{"title":"Lost to follow-up","authors":"Nicole Damari MD, MS","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70315","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Many physician civic engagement efforts have effectively and appropriately focused on improving physician voter registration and turnout. As we see improvement in these areas for physicians, it is critical not to lose sight of the importance of continued civic engagement, even between elections. Just as we would not discharge a patient without a follow-up plan for continued management, we must consider our vote an initial intervention that requires continued monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":15883,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":"21 6","pages":"681-682"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2026-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jhm.70315","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of hospital medicine","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.70315","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/4/8 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Many physician civic engagement efforts have effectively and appropriately focused on improving physician voter registration and turnout. As we see improvement in these areas for physicians, it is critical not to lose sight of the importance of continued civic engagement, even between elections. Just as we would not discharge a patient without a follow-up plan for continued management, we must consider our vote an initial intervention that requires continued monitoring.
期刊介绍:
JHM is a peer-reviewed publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine and is published 12 times per year. JHM publishes manuscripts that address the care of hospitalized adults or children.
Broad areas of interest include (1) Treatments for common inpatient conditions; (2) Approaches to improving perioperative care; (3) Improving care for hospitalized patients with geriatric or pediatric vulnerabilities (such as mobility problems, or those with complex longitudinal care); (4) Evaluation of innovative healthcare delivery or educational models; (5) Approaches to improving the quality, safety, and value of healthcare across the acute- and postacute-continuum of care; and (6) Evaluation of policy and payment changes that affect hospital and postacute care.