Adam E. Fall, MD, SFHM, who recently worked as the senior regional medical director for hospital medicine at TeamHealth in Chattanooga, Tenn., discusses the importance of allowing nuance and gradation to govern patient care in the treatment of thromboembolism in an era where hospitalists can be overly reliant on electronic medical records.
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