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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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Anticoagulant's Receives FDA Approval to Treat Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: November 8, 2012
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Joaquin Cigarroa, MD, of Oregon Health & Science University, discuss the overlap of cardiology and hospital medicine
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: October 10, 2012
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Guidelines Drive Optimal Care for Heart Failure Patients
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: October 1, 2012
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12 Things Cardiologists Think Hospitalists Need to Know
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: October 1, 2012
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Follow-Up Appointments Essential for Heart Failure Patients
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: October 1, 2012
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Expert Discusses How to Have Conversations with Dissatisfied Hospitalists
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: September 12, 2012
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Speak Up: Getting Hospitalists to Voice Dissatisfaction Isn’t Easy
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: September 10, 2012
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Are Your Hospitalists Bored?
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: August 28, 2012
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Hospitalists Should Prepare for the Patient-Centered Medical Home
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: July 3, 2012
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The Patient-Centered Medical Home: A Primer
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: July 2, 2012
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Should Hospitalists Be Concerned about the PCHM Model?
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: July 2, 2012
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) appears to reduce hospitalizations, but AHRQ says good evidence still lacking
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: July 1, 2012
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: HM Chief Discusses Hospitalist Role in Patient-Centered Medical Home
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: July 1, 2012
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to new physician editor Danielle Scheurer's vision for The Hospitalist
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: April 10, 2012
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10 Things Hospitalists Should Know about Infectious Diseases
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- Thomas R. Collins
Publish date: March 31, 2012