy – What a Hospitalist Needs to Know – Meghan Rudder, MD

   39. Hospital Management of PE and DVT – Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD

   40. ECG – Can’t-Miss Diagnoses – Sanjay Divakaran, MD

   41. Acute Kidney Injury – Cases for the Hospitalist – Emily S. Robinson, MD, MPH

   42. Inpatient Endocrinology Pearls – J. Carl Pallais, MD, MPH

   43. Alcohol Withdrawal – A Case-Based Approach for the Hospitalist – Lisa W. Vercollone, MD

   44. Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) – Lisa W. Vercollone, MD, PharmD