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Thomas R. Collins

Tom Collins is a freelance writer in South Florida who has written about medical topics from nasty infections to ethical dilemmas, runaway tumors to tornado-chasing doctors. He travels the globe gathering conference health news and lives in West Palm Beach.

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    Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources Often Lacking in Hospitalists’ Routines

    November 4, 2015

    The best antibiotic stewardship programs weave improvements into the routines of hospitalists. But at the end of the day, developing and overseeing these important programs does require some level of time and money.

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    Society of Hospital Medicine Launches Antimicrobial Stewardship Campaign

    November 4, 2015

    In 2006, infectious disease specialists and pharmacists at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore took a look at the pharmacy budget and were jarred by the numbers. “The proportion of the pharmacy budget that was antimicrobials was much larger than we would expect,” says Jonathan Zenil

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    Listen Now: Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs and Hospital Medicine

    November 4, 2015

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    Use of Medical Scribes Spurs Debate About Costs, Difficulties of Electronic Health Records

    October 6, 2015

    [caption id="attachment_11554" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: ILLUSTRATION/PAUL JUESTRICH; PHOTOs shutterstock.com[/caption] The hospitalists at six Illinois hospitals, physicians who are provided by Best Practices Inpatient Care, were grappling with some issues that might sound fa

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    Proton Pump Inhibitors Commonly Prescribed, Not Always Necessary

    July 6, 2015

    Gastroenterologists say better indicators needed before prescribing PPIs for inpatients with non-cardiac chest pain

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    11 Things Gastroenterologists Think Hospitalists Need to Know

    July 6, 2015

    [caption id="attachment_10268" align="alignright" width="275"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] So many symptoms that are staples of gastroenterology—chest pain, nausea, diarrhea—are mainstay causes for hospitalization that it might be worth fine-tuning how well you handle patients with g

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    LISTEN NOW: Gastroenterologist, Robert Coben, MD, on GI Bleeds, Colon Cancer

    July 2, 2015

    ROBERT COBEN, MD, Program director of the gastroenterology fellowship program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, discusses GI bleeds and colon cancer. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Coben_Top10Gastro_FINAL_051515.mp3"][/audio]

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    LISTEN NOW: Gastroenterologist, John Pandolfino, MD, on Best Practices for Colonoscopies, Treating C. diff Infections

    July 2, 2015

    John Pandolfino, MD, chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, talks about best practices for colonoscopies and treating C.

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    LISTEN NOW: Jeffrey Greenwald, MD provides tips on treating endocrine disorders

    April 4, 2015

    Jeffrey Greenwald, MD, a hospitalist at Massacusetts General Hospital with 15 years of experience in hospital medicine, discusses his view of the spectrum of endocrine disorders and how hospitalists should approach the question of when to call in an endocrine specialist. [audio mp3="http://www.th

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    Nine Things Hospitalists Need to Know about Treating Patients with Endocrine Disorders

    April 3, 2015

    Diabetes is as prevalent in hospitals today as lab coats and heart monitors. More than 8% of the population—almost 26 million people—and nearly 27% (11 million) of Americans 65 or older have diabetes, according to American Diabetes Association (ADA) statistics.

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