Discover more common practices that persist in the hospital wards despite no proven benefit! We review how hospitals prescribe a “crapload” of docusate which only clogs up the medication list, how unnecessary echocardiograms are ordered enough times to make your head spin, and how basal insulin needs to slide back into your inpatient diabetes management instead of correctional insulin monotherapy. Join high-value care specialist Dr. Lenny Feldman (@DocLennyF, Hopkins) and tweetorialist Dr. Tony Breu (@tony_breu, Harvard) as they walk us through round 2 of “Things We Do For No Reason™.”

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Credits

Written and Produced by: Justin Berk, MD MPH MBA, Matthew Watto MD
Infographic: Justin Berk MD MPH MBA
Cover Art: Matthew Watto MD
Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD, Matthew Watto MD, and Paul Williams MD
Editor: Matthew Watto MD, Emi Okamoto MD
Guest: Lenny Feldman MD, Tony Breu MD

Sponsor

The Society of Hospital Medicine / Journal of Hospital Medicine - Things We Do For No Reason™series. Check out all the Things We Do For No ReasonTM articles here: Master Index of TWDFNR articles .

#165 Things We Do For No Reason™ Part 2

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