An approach to super utilizers, and difficult patients with Dr. Alex Lane, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cooper University Hospital. In this wide ranging discussion we cover books, learning, super utilizers, hot spotting, and how to approach difficult patients. For full show notes visit http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our newsletter mailing list. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Time Stamps 00:00 Intro 02:04 Getting to know you 06:12 Best advice 07:13 Alex’s tips on keep up with EBM 11:22 Something about Alex we won’t forget 13:06 Listener Mail 15:00 Super Utilizers defined 17:00 Hot spotting defined 24:55 ACE score discussed 30:15 Team based approach to care 33:16 Getting involved in your community 36:18 Outro Tags: assistant, care, difficult, doctor, education family, foam, foamed, health, hot, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, nurse, medicine, medical, patient, physician, practitioner, primary, resident, spotting, student, super, utilizer