Kristen Kulasa, MD, assistant clinical professor of medicine and director of Inpatient Glycemic Control, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the University of California in San Diego, provides tips on how hospitalists can work with nutritionists and dieticians for the betterment of diabetic patients. As a mentor for SHM’s care coordination program on inpatient diabetes, Dr. Kulasa offers hospitalists advice in treating diabetic patients. She points to SHM’s website, which has a lot of resources to help hospitalists feel comfortable with insulin dosing.
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