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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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    LISTEN NOW: David Pressel, MD, PHD, FHM, discusses violence in hospitals

    March 6, 2015

    DAVID PRESSEL, MD, PHD, FHM, medical director of inpatient services at Nemours Children’s Health System, talks about the nature of violence in hospitals and a training program he has helped put into place at his center. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Pressel_H

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    Hospital Violence Hits Home

    March 3, 2015

    Hospitalists could hardly be faulted for wondering: Am I safe?

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    LISTEN NOW: Hospitalist Chris Spoja discusses his decision to pursue a MMM degree

    January 7, 2015

    Listen to Chris Spoja, MD, a hospitalist with Sound Physicians, explain his decision to pursue a Master’s of Medical Management (MMM) degree. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Spoja_MedicalMgmt_FINAL_011714.mp3"][/audio]

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    New Job Isn’t Focus of Everyone Seeking Advanced Management Degrees

    January 7, 2015

    Many hospitalists might get an advanced degree in management because they covet a specific job, but that might not be the only reason. Kevan Pickrel, MD, MHM, a regional chief medical officer for Sound Physicians in Southern California, says his decision to get a master’s in healthcare management

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    Advanced Management Degrees: What Hospitalists Should Consider Before Pursuing One

    January 7, 2015

    When Chris Spoja, DO, finished his residency in 2009, he went into the U.S. Army, largely drawn by the tuition incentive. His military experience ended up being a lesson on leadership, and Dr. Spoja’s interest was piqued. “That was kind of on-the-job training,” he says.

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    LISTEN NOW: M.D. Anderson hospitalists discuss caring for cancer patients

    December 3, 2014

    Josiah Halm, MD, and Sahitya Gadiraju, DO, assistant professors of general internal medicine at M.D.

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    Palliative Care Patient Transitions Challenging For Hospitalists, Oncologists

    December 2, 2014

    When should treating a cancer patient become more about controlling symptoms and making the patient comfortable than about trying to slow the cancer itself? Hospitalists, who often care for patients in the worst stages of health, regularly make important observations that result in a patient tran

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    10 Things Oncologists Think Hospitalists Need to Know

    December 2, 2014

    Things you need to know An occasional series providing specialty-specific advice for hospitalists from experts in the field. COMING UP: 10 Things Endocrinologists Want HM to Know Archived: @the-hospitalist.org 10 Things Infectious Disease 12 Things Cardiology 12 Things Nephrology 12 Th

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    Listen Now! Patrick Torcson, MD, MMM, SFHM, discusses how being a hospitalist prepared him for the C-suite

    April 8, 2014

    Dr. Torcson discusses his path to the C-suite, how being a hospitalist helped prepare him for that role, and the essential qualities of leadership

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    Four Hospitalists Retrace Path to C-Suite Executive Ranks

    April 1, 2014

    Drs. Brian Harte, Nasim Afsar, Patrick Torcson, Steve Narang discuss the qualities, skills, strategies that landed them in hospitals' top spots

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