Technology: Recent Episodes
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Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
Guest: Ali Soroush, MD, MS
Due to recent technological advancements, the use of artificial intelligence to detect a variety of gastroenterological conditions like Barrett’s esophagus, gastric cancer, and colon polyps is increasingly being explored. Learn about the application, benefits, and pitfalls of artificial intelligence in gastroenterology with Dr. Peter Buch and Dr. Ali Soroush, Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
Host: Mary Katherine Cheeley, PharmD, BCPS, CLS, FNLA
Guest: Sarah Bauerle Bass, PhD, MPH, FSBM
Although the rate of new HIV diagnoses in the United States is steadily declining, people in prisons are still disproportionately living with the virus, which is why researchers at Temple University are now developing an app aimed at improving HIV prevention and substance use treatment access for incarcerated women in Philadelphia. To learn more about this research, Dr. Mary Katherine Cheeley is joined by Dr. Sarah Bauerle Bass, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Director of Risk Communication Laboratory at Temple University.
Host: John Buse, MD, PhD
Guest: Anna Kahkoska, MD, PhD
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) can help improve glycemic management in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), but integrating this technology can be a complex learning process for older adults. So what do we need to consider when it comes to CGM use in older adults? Find out with Dr. John Buse and Dr. Anna Kahkoska, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Kahkoska is also the author of a recent paper, titled “Nothing is linear: Characterizing the determinants and dynamics of CGM use in older adults with type 1 diabetes.”
Guest: Patricia A. Pellikka, M.D.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has several applications in cardiology, such as echocardiography. Can machine learning and AI algorithms in echocardiology help clinicians better detect heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)? Dr. Patricia A. Pellikka, Director of the Ultrasound Research Center at the Mayo Clinic, shares data from ACC.23 and explores the potential of AI in detecting HFpEF.
Guest: Shibeshih Belachew, MD PhD
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Technology is advancing exponentially, and this has been more evident than ever in the field of medicine. In fact, biotech and pharmaceutical companies are bringing biology and technology together to better meet patient needs across a range of specialties. So what are the latest research and initiatives in digital health that are working towards a future of more personalized medicine for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)? Joining Dr. Turck to share insights on digital health innovations in MS care is Dr. Shibeshih Belachew, Head of Science at Biogen Digital Health.
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Host: Neilanjan Nandi, MD
Guest: Megan E. Riehl, PsyD
In an age where there’s an app for everything, are smartphone apps and other technology-enable solutions revolutionizing mental health treatment in patients with GI challenges? Dr. Neil Nandi speaks with Dr. Megan Riehl from the University of Michigan to explore the capabilities of these technologies and their role in treatment.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: David Mohr, PhD
In addition to potentially improving access to mental health care, digital tools have also been shown to improve symptoms in many types of mental illness1 and can serve as an adjunct to psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy. Despite this, these tools have not yet been widely adopted in the United States. So what are some strategies we can use to implement these tools and develop an improved framework? Joining Dr. Charles Turck to discuss mental health treatments and their application in clinical practice is Dr. David Mohr, a Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
Reference:
- Mohr DC, Azocar F, Bertagnolli A, et al. Banbury Forum Consensus Statement on the Path Forward for Digital Mental Health Treatment. Psychiatr Serv. 2021;72(6):677-683.
December 2022 US.UNB.X.22.00074
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Matthew N. Brams, MD
Since the use of digital tools in psychiatry and mental health treatment is already a reality, it’s important to know how to find the digital tool that best suits your and your patients’ needs and—perhaps even more importantly—how to encourage patients to use the tool. That’s why Dr. Charles Turck speaks with Dr. Matthew Brams, who shares the benefits of digital tools, the data he’s able to gain from them, how he talks to patients, and more.
July 2022 US.UNB.X.22.00009
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Daniel R. Karlin, MD, MA
Digital tools have emerged as one of the newest therapeutic modalities for behavior modification in several chronic psychiatric diseases,1 such as major depressive disorder, chronic insomnia, and substance use disorders. But what exactly are these digital tools, and what does their use look like in practice? Joining Dr. Jennifer Caudle to answer those and other key questions regarding the use of digital tools in psychiatry is Dr. Daniel Karlin, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University in Boston and Chief Medical Officer at MindMed in New York City.
References:
- Patel NA, Butte AJ. Characteristics and challenges of the clinical pipeline of digital therapeutics. NPJ Digit Med. 2020;3:159.
August 2022 US.UNB.X.22.00018
Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
Guest: Eamonn Quigley, MD
Have you ever wondered what the practice of gastroenterology will look like in 10 years? If so, you’re not alone. And to help clear up that crystal ball, Dr. Peter Buch speaks with Dr. Eamonn Quigley about what’s to come in gastroenterology.
Host: Javed Butler, MD, MBA, MPH
Guest: Alice White, PhD
Guest: Christopher Chen, MD, PhD
There is currently no safe way to get a close-up view of the human heart, which is exactly why a team of Boston University researchers created a device to mimic the human organ. So how does the new device called miniPUMP work, and how was it developed? To discuss this, Dr. Javed Butler is joined by Dr. Alice White and Dr. Christopher Chen from Boston University.
Host: Jerome Lisk, MD
Guest: Mark Mintz, MD
Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) technology have shown to aid with neurological disease diagnosis, risk stratification, treatment response, and more. So what are the newest AI applications? And perhaps even more importantly, what’s to come in the future? To find out the answer to these and other key questions, Dr. Jerome Lisk speaks with Dr. Mark Mintz, Chief Medical Officer and Founder of NeurAbilities Healthcare, to discuss emerging AI tools in the field of neurology.
Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
Guest: Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS
Let’s escape our busy day for a moment to imagine the future of gastroenterology and to ask ourselves: How can technology make us better clinicians? Explore that very question with Drs. Peter Buch and Brennan Spiegel as they discuss the latest advances in artificial intelligence and virtual reality that are aiding both clinical practice and research efforts.
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Guest: Dustin Portela, DO
The prevalence of social media has grown significantly over the past few decades, and within the field of medicine, we’ve seen a rise in dermatologists using these platforms to grow their professional network, improve patient care, and provide essential education. But what ethical challenges arise from a widespread social media presence, and how can we navigate those challenges? To find out, Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. Dustin Portela about his online presence as 208SkinDoc.
Host: Matthew Sorrentino, MD
Guest: Javed Butler, MD, MBA, MPH
In a groundbreaking procedure, a 57-year-old man with life-threatening heart disease received a heart from a genetically altered pig. Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center performed the 8-hour operation, making it the first successful transplant of a pig's heart into a human being. And while much is still uncertain, what could this achievement mean for the future of organ transplantation? That’s what ReachMD hosts Dr. Matthew Sorrentino and Dr. Javed Butler explore together.
Please note: Since the date of publication, David Bennet, the patient who received a heart transplant from a pig, died at the age of 57 at the University of Maryland Medical Center on March 8, 2022.
Host: Jacob Sands, MD
Guest: Tejas Patil, MD
What kind of role does next-generation sequencing play in HER2-mutated non-small cell lung cancer? Dr. Jacob Sands is joined by Dr. Tejas Patil from the University of Colorado Medicine to explore the clinical utility of NGS and highlight opportunities to expand molecular testing into clinical practice.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Animesh Ray, PhD
Getting ahead of the next pandemic may be possible thanks to deep machine learning’s ability to predict the structure of antibodies. And while that may sound like science fiction, this technology is currently being studied, which is why Dr. Animesh Ray from the Keck Graduate Institute joins Dr. Charles Turck to provide insight on where the research currently lies and what we have to look forward to.
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Guest: Sheng Xu, PhD
Sheng Xu, Professor of Nanoengineering, Bioengineering, Computer and Electrical Engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, meets with Dr. Alan Brown to discuss his innovative technology to change the way we predict cardiovascular risks.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
In order for us to better understand how mRNA vaccines were able to move beyond clinical trials amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we must first know how they were originally developed. That’s why ReachMD host and family medicine physician Dr. John Russell reviews the history of mRNA vaccines and how we can use them in the future.
Host: Jacob Sands, MD
Guest: Benjamin Kann, MD
Artificial intelligence-based models have become a growing area of interest in clinical oncology. What do we need to know about them? Dr. Benjamin Kann, a physician at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Assistant Professor of radiation oncology at Harvard Medical School, meets with Dr. Jacob Sands to discuss the use of AI in oncology.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Pradipta Ghosh, MD
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how we practice medicine in a variety of ways, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, a recently developed AI model can help us predict the disease course of patients infected with COVID-19, and here to share how that model was developed based on pandemics of the past and how it can be used in the current—and even future—pandemics is Dr. Pradipta Ghosh, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at UC San Diego.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Shantanu Nundy, MD, MBA
With all of the chaos and changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be easy to focus on the negative impacts of this global health crisis. But for one physician, the same chaos and changes are exactly what forged his unique perspective: one that recognizes the benefits that has come out of the pandemic.
Joining Dr. Charles Turck to share why he believes the COVID-19 pandemic has changed healthcare for the better is primary care physician Dr. Shantanu Nundy, author of a recent article published in The Washington Post titled, “A Surprising Pandemic Side Effect: It Has Improved Healthcare.”
Published June X, 2021
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Guest: Sam Polesie, PhD
Can technology play a role in assessing melanoma? Dr. Michael Greenberg discusses the use of artificial intelligence in dermatology with Dr. Sam Polesie, a specialist physician in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Host: Hector O. Chapa, MD, FACOG
Guest: Mikaela Rush, MD FACOG
The use of social media has become a way of life around the world. Many use social media tools to stay in touch with friends or share life experiences. Others may use these platforms for more professional reasons, including medical education. But in the digital age where online posts have the potential to spread like wildfire, even some well-intentioned professional posts—like the one Dr. Mikaela Rush, a board-certified ob-gyn physician in Cedar Park, Texas, shared about a contraceptive device—may have some unexpected consequences. Now, Dr. Rush joins Dr. Hector Chapa to share her story and to explain why she views social media as an ally and not an adversary.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Chris H. Cooper
Can new mask technology made with innovative materials better protect us from the coronavirus? Dr. Charles Turck speaks with Chris Cooper, Chief Science Officer and CEO of Airlock389, on improving mask technology after the supply shortage of masks during COVID-19.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Michael LaFauci
Guest: Jeffrey Wahl
Drug diversion is a safety concern that is often overlooked. What do we need to know about its impact, and what kind of devices can help? Dr. Charles Turck discusses drug diversion with Michael Lafauci and Jeffrey Wahl from Midas Healthcare Solutions.
Host: Neilanjan Nandi, MD
Guest: Aline Charabaty, MD
Many of us use social media to stay connected with family and friends. But have you ever considered using social media to communicate with other clinicians and even earn CME credit? Clinical Director of Gastroenterology and Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital Dr. Aline Charabaty saw that opportunity and used it to create Monday Night IBD, and now Dr. Charabaty is here to talk about that program and the benefits of social media for clinicians with Dr. Neil Nandi.
Host: Jerome Lisk, MD
Guest: Jerrold Vitek, MD, PhD
What is deep brain stimulation, and how is this technology helping patients with conditions like Parkinson's disease and epilepsy? Tune in to hear Dr. Jerome Lisk speak with Dr. Jerrold Vitek about current and future applications of this technology.
Host: Carol Wysham, MD
Guest: Irl Hirsch, MD, MACP
How is technology like continuous glucose monitors impacting the way we care for patients with diabetes, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic? To learn more about the technological advancements in diabetes care, Dr. Carol Wysham speaks with Dr. Irl Hirsch, a Professor in Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington.
Host: Jerome Lisk, MD
Guest: Jerrold Vitek, MD, PhD
Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is an emerging surgical procedure that may help to manage movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Jerrold Vitek joins Dr. Jerome Lisk to share what is to be expected when a patient undergoes this type of procedure.
Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Ping Zhang, PhD, FAMIA
The pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world, but a new deep learning computer model may have discovered ten potential treatment options to combat COVID-19. Dr. Charles Turck sits down with Dr. Ping Zhang, who leads the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Lab and a faculty member at the Translational Data Analytics Institute at The Ohio State University, to discuss his team's findings.
Published March 29, 2021
Host: Hector O. Chapa, MD, FACOG
Guest: Andrew Little, DO
When vascular access is compromised, intraosseous access, or IO access, can help prevent fatal consequences. What do we need to know about implementing and managing this type of device? Dr. Hector Chapa is joined by Dr. Andy Little, the Associate Program Director for AdventHealth Orlando Emergency Medicine Residency, to share some insight on IO vascular access.
Host: David Weisman, MD
Guest: Mijail D Serruya MD,PhD
Thousands of Americans live with the debilitating aftereffects of stroke, such as arm and communication problems. This makes technological developments like brain-computer interfaces absolutely critical for stroke survivors, but some questions are beginning to arise regarding the ethics of this technology. So in order for us to fully pursue this advancement, it’s important that we address those ethical concerns, as Dr. Mijail Serruya explains.
Host: David Weisman, MD
Guest: Mijail D Serruya MD,PhD
Every 40 seconds: that’s how often someone in the United States has a stroke. And it’s not uncommon for many of these patients to experience impaired functionality for the rest of their lives. But now, thanks to the latest technology, could something that seems straight out of a science-fiction novel like brain-computer interfaces help us improve the aftereffects of a stroke? Joining Dr. David Weisman to discuss his research that sought to address that exact question is Dr. Mijail Serruya.
Host: Jerome Lisk, MD
Guest: Eric Gantwerker, MD, MMSc, FACS
The rise of gaming in medical education has become a much bigger and faster-moving phenomenon than we may know. To find out more, Dr. Jerome Lisk is joined by Dr. Eric Gantwerker from Level EX, which develops video games that are designed to improve clinical decision-making skills. Together, they talk about the evolving role of video games in healthcare settings and why we may be pressing play sooner than we think.
Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH
Guest: Suneet Mittal, MD FACC FHRS
The development of cardiac devices enhanced by wireless remote monitoring has changed the way cardiologists care for their patients. With that in mind, Dr. Matthew Sorrentino discusses remote monitoring in cardiology with Dr. Suneet Mittal, medical director of the Snyder Center for Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Host: Matthew Sorrentino, MD
As the field of healthcare continues to change, how will the future of preventative cardiology be impacted? Join our Heart Matters hosts, Dr. Alan Brown and Dr. Mathew Sorrentino, as they sit down to discuss their experiences in preventative cardiology and the future of the healthcare system.
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Host: Matthew Sorrentino, MD
Developments in the healthcare community have changed the field of preventative cardiology. But how have they impacted cardiology care? Heart Matters hosts Dr. Alan Brown and Dr. Mathew Sorrentino examine adherence to medicine, improvements to compliance, and new entries into the marketplace surrounding cardiology.
Host: Matthew Sorrentino, MD
Guest: Nosheen Reza, MD
While the field of cardiology has grown to become more inclusive, female-led research and diversity in study participants remain limited. How can we better understand this lack of representation? Tune in as Dr. Matthew Sorrentino explores a recent study on gender disparities in heart failure research with Dr. Nosheen Reza.
Host: Matthew Sorrentino, MD
Guest: Laetitia Guillemette, MSc, PhD
Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States and may impact young adults earlier than we think. Maybe even before they’re born. Joining Dr. Matthew Sorrentino is Dr. Laetitia Guillemette, who discusses her study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal investigating the relationship between exposure to diabetes in the womb and heart disease in young adults and teenagers.
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Guest: Daniel T. Lackland DrPH
For decades, news reports have focused on the prevalence of high blood pressure among adults in the U.S. But a recent study claims that blood pressure among these adults has actually decreased between 1960 and 2005. Here to divulge the surprising results of his study and discuss systolic blood pressure improvements in adults in the U.S. is Dr. Daniel Lackland.
Host: Matthew Sorrentino, MD
Guest: Jennifer N. Avari Silva, MD
Each year, more than 75 thousand cardiac ablation procedures are performed in the United States alone. Could something straight out of a science-fiction movie like holograms help improve physician accuracy and reduce the complications typically associated with this procedure? Talk a walk on the futuristic side of medicine with Dr. Matthew Sorrentino and Dr. Jennifer Silva, who co-led a team that tested a unique headset using mixed reality technology during cardiac ablation procedures at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Host: Matthew Sorrentino, MD
Guest: Jennifer N. Avari Silva, MD
Understanding how and why arteries age has baffled doctors for years, but a recent study may have the answers we’ve been looking for. Dr. Vienna Brunt, a post-doctorate fellow in the Department of Integrated Physiology of Aging Lab at the University of Colorado in Boulder, walks us through her study published in the journal Hypertension exploring how a compound produced in the gut called “trimethylamine N-oxide” can harm the endothelial lining of our arteries and increase the risk of heart disease with aging.
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Guest: Jennifer N. Avari Silva, MD
While we know that the lungs are deeply affected by COVID-19, they’re far from the only organ to be ravaged by this disease. Dr. Richard Vander Heide, Professor and Director of Pathology Research at LSU Health, New Orleans School of Medicine, joins Dr. Alan Brown to discuss how he led a team of pathologists that performed autopsies on COVID-19 patients to discover the resulting cardiac changes.
Host: Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., MSc
Guest: Salman Ahmed, MD, MPH
During the COVID-19 pandemic, e-consults have become the new norm, but what impacts do they have on patient care? To find out, Mario Nacinovich is joined by Dr. Salman Ahmed, who takes us through his research finding that e-consults might not just be the appropriate choice, but the preferred one over face-to-face appointments.
Published May 13, 2020
Host: Paul Doghramji, MD
Guest: Jonathan Stokes
The World Health Organization recently listed antibiotic resistance as one of the biggest threats to global health, causing researchers to search for potential antibiotic candidates to combat this crisis. To find one such candidate, one research team turned to an unexpected source: artificial intelligence.
Here to walk us through the team’s approach and findings is Johnathon Stokes, the lead author of the study that identified a powerful new antibiotic compound.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The international supply chain of medical equipment and materials has been strained by Asian and European countries already hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is why healthcare gear in dire need is now being looked at from a different perspective by university research teams. Listen in as Dr. Matt Birnholz sheds light on innovative ways PPE is being manufactured by Georgia Tech.
Published April 1, 2020
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Guest: Christopher Spagnuola, MD, FAAOS
As with any technology, there are benefits and limitations to the computerization of healthcare. On the plus side, as Dr. Christopher Spagnuola explains, electronic medical records are streamlining communication between medical providers when it comes to prescriptions, and telemedicine is revolutionizing post-op following orthopedic surgery. But there are unfortunately some downsides to this technology as well.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Guest: Carmine Attanasio
Get a glimpse into the future of healthcare as Carmine Attanasio the Senior Product Manager with Digital Mylemoa Marketing at Celgene, shares how social media is changing the landscape in patient education.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Guest: Daniel Tropeano
Join Daniel Tropeano, CEO of the Pennsylvania and Delaware Region with United Healthcare, as he shares how technology has helped improve the personalization of healthcare and the utilization of the various wellness programs available to healthcare members.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Peng Zhang, PhD
Oxygen: It's the third most abundant element in our universe. From healthcare to industrial needs, we know oxygen's uses to be far-reaching, but could there still be more therapeutic potential yet?
In an in-depth conversation with Dr. Matt Birnholz, Dr. Pang Zheng presents new evidence of oxygen's potential uses within the healthcare industry.
The FDA has made strides in improving transparency and data access, and has implemented tools to allow the pharmaceutical industry and the public to transform raw data into usable information. One of these tools is called the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Public Dashboard. In this episode, the architects of the FAERS Public Dashboard – Deputy Director of the Regulatory Science Staff Suranjan De, and Acting Team Lead in Regulatory Science Information Sanjay Sahoo—both of CDER’s Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, highlight their work with this new online tool.
Looking to the future of healthcare, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Rasu Shrestha on the two things that are needed to truly transform the system: design thinking and a culture of innovation.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Robert J. Deschenes, Ph.D.
Guest: Athanasios Tsalatsanis, Ph.D.
The career fields of health informatics and healthcare analytics continue to experience significant growth, a pattern expected to continue for at least the next decade. What’s driving this need for more health informaticists and analysts?
Dr. Robert Deschenes and Dr. Athanasios Tsalatsanis, nationally renowned experts and educators in health informatics from USF Health’s Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida, join host Tim Rush to talk about the latest innovations from the field and their novel programs advancing this cause.
Dr. Deschenes' research combines computational biology, bioinformatics and genetics in an interdisciplinary effort to understand cancer and neurological disorders. He oversees the graduate and postdoctoral programs of USF Health’s Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida.
Dr. Tsalatsanis is an active researcher and professor in USF Health’s Morsani College of Medicine. His research interests are in the areas of medical decision making and health informatics, subjects about which he has published more than forty research articles and abstracts.
Host: John J. Russell, MD
Guest: Judd Hollander, MD
In the early 1900s, about 40% of doctor visits were made in a patient’s home. Today, with the rise of telehealth technologies, more than 7 million patients are once again receiving care in the comfort of their own homes.
Join Dr. John Russell as he speaks with Dr. Judd Hollander, Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and Professor and Vice Chair of Finance and Healthcare Enterprises in the Department of Emergency Medicine, on the benefits and risks of implementing telemedicine in your practice.
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
The value you provide on your website through your articles on healthcare will translate into trust. Once trusted, consumers (patients) then consider to purchase goods or services (such as making an appointment). Every successful business, brand, and website is trusted. Is yours?
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
Curating content is a method of content marketing by which an expert (i.e. you) provides an analysis, explanation, or opinion about a current topic in healthcare.
Russ and Randy explain the advantages of curating content and why it is such a natural way to build traffic for a healthcare professional.
Host: Russell Faust, MD
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Podcasting is the fastest growing medium and reaches across all generations, giving you the opportunity to reach unique audiences and new patients.
Russ and Randy share a few easy steps to starting your own health care podcast.
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
Newsjacking can increase your SEO and website traffic by injecting your own thoughts and ideas on trending news stories. Health care newsjacking works the same way, culling the web for trending health care topics and then writing about them for your clinical blog. Though similar to curating, newsjacking differs in that stories are published more timely. In fact, the best time to release a newsjacking story is before it even becomes a trending topic.
Russ and Randy discuss some best practices to newsjacking: how to monitor the web, tools to use, and how to efficiently keep up with current events.
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, which means that video reaches a massive audience second only to Google.
In this episode, Russ and Randy explain why you should consider adding a video channel to your marketing strategy, engaging the viewer and providing value by educating and/or demonstrating clinical techniques.
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
Video editing software is important and useful for any video you might want to publish on the Internet, on platforms such as Vimeo or YouTube. Screen capture software allows you to capture video of your computer screen, often used to create a video of a PowerPoint presentation, and allows you to add voiceover and other features.
Russ and Randy review their favorite software tools for video editing and screen capture, remarking on the ease of use, price, and features for these tools.
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
Want to write a killer eBook? Want to write an eBook using best practices?
Writing an eBook can be easy, but there are ways to do it better. Russ and Randy give top recommendations and tips to creating a great eBook.
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
There are dozens of ways to communicate digitally with one another, but email remains the preferred method for your marketing communications to current and potential patients. No need to be distracted by the fact that you may not be using the “latest” social media platform to direct-message with your patients; email is likely the preferred medium used by your patients…and you!
Russ and Randy discuss why you should continue to use email and not worry as much about comparative social media platforms to direct-message with patients.
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Guest: Robert Pearl, MD
Most patients wrongly assume the “best” care is dependent mainly on the newest medications, the most complex treatments, and the smartest doctors. But according to physician and author Dr. Robert Pearl, Americans tend to look for healthcare solutions in the wrong places.
Host Maurice Pickard chats with Dr. Pearl, author of Mistreated: Why We Think We’re Getting Good Health Care—And Why We’re Usually Wrong, about the subconscious misperceptions that have become so commonplace in medicine today. Dr. Pearl explains how modifying the structure, technology, financing, and leadership of American healthcare could radically improve quality outcomes.
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
Search engines rank web pages, not websites. This means that each of your web pages has an outstanding chance to rank highly and well. Paying attention to the techniques of search engine optimization (SEO), including keyword usage, can help your individual pages outrank the competition. You will want to take particular advantage of this concept when writing your About pages.
Host: Russell Faust, MD
Bryan Vartabedian, M.D. has been blogging and using Twitter since 2008, but he doesn't do it to build his practice. As an early adopter, Bryan has become an authority on digital technology, social media and the future of medicine. His blog, 33charts.com, was started to help physicians learn about digital exposure, and was NOT created to attract patients. Listen to this unique perspective about using digital visibility to create opportunity.
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
Any website can get hacked. There are 3 facets of website security: backing up your website, thwarting hackers (unauthorized use), and repairing hacked files. Restoring a hacked website can take weeks compared to a single click if you have a backup. It should be your priority.
Drs. Russ Faust and Randy Wong discuss their favorite security plugins to keep your site safe from hackers by preventing unauthorized access, blocking entire countries from accessing your site, and scanning for malware.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Interoperability refers to the capacity for computer systems and software to exchange information and interpret that shared data.
The ability for machines to communicate efficiently within healthcare systems offers a myriad of vital benefits to patients and providers. For instance, as data becomes more mobile, personal health information entered by clinicians can begin to reach patients wherever they are and whenever they need it.
Dr. Brian McDonough sits down with Brendan McCorkle, CEO and Founder of CloudMine, to discuss his perspectives on the importance of health care systems interoperability and how to implement it successfully.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Teresa MacGregor PhD, ARNP
Guest: Roberta Christopher, EdD, MSN, ARNP, NE-BC, CHTS-CP
Federal regulations requiring the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) spurred the need for the healthcare industry to assess processes and employee skill sets relative to maintaining proper electronic records and improving patient care and safety outcomes. As a healthcare professional, it's likely that your job is affected every day by tasks or information related to health informatics. Because of the breadth of the health informatics industry and the depth of its impact on medical facilities throughout the country, we have interviewed some of the industry’s thought leaders on the practice of health informatics and nursing informatics.
Dr. Christopher is an ANCC board certified nurse executive, and is board certified as a healthcare technology specialist clinician/practitioner consultant (CHTS-CP) through the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). She is also an active member of the AHIMA and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Dr. Christopher was credentialed by EPIC in electronic health record (EMR) report writing and inpatient clinical documentation. She had further training in EPIC hospital outpatient departments, Stork (maternal child module), ASAP (emergency department module), BEACON (oncology module), research, and business intelligence reporting during her tenure overseeing a nursing informatics department and co-facilitating an EPIC EMR go …
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Could constant cell phone use be damaging children's brains?
Host Dr. Brian McDonough chats with Daniel Debaun, author of Radiation Nation: The Fallout of Modern Technology," about how electromagnetic frequency (EMF) radiation produced by modern technology such as cell phones, tablets, laptops, Wi-Fi, and smart meters may be emerging as a health threat with many unknown consequences.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Harold Mondschein
The surgical field is always being improved by cutting edge technology, but the processes used to connect surgical centers to hospitals lack innovation. Dr. Matt Birnholz sits down with Harold Mondschein, CEO and Co-Founder of Medtel Inc. to discuss methods of improving surgical outcomes by capturing structured data. Through better analytics, healthcare providers can better coordinate surgical care while reducing costs and inefficiencies.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Denise Devine
What if there was a way to monitor vital signs in real time? Denise Devine, Co-Founder of RTM Vital Signs, LLC, is working on just that. She is joined by Dr. Matt Birnholz at the Villanova Health Summit to discuss this innovative technology in development, which opens up the possibility of collecting continuous health data from patients to enhance point-of-care treatments.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Michael Freytag
Throughout his time as Managing Director of Blacktree Healthcare Consulting, Michael Freytag has seen many changes in the healthcare system. In this program, he will discuss how consulting firms aim to help health care providers optimize the new technologies that are available, as well as adapt to the changing political and economic policies. Dr. Matt Birnholz hosts.
Host: Randall Wong, MD
Host: Russell Faust, MD
Every doctor has a Power Point presentation. Have you considered taking a "screencast," also known as video screen capture, of your presentation and adding your own voiceover? It's much easier and cheaper (free?) than you think.
Drs. Russ Faust and Randy Wong share a few of the trusted tools available to publish your first educational video.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Vince Parry
In today’s digital world, the way that people interact with health care is very different than in the past. Guest Vince Parry, President and Chief Branding Officer at Parry Branding Group, says there are fundamental problems in the way healthcare companies and their advertising agencies currently market health and wellness brands across digital media. Host Dr. Jennifer Caudle will lead a discussion of the current brand “identity crisis” and how healthcare brands can better capitalize on the current digital landscape to improve outcomes.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
From the Villanova Health Summit's Speaker Event, host Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with Jeanne Vanella, Chief Nursing Officer at Bernoulli, Inc. about the challenges of adopting new, innovative technologies into nursing practices.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Peter Yellowlees, President-elect of the American Telemedicine Association which seeks to improve health care delivery through better use of remote medicine technologies. Dr. Yellowlees discusses his decades of work at the University of California Davis advancing the use of telemedicine in clinical and behavioral care.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Keith Boone, "Interoperability Guru" at GE Healthcare. Mr. Boone discusses his work developing standards for health information technology as a board member at HL7 International, and how HL7's new FHIR standards, as well as growth of Accountable Care Organizations, will accelerate the pace of interoperability in health care.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Lee Buckler, Director, Chief Executive Officer and President of RepliCel Life Sciences based in Vancouver, BC. Mr. Buckler and his colleagues are tackling a mix of medical and cosmetic issues that include hair regeneration, repair of painful and debilitating tendon injuries and rejuvenation of damaged skin.
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Fred Moss, MD
In today’s fast paced world, it can be hard for people to find time in their busy schedules for even the most accessible mainstays of psychological treatment, such as talking to a therapist.
Dr. Fred Moss, a Board Certified Psychiatrist and practitioner in the emerging telepsychiatry field, is helping usher in a new response to this problem by utilizing virtual psychiatric services. Is this approach as effective as the in-person visit?
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Brian McDonough chats with Scott Schober, CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems and author of Hacked Again: It Can Happen to Anyone, Even a Cybersecurity Expert, about the growing need for cyber security in the health care sector.
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
While modern medicine produces miracles, it also delivers care that is too often unsafe, unreliable, unsatisfying, and impossibly expensive. For the past few decades, technology has been touted as the cure for all of healthcare’s ills.
But medicine stubbornly resisted computerization – until now. Over the past five years, thanks largely to billions of dollars in federal incentives, healthcare has finally gone digital.
Yet once clinicians started using computers to actually deliver care, it dawned on them that something was deeply wrong. Why were doctors no longer making eye contact with their patients? How could one of America’s leading hospitals give a teenager a 39-fold overdose of a common antibiotic, despite a state-of-the-art computerized prescribing system? How could a recruiting ad for physicians tout the absence of an electronic medical record as a major selling point?
Logically enough, we’ve pinned the problems on clunky software, flawed implementations, absurd regulations, and bad karma. It was all of those things, but it was also something far more complicated. And far more interesting . . .
Written with a rare combination of compelling stories and hard-hitting analysis by one of the nation’s most thoughtful physicians, The Digital Doctor examines healthcare at the dawn …
Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Asif Ali, MD
Most doctors have heard about telemedicine, also called telehealth and e-medicine, but few have actually seen or utilized it in practice. As technologies enabling virtual patient visits and consultations continue to improve and gain more traction by clinicians, how will American healthcare systems change?
Joining host Tim Rush to discuss the current and future impacts of telemedicine in health care is Dr. Asif Ali, Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Dr. Ali lectures nationwide on the evolving applications of telemedicine in modern practice.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
An old adage states "There's many a slip between the cup and the lip." Applied to drug delivery, dosing, and compliance by patients, this phrase couldn't be more accurate. Drug information and clinical decision support systems are evolving to address problems in getting the right medications to the right patients, but more work needs to be done.
Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to discuss barriers and solutions to medication-related decision support is Dr. Shobha Phansalkar, Director of Informatics and Clinical Quality Control at the Clinical Drug Information Division of Wolters Kluwer. Additionally, she is an Assistant Professor in Medicine at the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Mood tracking, a novel integration of technology with psychiatric care to track mental status changes over time, has the potential to fundamentally change how clinicians treat behavioral health disorders. Will smartphone apps become the vehicle for this technology to the wider masses?
Dr. Adam Kaplin, Principle Psychiatric Consultant to the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis Centers of Excellence, is the founder and inventor of Mood 24/7, a mobile app that allows people to record their mood daily and share this data with their health care providers to provide better accuracy in reporting mood symptoms. He joins Dr. Jennifer Caudle to discuss the emergence of mood tracking portals such as Mood 24/7 and the ways they can transform mental health care.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Psychiatry gets a bad rep for being one of the more "technophobic" fields in clinical medicine. This negative association stems in part to the difficulty in tracking changes in mood, cognition, and certain behaviors over time. But there is a growing contingency of psychiatric clinicians who are bringing technology into this specialty to help propel standards in mental health care.
Dr. Adam Kaplin, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Principle Psyciatric Consultant to the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis Centers of Excellence, joins Dr. Jennifer Caudle to discuss ways in which technological innovations can enhance psychiatric care and decrease stigma surrounding mental illness.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Cryotherapy, the science of freezong for medical purposes, uses extreme cold temperatures to cool down the body and has both current and emerging medical applications ranging from brain resuscitation in emergency settings to inflammation reduction in medical spas.
Host Dr. Brian McDonough sits down with science and health journalist Renee Ebersole to talk about the rise of cryotherapy, the mechanisms governing its medical utilities, and the benefits vs risks of its applications in various health settings today.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Guest: Sandra Gomberg
Technological advances over the past decade have rapidly changed the ways people seek, access, and respond to health care at all levels: patients self-research medical information via health websites, clinicians counsel and treat patients from remote telemedical settings, insurance companies promote patient-controlled health savings accounts, and healthcare organizations monitor internet reviews to predict future cash flow rises and falls. All of these changes point toward a consumer-driven healthcare (CDHC) model, but where will it lead?
From the Villanova Healthcare Speaker Event, host Dr. Brian McDonough talks with guest Sandra Gomberg, Chief Operating Officer at Aria Health System. They discuss ways in which medicine has adopted consumer-driven healthcare over time, and what the future holds for patients and clinicians in this system.
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Host Dr. Alan Brown welcomes Dr. Seth Martin, cardiologist and assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Martin is a faculty member in the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease.
Dr. Martin discusses the pursuit of lipid profiles on a national level, utilizing Big Data from health records and clinical trials to develop better understandings of cardiovascular risk and theraputic efficacies.
This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Eric Dishman, newly appointed Director of the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program at the National Institutes of Health. This initiative seeks to galvanize a million American volunteers to offer their electronic health information to be coalesced in a national database that will advance research in the discovery of disease cures and prevention.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with Dr. Angela Garnder, past president of ACEP and Chief of Operations, Quality and Patient Safety at University of Texas Southwest. They discuss the importance of social media in the health care industry and ways to utilize this platform to enhance patients' experiences in hospitals and beyond.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Deven McGraw, Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy at the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, where she oversees compliance with HIPPA regulations governing portability of patient data, patient privacy concerns and the growing threat of health data breaches.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
In the ongoing global campaign to prevent, treat, and cure HIV and AIDS, there have been countless therapeutic approaches targeting the HIV virus and everything it interacts with on the path to infection. But after decades of relentless infectivity claiming over 25 million lives, what if we could one day simply edit and delete the HIV virus right out of existence?
Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz to discuss a novel research effort to leverage gene editing technology in the fight against HIV is Dr. Kamel Khalili, Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience, Director of the Center for Neuro-virology, and Director of the Comprehensive Neuro-AIDS Center at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Lauren Patrick, President of Healthmonix, joins host Alicia Sutton on the floors of the ACEhp annual meeting to discuss customized, collaborative models in quality improvement, and how new perspectives on data analytics are changing assessments of clinical performance improvement.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
In today's health care environment, the basic, fundamental drive to get and stay healthy can become overwhelming for patients. This issue makes patient engagement, both within and outside practice settings, one of the most important goals among clinicians for enhancing patient care.
Joining host Alicia Sutton on the floors of the ACEhp annual meeting to discuss strategic advances in patient engagement is Mazi Rasulnia, President and Co-Founder of Pack Health. Prior to co- founding Pack Health, Mazi was the president of CE Outcomes LLC, which provided assessment outcomes and program evaluations. He has a PhD in Health Services Research, MBA and MPH in Health Care organization and Policy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
Guest: Sunil Singhal, MD
The clinical ramifications for adding special fluorescent features to tumors at various stages of malignancy and penetration are enormous. But how do surgical, oncologic, and radiological specialists create these glowing tumors, what impacts do such markers have on clinical care, and which patient populations benefit most from this approach? Host Dr. Ashira Johnson welcomes Dr. Sunil Singhal, Director of the Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Singhal reviews the use of fluorescence in tumors, articulating how new and emerging applications for this technology will advance the field of oncologic surgery.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz on the floors of the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting in Boston, MA is Dr. Matt Bitner, Vice Chair of Medical Staff Affairs and Quality at the Greenville Health System in Greenville, SC. Dr. Bitner co-chaired and directed ACEP's InnovatED, an interactive exhibitional platform that gained rapid acclaim for its next-level medical simulation demonstrations. He talks about the unique development processes and educational applications for these programs, such as the popular Code Black simulation.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
From the floors of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions' annual meeting in Washington DC, host Alicia Sutton welcomes Michael Baffuto, President of Integrity CE. The two discuss new and emerging design platforms for medical education, leveraging mobile technologies to increase engagement, learning, and positive clinical change.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Pre and Post tests have long been the standards in continuing medical education. However, with the use of today's technologies, typical didactic learning sessions have evolved into novel real-time experiences for both learners and the educational providers. Host Alicia Sutton welcomes Ryan Mazon, Vice President of Business Development at Educational Measures, to discuss the rise in interactive education in medicine.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder of Hunch Analytics, author of Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government. Appointed by President Obama as the first US Chief Technology Officer in 2009, he discusses the job of transitioning American government and health care into the digital age.
Laboratory safety may sound straightforward, but in reality it is supported by complex and ever-changing science. Safety standards and practices evolve as scientists learn more about the materials they handle regularly.
In this session of Public Health Grand Rounds from the CDC, presenters will discuss how standards of laboratory safety have improved over the years, what we’ve learned from past incidents, and how establishing safety protocols and training systems can lead to an overall culture of workplace safety, resulting in continued public trust in our science and recommendations.
For more details on this Grand Rounds session and its participants, click here.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz on the floors of the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting in Boston, MA is Dr. Sudave Mendiratta, Program Director of Emergency Medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and co-founder of InnovatED, an interactive exhibitional platform at ACEP featuring products and services vetted by a team of emergency physicians and showcased working together in a true-to-life environment. Dr. Mendiratta shares insights on InnovatED's mission to bolster future thinking, departmental design solutions, cutting-edge products and services, and best practices driving change in the ED.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Jeff Williams, Chief Operating Officer of Apple. Mr. Williams is in charge of the tech giant's entire distribution chain and is overseeing Apple's foray into health care with the development of the Apple Watch, Apple HealthKit and ResearchKit, which are aimed at simplifying health and medical research by leveraging participation from Apple's 700 million users around the globe.
Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Scott O. Trerotola, MD, FACR, FSIR
Is there a way to predict complex removal of inferior vena cava filters, and if so, what is the success rate? Dr. Scott Trerotola adresses these and other questions in details. Dr. Trerotola is Stanley Baum Professor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and Vice Chair for Quality of the Department of Radiology at the University Of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
From the floors of Omnia Education's Women's Health Annual Visit in Washington DC, host Alicia Sutton interviews Dr. Joel Weinthal, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Medical Director of the Stem Cell Transplant Laboratory at Medical City Dallas Hospital. The two discuss Dr. Weinthal's current work in regenerative medicine, the scope of clinical utilization and potential, ethical considerations, and anticipated directions for the field.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Robert Wachter, Associate Chair of the Department of Medicine at U.C. San Francisco. He is considered the founder of the "hospitalist" movement and is author of The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age which examines the challenges being experienced in the rapid transition to digital medicine.
Host: Renée Simone Yolanda Allen, MD, MHSc., FACOG
Dr. Latisha Rowe, founder of Click It Clinic, a pioneer for telemedicine providing patients with a new standard of care, discusses how this model of care can positively impact patients within the U.S. Dr. Rowe reviews the safety of telemedicine, and the beneifts to both patients and health care providers.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Daniel Z. Sands, Founder of the Society For Participatory Medicine which seeks to advance the patient/provider experience through better health IT. Dr. Sands is one of the early developers of secure e-mail systems and patient portals for clinicians as well as patients, and advocates for transformation of the health care system through better integration of health IT.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Christine Cassel, President and CEO of the National Quality Forum, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving health and health care through developing better health quality measures and data-sharing.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Steven J. Stack, President of the American Medical Association. Dr. Stack addresses the medical profession's ongoing transformation with health IT and meaningful use, ICD-10 adoption and the need to redesign medical training to meet 21st century challenges in the health profession.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Susannah Fox, Chief Technology Officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Ms. Fox presides over the HHS Idea Lab and Health Datapalooza, where tech innovators and health policy makers come together to create solutions to healthcare's biggest problems. She previously served for 14 years as Director of the Internet and Life Project at Pew Research Center, analyzing health impacts of an increasingly internet-connected populace.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
From mapping AEDs on a phone app to communicating with colleagues on Facebook, technology has become an integral part of daily life. Some would even call their phones an extension of the human nervous system, as evinced by a near-constant awareness of their battery life. Yet despite this high prevalence and demand for social media in regular affairs, medicine has been slow to adopt it.
Join Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Nathaniel DeNicola discuss the role of technology and social media in medicine, with particular attention to ACOG's adoption over the past 10 years.
Host: Frank Russomano
Host Frank Russomano welcomes Dr. Tracey Haas, Chief Medical Officer of DocbookMD, an innovative communication platform for health care providers. Dr. Haas shares her story of how she and her husband, Dr. Tim Gueramy, discovered DocBookMD, the challenges of being a physician entreprenuer, and how she has integrated technology into everyday practice to improve patient care.
Host: Frank Russomano
There are far too many diseases that do not have proven means of prevention or effective treatments. As such, health care providers must gain better insights into the biology of these diseases to make a difference for the millions of patients who suffer from them. Precision medicine is an emerging approach for treatment and prevention that accounts for individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle. Host Frank Russomano welcomes Brian Wells, Associate Vice President of Health Technology and Academic Computing at Penn Medicine, to discuss how Penn Medicine contributes to the precision medicine initiative, from technological developments to supportive infrastructures.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr Kenneth Brigham, cofounder and past director of the Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute, on the future of predictive health. They discuss the use of genomics, biometrics, and nanotechnology to identify disease risks early in life and perhaps prevent the future onset of disease.
This week, hosts Mark and Margaret speak with Harvard professor Dr. C. Michael Gibson, Founder and Chairman of WikiDocs.org, an open source website designed to facilitate collaborative authoring of medical content within the international community of healthcare professionals.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Jim Daley, Director of IT for BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, and Immediate Past Chair of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange or WEDI, a leading authority on the use of health IT to improve health care delivery and efficiency. Mr. Daley discusses the industry challenges of switching to ICD 10 coding for health billing, and why the switch is so vital to improving outcomes.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Linda Gracie-King, MS
From conferences to interactive on demand education, the field of continuing medical education (CME) is constantly evolving. Traditionally the preferred form of CME is live and in person, but as time goes on CME providers continue to improve their on demand CME services.
Join host, Alicia Sutton, and guest, Linda Gracie-King, MS, Managing Partner at AXIS Medical Education, on the floor of the Alliance for Continuing Education in Health Professions annual industry summit meeting in Philadelphia, PA. They discuss the future of on demand continuing medical education, with special emphasis on the oncology field.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
From patient consultation services to remote physician visits, telemedicine is rapidly gaining a foothold in clincial practice. But what are the potential gains vs pitfalls for integrating these technologies at the primary care level? Dr. Mark Seraly, practicing dermatologist and founder of DermatologistOnCall.com, joins Dr. Brian McDonough to discuss clinical, operational, and financial trends in telemedicine today.
Guest: Joseph "Joe" Kim, MD, MPH
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Quality Improvement Education, or QIE, is being leveraged for reducing errors and improving practice efficiencies across hospitals and private clinics alike. But how is QIE implemented, and what measures signify its success in medical education? Joining host Alicia Sutton to discuss this important subject at the Alliance for Education in the Health Professions annual meeting is Dr. Joe Kim, physician technologist and President of MCM Education.
Guest: Brian S. McGowan, PhD
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
"Learning about the Learners" is a core precept underlying the Flipped Classroom, a blended learning model that helps increase continuity of learning experiences between faculty and students. Joining host Alicia Sutton to describe this model and its applications in healthcare education is Brian McGowan, Chief Learning Officer for ArcheMedx.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Larry Chu, anesthesiologist and Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine. He is also Founder and Executive Director of Stanford Medicine X, a yearly conference created to bring providers, patient groups and designers together to catalyze the development of patient-centered health technologies.
Case-based simulator software is fast becoming the hottest and most innovative form of medical education in clinical training programs today. Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to update listeners on the origins, rapid evolution, and future horizons of medical simulation is Douglas Seifert, Founder and CEO of Syandus Inc. Syandus is a leading provider of intelligent simulation learning technologies, and its health education programs offer doctors a "learn by doing" gaming approach to improving clinical decision-making skills.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Robert Wachter, Associate Chair of the Department of Medicine at U.C. San Francisco. He is considered the founder of the "hospitalist" movement and is author of The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age which examines challenges being experienced in the rapid transition to digital medicine.
Guest: Scott Kober
Guest: Derek Warnick
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Google Hangouts: they're not just for video chats. It turns out that they are also quite useful for focused learning platforms positioned for targeted learners. How are these hangouts being leveraged for innovative medical educational offerings? Host Alicia Sutton welcomes Derek Warnick and Scott Kober to discuss this emerging platform in the healthcare sector.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
"Patient engagement" is a broadly encompassing term that takes on various forms depending on the point of view, from the physician's drive toward better treatment compliance and health literacy to the patient's stance on being heard and understood through the care continuum. How can the medical profession assess, measure, and improve patient engagement indexes from both points of view? Host Alicia Sutton welcomes Pete Sheldon, president of Opus Science, LLC based in Annapolis, MD, to describe strategies employed locally and nationwide to enhance patient engagement.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Many of us use online search engines as our primary source for referenced information, but is it a truly reliable source for health information? And which medical organizations are at the forefront for leveraging these information portals to maximum effects for both patients and health professionals? Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to discuss the recent technological advancements, institutional partnerships, and revenue streams underlying search engine-optimized health information is Chris Seper, vice president of healthcare for Breaking Media and founder of MedCityNews.com.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Rajiv Bhatia, founder and director of The Civic Engine, which assists civic leaders in strengthening the economic divers of health in communities. A physician, data scientist, and former Director of Occupational and Evironmental Health for the City of San Francisco, Dr. Bhatia has spent his career championing economic and environmental justice for low-income workers and families. Dr. Bhatia recounts the trajectory of this work, from the use of health impact assessments for advocacy for minimum wage increases and paid sick days laws to the deployment of environmental inspectors to monitor and enforce labor standards.
Guest: AK
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Visual representations of data come in many shapes and forms in medical education, but their clarity, meaningfulness, and utility are always intended to be top-notch. Unfortunately, this is sometimes not the case, with visual depictions of important information that may appear confusing or, even worse for the educator, uninteresting. What is the rhyme and reason to generating effective designs for medical data? Host Alicia Sutton welcomes Andy Kirk, data visualization expert and founder of Visualizing Data Ltd, to address this subject in depth. Mr. Kirk is author of Data Visualization: a successful design process, a practical guide for creating data visualisation solutions in the most effective and efficient way.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Yulun Wang, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of InTouch Health. Dr. Wang launched his career at the intersection of healthcare and technology with the founding of Computer Motion, Inc. and the invention of AESOP, the first FDA-cleared surgical robot. Under his leadership, Computer Motion went public in 1997 and later merged with Intuitive Surgical to forge the multi-billion dollar surgical robotics industry. In 2002, Dr. Wang founded InTouch Health, which has been recognized as one of the fastest growing healthcare and technology companies in the world.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Alexander M. Djuricich, MD, FACP, FAAP
Guest: Brian S. McGowan, PhD
Are you using social media in your practice setting? If not, you may be missing important new peer-to-peer educational opportunities and innovative means of connecting with your patients for better care provision. Joining Alicia Sutton to discuss the emerging roles of social media in medicine are Brian McGowan, Chief Learning Officer for ArcheMedx, and Dr. Alexander Djuricich, Associate Dean for CME at Indiana University School of Medicine.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with John Nosta, founder and president of Nostalab, a digital health think tank. Mr. Nosta, is also a member of the Google Health Advisory Board and looks at the coming digital health trends, nanotechnology and genomics that are going to transform health outcomes of the future.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Jennifer Golbeck, PhD
How will new computational techniques leveraging "big data" analytics impact healthcare systems and medical practices, and where should this data come from? Alicia Sutton welcomes Jennifer Golbeck, director of the Human Computer Interaction Lab and associate professor at the College of Information Studies of the University of Maryland, to discuss present and future directions in big data usage for medicine and society.
Host: Robert C Green, MD, MPH
Guest: Howard Levy, MD, PhD
Incorporating family histories and genetic health information into primary care has been a long term vision for many experts in the medical genetics field. When will this vision become a reality, and what will it take to enable widespread adoption of these tools in general practioners' offices nationwide? Host Dr. Robert Green welcomes Dr. Howard Levy, primary care physician, geneticist, and assistant professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Levy's research interests center on the integration of genetics into primary care, education of non-geneticist providers about genetics, and the natural history and management of Ehlers Danlos syndrome and related disorders of connective tissue.
Host: Prathima Setty, MD
Dr. Prathima Setty welcomes board certified dermatologist Dr. Dina Nicole Anderson to discuss the various cosmetic concerns of post menopausal patients, the effects of estrogent on the skin, how to counsel patients, treatment recommendations, and much more. Dr. Anderson is a board certified dermatologist in private practice in New York City. She was also the Director of Cosmetic Dermatology at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Anderson is a member of various academic medical societies including American Academy of Dermatology, the Women's Dermatologic Society, and the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology & Aesthetic Surgery.
About NAMS
The interview was conducted live at The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) 2014 meeting. Founded in 1989, NAMS is North America's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the health and quality of life of all women during midlife and beyond through an understanding of menopause and healthy aging. Its multidisciplinary membership of 2,000 leaders in the field-including clinical and basic science experts from medicine, nursing, sociology, psychology, nutrition, anthropology, epidemiology, pharmacy, and education-makes NAMS uniquely qualified to serve as the definitive resource for health professionals and the public for accurate, unbiased information about menopause and healthy aging. To learn more about NAMS, visit
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Host Alicia Sutton welcomes Dr. Arif Kamal, Director of Quality and Outcomes at the Duke Cancer Institute, to talk about ways in which clinicians can become more involved or even take the reins of leadership in quality improvement initiatives within their health systems. The discussion pays close attention to the burgeoning field of Big Data, and how its rapid entry into healthcare impacts quality improvement efforts.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, one of the 27 Institutes at NIH. They have launched a new program called Big Data to Knowledge, or BD2K, which seeks to create better platforms for storing and sharing the large volumes of big data that have emerged in the world of scientific research since the mapping of the human genome. Dr. Green also talks about the threats to future research from young scientists struggling to achieve in a climate of reduced grant funding nationwide.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Indu Subaiya, Co-Chairman & CEO of Health 2.0, an annual leading showcase of the cutting-edge technologies transforming health and healthcare. Ms. Subaiya is responsible for Health 2.0's strategic direction and production values. She started her career in health technology assessment at Quorum Consulting and then served as VP of Healthcare at Gerson Lehrman Group, an investment research firm. When she is not running Health 2.0, she applies her producing and directing skills to making film. In 2013 Indu introduced us to the 7 Deadly Sins of Health Care and this year she will share what she has learned from her investigation into data sources that support a variety of health disparities across the United States.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Russell Branzell, CEO of the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME), about being on the front lines of tackling health care's IT issues for hospitals' and providers' Chief Information Officers and Chief Technology Officers.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Erica Frank, President and Executive Director of NextGenU.org, the world's first portal to free, accredited, higher education, including university and graduate-level courses, which she founded in 2001. Dr. Frank is also Professor and Canada Research Chair in the School of Population and Public Health, and the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Charles Cleary, President and CEO of Leadership Outcomes, Inc, a healthcare management consulting firm. Mr. Cleary's specialty is in helping healthcare organizations define outcomes to sustain the highest levels of medical & surgical quality care, patient engagement, satisfaction and retention. Their discussion centers on the ever-present mandate for higher quality care at greater efficiency and lower cost, and how individual practitioners and organizations alike can work to turn the seemingly impossible into reality.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
The most common reason for patients to visit healthcare providers at all levels is to treat pain. Yet in spite of this known trend, medical education woefully underemphasizes methods to approach the myriad of communicative, ethical, and procedural issues deeply entrenched in modern pain management. Here to shed more light on this complex subject with host Dr. Brian McDonough are Drs. Sean Yanchunas and Jeffrey Fudin. Dr. Yanchunas, Pharm.D, MBA, is Clinical Content Manager and Workflow Subject Matter Expert at Catholic Health East Hospital. Dr. Fudin is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and Director of Pharmacy Pain Residency Programs at the Stratton Veterans Administration Medical Center in Albany, NY. He is also host of the popular blog PainDr.com.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, President and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards. Dr. Chaudhry has been working to advance the proposed Interstate Compact, a new option for medical licensing that would speed up the process of issuing licenses for physicians who wish to practice in multiple states. The new interstate compact system is expected to facilitate licensure portability and telemedicine while widening access to health care by physicians, particularly in underserved areas of the nation.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Peter Speyer, Chief Data and Technology Officer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. He is responsible for obtaining and managing the data that fuel IHME's research in global and public health, and he establishes relationships with data providers and statistics offices in governments, international organizations, NGOs and other organizations around the world.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Adam Dole, Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House and former entrepreneur-in-residence at the Mayo Clinic. Mr. Dole is developing better interfaces between patient information and clinical practice from the unique perspective of consumer design. As such, he is illustrating novel ways in which non-medical professionals are helping to transform the health care system.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Health Information Technology (HIT) has an intuitive place in modern clinical practice, but the ways in which emerging technologies can integrate with quality improvement efforts in medical education aren't always clear. Health Technologist Dr. Joseph Kim joins host Alicia Sutton to describe various means by which organizations, group practices, and individual physicians can leverage new technologies to improve quality of care.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Quality Improvement Education: a rapidly expanding model of education that emphasizes interdisciplinary teams with the aim to improve quality in care. For many, this is a natural development in education that coincides with emerging healthcare system models. But what does this educational trend mean for practicing physicians, and how does it leverage patient data analytics and electronic health records in ways that haven't been seen before? Addressing these and other questions is Destry J. Sulkes, MD, MBA, co-founder of Medivo Inc. and President of the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Continuing Education in Health Professions (ACEHP).
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
This week, Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Janelle von Bargen, Instructor at the University of Delaware and member of the Behavioral Medicine faculty for the Saint Francis Family Medicine Residency Program in Wilmington, DE. Their discussion centers on the perspectives of the Behaviorist in numerous facets of primary care practice, from psychiatric patient screening and treatment considerations to electronic health record utilization.
Host: Tim Rush
As a busy health professional doing what you love, you still need to think about how to grow your business. How do you balance the clinical and business-related demands? Host Tim Rush welcomes Michael Weber, MD, cardiologist and entreprenuer, who shares his story about developing a new medical app that has helped grow his business. Dr. Weber is a cardiac electrophysiologist on Long Island, New York and the developer of the DirectLineMD app. For more information, you can visit www.directlinemd.com
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Dr. DeSalvo is leading the nation's charge to promote, adopt, and meaningfully use health information technology in order to achieve better care, lower healthcare costs, and improve the overall health of everyone in America.
Host: Alicia A. Sutton
What is Quality Improvement (QI), and how do clinicians anticipate trends in healthcare education toward this new standard in practice? Host Alicia Sutton is joined by Robin King, CEO and Executive Director of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP) to discuss new QI tools that are helping build better team-based health delivery systems nationwide.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Harry Greenspun, M.D., Senior Advisor at the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions (DCHS), part of Deloitte LLP. He has held a diverse range of clinical and executive roles and is now responsible for helping Deloitte's health care, life sciences and government clients address key health information technology (IT) and clinical transformation issues.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Ed Cantwell, Executive Director of the Center for Medical Interoperability, a not for profit dedicated to promoting interoperability of medical devices within the hospital setting and the electronic health record. The Center is launching an affordable communications system poised to entice hospitals and stakeholders to align their efforts to make medical device interoperability possible. It is an effort poised to save 30 billion dollars in wasted health care spending.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Lynne Thomas Gordon, CEO of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the professional association that represents more than 40,000 specially educated health information management professionals who work throughout the healthcare industry. Their conversation will center on the organization's efforts on behalf of its members to serve the healthcare industry and the public by managing, analyzing, and utilizing data vital for patient care -- and making it accessible to healthcare providers when it is needed most.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Founder and Director of the Center for Connected Health. Dr. Kvedar is creating innovative programs to leverage information technology - cell phones, computers, networked devices and simple remote health monitoring tools - to help providers and patients manage chronic conditions, maintain health and wellness and improve adherence, engagement and clinical outcomes.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Bradley Merrill Thomas, General Counsel and co-founder of the mHealth Regulatory Coalition, on the new FDA guidelines for mHealth App Development. Mr. Bradley is conducting a "mobile medical app road show" at medical teaching institutions across the country to inform clinicians and developers on the new FDA regulatory landscape in the emerging world of medical app development.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Eric Topol, Scripps Health Chief Academic Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Medscape, to discuss the vision and research behind his book The Creative Destruction of Medicine. Dr. Topol reflects on the evolving personalization of medical care facilitated by technological advancements, and how health systems can leverage the personalized medicine movement toward greater transparency in care for patients.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by David Brooks, CEO of Medlio. Medlio is a secure, virtual health insurance card that provides cost transparency for patients and providers. Mr. Brooks shares his insights on how emerging mobile technologies can drive primary care practice toward greater efficiency alongside better outcomes for patients.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Host Lawrence Sherman welcomes Maureen Doyle-Scharff, Chair of the Annual Conference Committee for the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP), to discuss trends in evidence-based medical education.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Host Lawrence Sherman is joined by Robin King, CEO and Executive Director of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP) to discuss how patient-centered care initiatives within health care reform are catalyzing changes within the continuing medical education sector.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. David Brailer, CEO of Health Evolution Partners. Dr. Brailer is widely considered one of the fathers of health IT, having served as the first National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2004. In this role, David was the architect of the nation's effort to drive health care systems toward transparency, quality and efficiency.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Former HHS Secretary and Utah Governor Michael Leavitt, founder and CEO of Leavitt Partners, a leading health industry consulting firm. Governor Leavitt discusses the rapidly changing landscape of health care and the need to deploy measures that will help reduce health care spending while still improving care.
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Health information technologies have evolved dramatically from simplistic documentation devices early on to sophisticated drivers of quality patient care today. This emergence is having a particularly positive effect on treatment for dyslipidemia. Joining host Dr. Alan Brown to reflect on a recent NLA manuscript of HIT's impact toward adherence to lipid therapy is Dr. Jerome Cohen, Emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Director of Preventative Cardiology Program at the Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Cohen has been active in cardiovascular research for more than two decades.
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Jack Andraka, 16 year old winner of last year's Intel Science and Engineering First Prize. Mr. Andraka has been nicamed the "Teen Prodigy of Pancreatic Cancer" by the Smithsonian for the device he created for early detection of pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer. It's cheap, fast and accurate in numerous blind tests. He has been awarded by the White House, the Vatican, and the Royal College of Physicians, and he was deemed by his Lab Mentor at Johns Hopkins as the "Thomas Edison of our times."
Host: Prathima Setty, MD
Fertility preservation technologies have become more advanced and more accessible over the past several years. Joining host Dr. Prathima Setty to discuss current options for women to protect their fertility is Dr. Naveed Khan, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Specialist in Leesburg, VA. Dr. Khan practices with Shady Grove Fertility, the nation's largest fertility center, and is also a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Steve Lieber, President and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Historically, HIMSS annually hosts the world's largest health IT educational conference and trade show, attracting over 32,000 healthcare professionals to its US-based event. Lieber has more recently expanded HIMSS industry leadership efforts by launching similar conferences and exhibitions in Europe (in collaboration with the European Commission), Asia and the Mideast to promote HIT knowledge sharing and professional development worldwide.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Farzad Mostashari, Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Mostashari recently left his post as National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services. He talks about the continued quest to deploy health IT throughout the American health care system to improve health care delivery, outcomes and costs.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Steven Spear, MIT Sloan School, author of "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System" and the award winning Harvard Business Review article "Fixing Healthcare From the Inside". Dr. Spear is an expert in applying Toyota's LEAN production principles to improving efficiency in health care.
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Joining host Dr. Alan Brown is Michael B. Bottorff, Pharm.D., Professor and Chair in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at South College School of Pharmacy in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Bottorff will be reviewing generic medications, from manufacturing processes to approval measures.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Dennis Charney, Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York. Dr. Charney speaks about the major redesign underway to transform their health system and medical training models to include big data analytics, genomics and other new technologies to improve the practice of medicine at Mount Sinai and better prepare the health practitioners of the future.
Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter from CHC's Conversations on Health Care program speak with Dr. Ruben Amarasingham, Founder and CEO of PCCI, a non-profit research and development corporation in Dallas, Texas that specializes in real-time predictive and surveillance analytics for health care. Dr. Amarasingham discusses the potential for greatly improved health outcomes utilizing real time health data analytics.
Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter from CHC's Conversations on Health Care program speak with Deven McGraw, Director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology. Ms. McGraw discusses strategies to insure patient privacy and security of patient data sharing in the emerging world of Health Information Technology.
Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter from CHC's Conversations on Health Care program speak with David Chase, CEO and Founder of Avado, and former leader of Microsoft's Health business. He's created a Patient Portal and Relationship Management system, designed to give the patient a seat on the care team, that will help patients better-manage their chronic disease by fostering better communication between patients and providers.
Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter from CHC's Conversations on Health Care program speak with Dr. William Newsome, Stanford University neurobiologist and co-chair of the President's BRAIN Initiative which is seeking to map the human brain. Similar to the Human Genome Project, the BRAIN Intiative will require significant collaboration from all varied fields within neuroscience to unravel the secrets of medical science's "final frontier" - the human brain.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
In the field of primary care, changing practice standards demand unique approaches from today's and tomorrow's generations of physicians. Dr. Khuram R Ghumman, MD, MPH, Medical Director of the Hartford HealthCare Medical Group in Enfield, CT, discusses his perspectives and expectations of the shifting healthcare landscape from a primary care point of view.
Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter from CHC's Conversations on Health Care program speak with surgeon and entrepreneur Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who is Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center's new CEO Council on Health and Innovation. Dr. Soon-Shiong discusses the Council's efforts to construct an information superhighway for healthcare that is poised to revolutionize care delivery, payment models, evidence-based treatments and outcomes in health care.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
The Patient-Centered Medical Home is a frequently discussed model for improving general practice, but converting from an ideal to a practical reality has been difficult for many clinicians on the front lines of care. Speaking on the triumphs and setbacks of this transitional period in practice is Dr. Hugh Bonner, Associate Director of the Saint Francis Family Medical Residency Program and past-president of the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians.
Host: Tim Rush
As physicians' incomes diminish with reduced insurance reimbursement, physicians are faced with the problem of how to continue to offer high quality care without going broke. Some have turned to physician extenders and others have increased their patient loads to cover the increasing cost of running an office. There are lots of ways to "make money" and lots of reasons but staying within the ethics of practice is a bit tricky. Host Tim Rush welcomes Dr. Michael Greenberg, practicing dermatologist at the Illinois Dermatology Institute in Chicago, IL. Dr. Greenberg will discuss how his practice incorporates a "win-win-win" strategy that helps his practice, his patients and local charities.
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Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Host Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Brian McGowan, Chief Learning Officer of ArcheMedX, Inc, to discuss the educational, logistic, and communicative opportunities for clinicians who utilize both traditional and novel social media networks.
Host: Steven Davis, DO
Hair loss, though a common problem, is often underappreciated for its medical and psychological impacts on patients. Host Dr. Steven Davis is joined by Dr. Paul Rose, dermatologist and past president of both the International Society of Hair Restoration and the International Society of Laser and Cosmetic Surgery, to discuss updates in medical treatment for male and female-pattern hair loss.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Joining host Lawrence Sherman for a conversation on the enduring impacts of live education for health professionals are Ray Saputelli, Executive Vice President of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians, and Marissa Seligman, Chief of Clinical & Regulatory Affairs and Compliance Officer for Pri-Med Institute.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Physicians and other medical professionals face an endless array of options for how to approach their own continuing education throughout their clinical careers. But there is a science behind learning behaviors that can help improve the quality of clinical education at the individual level. How is this science being investigated, and what are the practical applications for lifelong learning? Join host Lawrence Sherman in welcoming Dr. Brian McGowan, Chief Learning Officer of ArcheMedX, Inc, to consider this personalized CME movement and its potential impacts on medical careers.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Technological innovations bring countless new opportunities to the world of continuing medical education. How are these advances being incorporated now, and what does the future hold for leveraging these resources toward improvements in patient care? Host Lawrence Sherman is joined by health technologist Dr. Joseph Kim in talking about emerging medical education technologies and their practical applications.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Trends in medical education can change quickly between the various disciplines and levels of care providers, from physicians to pharmacists to nurses. Janet W. Cline, President of Creative Educational Concepts, Inc, describes the process of building and working with interdisciplinary teams to develop professional education of interest to multiple players in the healthcare system.
Guest: Martin R. Chavez, MD, FACOG
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Host Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Dr. Martin Chavez, Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Winthrop University Hospital, to highlight updates in Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
How do physicians provide oversight toward the development of CME content, and what are the criteria for ensuring content relevancy at the point of care? Host Lawrence Sherman is joined by Drs. Scott Hirshman and William Mencia to discuss these and other considerations for physician involvement in CME direction.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
What does professional development really mean in today's medical community, and how does this understanding shape the quality of clinical content for performance improvement? Host Lawrence Sherman is joined by Drs. Debra Gist and Ted Bruno to discuss these and other considerations, including which professional development tools medical professionals can utilize to better acquire information at the point of care.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
What should practicing health care professionals know about the foundations for creating strong continuiing medical education, and how does the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions help in this regard? Joining host Lawrence Sherman is Robin King, Executive Director and CEO of the ACEHP, to talk about the modern nuances in generating quality medical education.
Guest: Brad Douglas
Host: Tim Rush
Host Tim Rush welcomes Brad Douglas, Vice President of Business Development for GMD/HIPAA Safeguard, a strategic protection and insurance solutions company. Mr. Douglas will discuss HIPPA Data Breech Protection and the benefits and great risks clinicians need to know to safeguard patient data. Join us in this educational and informational dialogue! Download today!
Guest: Sean Yanchunas, Pharm.D, MBA
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by guest Sean Yanchunas, Clinical Content Manager and Workflow Subject Matter Expert at Catholic Health East Hospital Systems, to talk about the links between pharmacy and medical informatics.
Guest: Christi Chang, RN
Host: Steven Davis, DO
Patients with severe dermatologic conditions and scars are commonly concerned about their appearance in public, and physicians often become the first to be asked about methods to camouflage these issues throughout the treatment course. What are the best corrective cosmetic recommendations for these patients? Host Dr. Steven Davis is joined by Christi Chang, President and CEO of Ventura Tan, to discuss updates in corrective cosmetics.
Guest: Christi Chang, RN
Host: Steven Davis, DO
Tanning beds are extremely popular in the United States despite the medical community's steadfast position against their use. How can we counsel our patients toward safer alternatives, and what are the risks associated with other tanning methods such as airbrushing? Speaking on this subject is Christi Chang, President and CEO of Ventura Tan, a sunless tanning company based in New Jersey. Dr. Steven Davis hosts.
Guest: Robert Monteleone, MD
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Host Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Dr. Robert Monteleone, assistant director of the Saint Francis Hospital Family Medicine Residency program in Wilington, DE. Dr. Monteleone has also been in private practice in Elkton, MD for over ten years, and his office's recent adoption of EMR software en route to a "paperless practice" casts lights on some of the benefits and challenges of making this transition from the ground-up.
Guest: Joanna Shepherd-Bailey, PhD
Host: Shane Jackson
The medical malpractice liability system has been viewed as the reason for the rising cost of health care, skyrocketing insurance premiums, and the driver of patient defensive medicine. All estimates try to quantify the medical liability system itself. Studies and analysis have been to capture all interested parties. However, very little has been done from the pateint's perspective. Host Shane Jackson welcomes Professor Joanna Shepherd-Bailey, PhD, law professor at Emory University, who shares this perspective.
Guest: Jay Walker
Host: Shane Jackson
TEDMED is a community of people who are passionate about imagining the future of health and medicine. Once a year, the organization holds a "grand gathering" where leaders from all sectors of society come together for three and a half days. They explore the promise of technology and the potential of human achievement across all medical fields. Jay Walker, Curator of TEDMED, discusses unique aspects of this event from the perspective of a novel continuing medical education resource.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
This Presidential Plenary Scientific Session of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) is titled "The Coming Revolution in Medical Genetics: From Double Helix to Genomics and Back Again." Speaking is Dr. Wayne W. Grody, President of the ACMG and Professor in the Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics, and Human Genetics at the UCLA School of Medicine.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
National organizations such as the American Cancer Society and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology have published updated guidelines for cervical cancer screening. Crucial variations in these guidelines make implementing a sound, effective clinical protocol for management of gynecologic screening and treatment a challenge; and it is imperative that women's healthcare providers have a thorough understanding of clinical implications.
This Omnia Education program is presented by Dr. Thomas C. Wright, Jr., MD, Professor of Pathology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Host: Anthony Alessi, MD
Guest: Neil Busis, MD
Is there an app for helping your patients improve their health? In fact, there are many. Dr. Neil Busis, chief of the division of neurology, department of medicine, at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside and Practice and Technology editor of AAN.com, talks with host Dr. Anthony Alessi about the latest mobile technologies used to monitor patient experiences with chronic neurological issues, such as migraines and epileptic seizures. They also discuss how even standard smartphone functions can be used to improve the health and medical care of patients, and why text messaging is changing healthcare around the world.
Guest: Aaron Kowalski, PhD
Host: Timothy Bailey, MD
The artificial pancreas project lead by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has made tremendous progress towards eventual outpatient clinical studies. A recent panel of experts met with the FDA and NIH to determine appropriate guidelines. What are regulatory guidelines for the artificial pancreas project? Join guest host Dr. Timothy Bailey and his guest, Assistant Vice President and Director of Glucose Control Research at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Dr. Aaron Kowalski as they discuss developments from controlled inpatient settings to real-world conditions and the need for regulation.
Guest: Christie Ballantyne, MD
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Dr. Christie Ballantyne discusses with host Dr. Alan Brown the use of genetic testing in various phases of disease onset in patients facing heart disease. They talk about how clinicians can utilize the current technologies, what the costs are and the benefits. How does learning more about the genetic mutation behind familial hypercholesterolemia affect treatment? Dr. Ballantyne and Dr. Brown also discuss what new genetic testing techniques are on the horizon.
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Guest: Allen Taylor, MD
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA
Dr. Allen J. Taylor, director of advanced cardiac imaging at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, joins host Dr. Alan Brown to discuss the practical application and appropriateness of imaging guidlines related to screening for cardiovascular risk as well as carotid intima-media thickness.
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Host: Janet Wright, MD
Guest: Dan Roden, MD
Long QT syndrome can be a silent threat. Although not all patients with congenital long QT syndrome develop symptoms, there is potential for dangerous arrhythmia that can cause sudden cardiac death. Can and should genetic testing guide clinicians in diagnosing and treating this condition? Dr. Dan Roden, professor of medicine and pharmacology and assistant vice-chancellor for personalized medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, says the concept of personalized medicine goes beyond genetics; it is also about meeting a patient's goals and individual needs. How can genetic testing help physicians decide which medical therapy might be most appropriate for each patient? Dr. Janet Wright hosts.
Guest: Eric Topol, MD
Host: Timothy Bailey, MD
The challenges of treating diabetes include long-term monitoring and management, lifestyle change and adherence to medication. How are digital technology and genomics shaping the management of diabetes? Join guest host Dr. Timothy Bailey and his guest Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, as they discuss how digital technologies can improve glucose monitoring and genomics is leading to individualized treatment. Dr. Topol, who does not have diabetes, describes his personal experience living with continuous glucose monitoring for one week.
Disclosures Dr. Eric Topol has disclosed that he has received grants for clinical research from sanofi-avenitis. Dr. Topol has also disclosed that he has served as an advisor or consultant to sanofi-aventis and Daiichi Sankyo.
Guest: Sidney Ontai, MD, MBA
Host: Gary Epstein
The first conversation in this series highlighting practicing physicians' unique accomplishments, perspectives, triumphs, and challenges, and the strategies they use in their practice, introduces listeners to Dr. Sidney Ontai: a Hawaii-born physician who began his career near Los Angeles, California, before building a career in rural Texas. In West Texas, Dr. Ontai still makes house calls, and extends care to his patients with high-tech telemedicine and high-speed video for patients in isolated small towns up to 100 miles away.
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Guest: Sanjiv Chopra, MD, FACP
Guest: Herbert Chase, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Hosts Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Michael Greenberg talk to Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, faculty dean of continuing medical education at Harvard Medical School and co-author of the book Doctor Chopra Says: Medical Facts & Myths Everyone Should Know, about medical research that changes so fast even physicians can't keep up. And, "Jeopardy!" contestant Ken Jennings said that he, for one, welcomed "our new computer overlords." What about a computer physician's assistant? Dr. Birnholz caught up with Dr. Herbert Chase, professor of clinical medicine in biomedical informatics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, who is teaching IBM's "Watson" computer how to help doctors. Plus: Bodily fluids in the news.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The 69th annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology took place February 4th through the 8th, in New Orleans. Attracting approximately 16,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of dermatologic conditions, with presentations and abstracts focusing on acne, rosacea, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, among other skin conditions.
Host: Jack Lewin, MD
Guest: Harry Greenspun, MD
Will healthcare reform do enough to alleviate the current problems in our system, or is the entire delivery model in need of a substantial re-design? Dr. Harry Greenspun, chief medical officer of Dell Services and co-author of the book Reengineering Health Care: A Manifesto for Radically Rethinking Health Care Delivery, says that while health care reform has changed payment models, reform has not done enough to change the delivery system. What elements of our current system are most in need of re-engineering, and how have some organizations successfully transformed their delivery models? Dr. Jack Lewin hosts.
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Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
Host Dr. Jason Birnholz talks with experts on the conference floor from the Radiological Society of North America's 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago. His guests include:
- Dr. Candice Aitken, radiation oncologist and assistant professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School
- Dr. Jacques Souquet, founder and CEO of SuperSonic Imagine
- Dr. Judy Kalinyak, chief medical officer of Naviscan
- Dr. William Denman, chief medical officer of GE Healthcare
Host: Janet Wright, MD
Guest: James Scheulen, PA-C
Guest: Jeffrey Trost, MD
Door-to-balloon time for a patient with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (or STEMI) should be less than 90 minutes. Wireless electrocardiography (or EKG) programs around the country are helping to reduce door-to-balloon time by transmitting EKG data to hospitals via broadband internet, where a specialist at the hospital makes a diagnosis and prepares to treat the incoming patient. What are some of the challenges, and advantages, of such programs? Mr. Jim Scheulen, chief administrative officer for the Johns Hopkins Department of Emergency Medicine and president of Johns Hopkins Emergency Medical Services, and Dr. Jeffrey Trost, assistant professor in cardiology, director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and director of the Interventional Cardiology Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, helped create a Baltimore consortium of hospitals that donated wireless EKG technology to the city's paramedic units. How effective has the Baltimore program been at improving treatment for MI patients, and how is this program similar to others around the country? Dr. Janet Wright hosts.
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Host: John Lynn
Health information technology (or HIT) is touted by many to help practices cut costs, but can also be daunting to consider. Host John Lynn, founder of EMRandHIPAA.com, addresses some of the most common questions about HIT with guests from the Practice Fusion Connect User Conference in San Francisco, on November 5, 2010. How can clinicians implement new technologies without going over budget or disrupting the flow of their practices? What are some questions to ask when shopping for an electronic health record (or EHR) system, and what do clinicians need to know about EHR incentives as well as qualifying for meaningful use?
Featured guests include:
- Camille Williams, practice manager from ENT Associates of South Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia
- Ken Harrington, practice manager from Washington Endocrine Clinic in Washington, DC
- Robert Rowley, MD, chief medical officer of Practice Fusion
Guest: G. Alexander Fleming, MD
Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD
Researchers are looking at hundreds of ways to treat and cure type one diabetes. Most of the advances so far have come in newly diagnosed children. Is there anything on the horizon to help adults with established type one diabetes? Dr. Alexander (Zan) Fleming, chairman and chief medical officer of Exsulin, joins host Dr. Bruce Bloom to discuss the new therapies for reversing established diabetes.
Guest: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Guest: Brian McGowan, PhD
Where does the learning experience start and end? Where does social media fit into learning? Host Lawrence Sherman continues his conversation with Dr. Joseph Kim, physician technologist and vice president of medical affairs and technology at Medical Communications Media, Inc., and Dr. Brian McGowan, chair of the Alliance for CME's Committee on Emerging Technology, about how new technologies are being incorporated into lifelong learning to improve both the quality of education for physicians and care for patients.
Guest: Matthew Holt, MA, MS
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Roni Zeiger, MD
This year's Health 2.0, now in its fourth year, held October 7th through the 10th in San Francisco, focused on the people and companies transforming all parts of the healthcare system with technology. The conference was the culmination of San Francisco's Health Innovation Week, and featured activities ranging from the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge to significant announcements showcasing emerging technologies, apps and platforms for both healthcare consumers as well as the healthcare providers. Interviews with attendees, exhibitors and presenters, include:
- Matthew Holt - Health Futurist, co-founder of Health 2.0
- Aneesh Chopra - First Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United States, Office of the President
- Jeff Arnold - Founder, Chief Architect - ShareCare, founder WebMD
- Roni Zeiger, MD - Chief Health Strategist - Google
- John de Souza - President and CEO - MedHelp
- Michelle Snyder - SVP - Epocrates
- Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH - CEO - American Well
- Steven Wheeler - Director of Business Development - Ideal Life
- Ted Eytan, MD - Medical Director for Delivery System Operations - Permanente Foundation
Guest: David Goldberg, MD, JD
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Non-invasive body contouring allows physicians to tighten skin without surgery. What are the different types of non-invasive body contouring procedures, and how have these procedures evolved? Dr. David Goldberg, clinical professor of dermatology and director of laser research at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, medical director of Skin, Laser and Surgery Specialists of New York and New Jersey, and co-director of Sanctuary Medical Center in Boca Raton, Florida, talks about the ever-increasing roles of PAs and NPs in cosmetic medicine, and updates physician extenders on the latest developments in non-invasive body contouring and aesthetic medicine. Dr. Goldberg also discusses medical-legal issues in the field, including regulations about lasers and medical spas. Hosted by Lisa Dandrea Lenell.
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
As the specialty of cosmetic medicine is rapidly evolving and expanding, so too are the roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in the field. Host Lisa Dandrea Lenell talks with some of the leading experts in plastic surgery and dermatology at the Aesthetic Extender Symposium, held October 8 - 10 in Miami Beach, Florida, which educates NPs and PAs about novel technologies and techniques in cosmetic medicine. Tune in to hear about the latest in botulinum toxins, fractionated lasers, hyaluronic fillers, the use of topical anesthetics, new methods of fat reduction and more.
Featured guests include:
- Steven Dayan, MD - board-certified facial plastic surgeon and clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois and DePaul University in Illinois
- David Goldberg, MD - founding director of the Aesthetic Extender Symposium; clinical professor of dermatology and director of laser research at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York; medical director of Skin, Laser and Surgery specialists of New York and New Jersey; and co-director of Sanctuary Medical Center in Boca Raton, Florida
- Krystie Lennox, PA-C - founding director of the Aesthetic Extender Symposium who practices at Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center in Boca Raton, Florida
- Jason Pozner, MD - co-founder of …
Guest: Adam Weinstein
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
With Web-based technologies, the click of a mouse can give doctors and advanced practice clinicians access to their diabetic patients' records follow-up information, and save them from having to search through charts or request information from other doctors. Adam Weinstein is the manager of the clinical intelligence team for Athenahealth in Watertown, Massachusetts. He joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to talk about setting up your practice to meet diabetic recognition goals. They look at the requirements, advantages, costs and time it takes to set up the data and tracking tools.
Guest: Eileen O'Grady, PhD, RN, NP
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
How does the medical home fit into the rapidly changing healthcare model in the United States? The idea of the medical home isn't a new one. It's actually based on a concept created by the American Academy of Pediatrics in the 1960s. Dr. Eileen O'Grady, nurse practitioner and visiiting professor at the Leinhard School of Nursing at Pace University in New York, joins host Mimi Secor to explain how the medical home works, the technology needed to set it up and the opportunities the advanced practice clinician will play in this healthcare model.
Host: Jack Lewin, MD
Guest: Francois de Brantes, MS, MBA
As we all strive to improve quality of care, two crucial questions remain at the heart of the issue: How do we define, and identify, quality in practices, hospitals and other health care settings? Then, how can new methods of identifying quality in practices help improve the standardization of processes and care that patients receive? Join host Dr. Jack Lewin and his guest, Francois de Brantes, executive director of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute in Newton, Connecticut, which manages the Bridges to Excellence and PROMETHEUS payment programs. Mr. de Brantes talks about the specific data that can help identify quality, and ways to utilize these data to improve and facilitate quality improvement. How does identifying quality in cardiovascular practices coincide with the increasing interest in value-based health care delivery?
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Guest: Barbara Phillips
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Millions of people worldwide have Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter accounts. What do you need to know about today's Internet-savvy e-Patient, who uses online tools to share information with their medical providers, search for medical information, and manage and cope with their medical conditions. Nurse practitioner Barbara Phillips, founder and CEO of NP Choice, LLC, joins host Mimi Secor to discuss how to effectively connect with your patients, and how to set up online policies and online identities.
Guest: John Adams, PhD
Host: Bruce Japsen
Health insurance companies are pushing physician ratings to steer more patients to what they see as less expensive but higher quality medical care. But doctors are finding these new measurements aren't always accurate. John Adams, a senior statistician at RAND Health in the Statistical Research and Consulting Group, tells host Bruce Japsen how doctor ratings are being used, their limitations, and their potetial impact as future quality measures.
Host: Janet Wright, MD
Guest: Albert Starr, MD
On the 50th anniversary of the first successful prosthetic mitral valve replacement, how far has cardiac surgery come, and where are we headed? Tune in to hear Dr. Albert Starr, co-founder of the first artificial mitral valve, medical director of the Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, and director of Academic Affairs & Bioscience Development for Providence Health & Services in Portland, Oregon, recounts his first foray into the field of valvular disease and the extraordinary process of inventing the first artificial mitral valve. What complications did Dr. Starr encounter during the design process, and what breakthrough allowed for success in long-term artificial valve replacement? He also discusses the development of what was perhaps one of the first ventures into outcomes research, with the creation of a system for long-term follow up of patients receiving valve replacement. What does Dr. Starr see as the "next big thing" in cardiac surgery? Dr. Janet Wright hosts.
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Guest: Connie Mariano, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
In this rebroadcast of the July 21st show, our hosts talk to former presidential physician Dr. Connie Mariano, who made house calls to the White House for 9 years (and on Air Force One and across the globe). Her new book is called The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents — A Memoir (Thomas Dunne Books, 2010). Also, technologist Dr. Joseph Kim checks in to talk about the 'meaningful use' rules that were announced July 13th.
Guest: Jeremy Allen, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
When patients go to the emergency department for a non-life-threatening emergency, it seems impossible to predict how long the wait could be to see a medical provider. But now patients in New Britain, Connecticut, can plan their care by checking their iPhone. Physician assistant Jeremy Allen talks with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell about his role as lead developer on an iPhone app for the Hospital of Central Connecticut. They discuss the benefits to patients and ER staff, as well as how to expand the technology for other medical sites.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Join us for updates from this year's conference, featuring the details of promising research in the diagnosis and treatment of lung, breast, genito-urinary, gastrointestinal and gynecologic cancers. This conference took place June 4 - 8, 2010, in Chicago.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Listen to the latest research findings presented at Digestive Disease Week 2010. This conference was held May 1-6 in New Orleans.
Guest: William Thies, PhD
Host: Bruce Japsen
Some 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, with more cases sure to develop as the baby boomer generation ages. New potential discoveries are on the horizon. But, as Dr. William Thies, chief medical and scientific officer for the national office of the Alzheimer's Association, tells host Bruce Japsen, significant challenges and obstacles also lie ahead for these potential ground-breaking discoveries.
Guest: Steve Miller, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
Doctors know their patients often don't take their medications, whether because they simply forget or procrastinate on obtaining refills. But the lack of compliance with prescriptions has enormous financial ramifications. Dr. Steve Miller, senior vice president & chief medical officer, research and clinical sciences for Express Scripts, one of the nation's largest managers of pharmacy benefits, tells host Bruce Japsen about Express Scripts most recent survey on patient behavior when it comes to pharmaceuticals. He also talks about how, based on this research, improved patient compliance and other factors could save the healthcare system $100 billion a year.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for innovative science, trial results, and news of novel technologies from this year's cancer research meeting in Washington, DC, April 17 - 21, 2010.
Host: William Anderson, PharmD, MBA
Guest: Ruth Parker, MD
Guest: Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH
Accurate communication in medicine is crucial: miscommunication can lead to minor confusion and even serious health consequences. It is also crucial to develop reliable communication strategies, because patients are assuming a more active role in caring for their own health. How can physicians and health plans effectively engage with patients and encourage health literacy, with the goal of improving outcomes in chronic conditions? Dr. Ruth Parker, professor of medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine, and epidemiologist at the Emory University School of Public Health, and Dr. Matthew Wynia, director of the Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association, acknowledge some of the barriers to effective communications in medicine, and suggest ways to advance health literacy. Dr. William Anderson hosts.
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Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in to coverage of research highlights from the AAN's annual 2010 meeting in Toronto.
Guest: Frances Toneguzzo, PhD
Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD
Guest: David Borsook, MD, PhD
The discovery of a new use for a failed or existing drug has often been entirely serendipitous: a drug in development to treat angina failed, but became famous as Viagra when some of the test subjects reported interesting side effects. There are other notable examples, and now scientists are beginning to repurpose drugs in a more systematic way. How is drug repurposing research carried out, why is it important, and what are the hurdles to bringing these new uses to market? Hosted by Dr. Bruce Bloom.
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Guest: Isaac Schiff, MD
Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD
In the 80-year history of hormone therapy, it has been alternately embraced and rejected. Case in point: the original term, hormone replacement therapy, came to be seen as highlighting a negative state, and was changed to simply hormone therapy. Why has the pendulum swung so frequently back and forth? What is the latest "timing hypothesis," and will it again change our evaluation of hormone therapy? Host Dr. Bruce Bloom explores the studies and new thinking, the benefit for bone density, the risk of breast cancer, and more, with Dr. Isaac Schiff, chief of the Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Joe Vincent Meigs Professor of Gynecology at Harvard Medical School.
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Guest: David Fisher, MD, PhD
Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD
Imatinib mesylate was initially approved for chronic myeloid leukemia. It has also been used against gastrointestinal cancer and melanoma. What are the implications of broadening the application of this targeted cancer drug for the way that cancers are diagnosed and classified, and what will the impact be on clinical trial design? Are we getting closer to the end of tumor-typing by location?
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Guest: Mark Pendergrast
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Hosts Drs. Michael Greenberg and Matt Birnholz interview Mark Pendergrast, author of the new book Inside the Outbreaks: the Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service. The Second Opinion Live hosts also discuss new research on salt, chocolate, and a patient who's opened his case to the Internet and the wisdom of crowds. Plus, can martial arts teach senior citizens how to fall?
Guest: Gerald Metz, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Second Opinion Live speaks with the new medical director of the Final Exit Network, Dr. Gerald Metz. Dr. Metz has assumed this role as the former medical director has temporarily stepped aside pending the outcome of legal issues related to investigations and court issues in several states. Final Exit Network is an organization that provides "exit guides" to assist terminally ill people who want to "end their time on Earth."
Other topics include discussion of recent court cases related to patenting human genes, an electronic nose, bomb disposal teams in the operating room and the ReachMD Poll.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in to hear important findings from the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 41st Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer. This meeting took place March 14th through the 17th, 2010, in San Francisco. Over 1,800 attendees gathered to find out the latest research into the diagnosis, prevention and management of gynecologic cancers, included advances in chemotherapy, cancer screening, and radiation and surgical approaches.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune into the latest research presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 59th Annual Scientific Session, held March 14 through the 16th, 2010, in Atlanta.
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Sherry Seethaler, PhD
Hosts Drs. Michael Greenberg and Matt Birnholz are joined by guest Dr. Sherry Seethaler, author of the recently published book Curious Folks Ask: 162 Real Answers on Amazing Inventions, Fascinating Products and Medical Mysteries — and our hosts try to understand some of the origins of several medical myths and mysteries. They also discuss pill popping in the military, the explosion of Health Information Acronyms - and more! This is the one-year anniversary of Second Opinion Live — don't miss it!
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
This Conference Coverage spotlights the American Academy of Dermatology's 68th Annual Meeting, March 5 - 9 in Miami Beach, Florida. The 2010 meeting attracted a record number of attendees, and featured 370 sessions, more than 1,300 faculty, and 600 electronic posters, covering biologic drugs, light-based technologies and nanotechnologies, to name a few of the research areas.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Listen to the latest research presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held March 5 - 7 in San Francisco, California, including findings on prostate, penile and bladder cancer.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for the latest clinical information and research findings from the 2010 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting, February 26th through March 2nd, in New Orleans. Highlights covered food allergies, asthma in children and adults and personalized medicine.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference brings together more than 28,000 healthcare industry IT experts to see offerings from over 900 exhibitors. It is the largest annual gathering in the healthcare information technology field. This year's exhibit takes on special significance given federal incentives to accelerate adoption of information technology in the healthcare arena. Dr. Matthew Birnholz hosts this second of two programs from the conference.
Guests include:
John Zaleski, VP - Clinical Applications, Nuvon
James King, MD - Past President, American Academy of Family Physicians (interviewed at the Shared Health exhibit)
Michael Mirro, MD, FACC, FACP - Chair, Health Informatics Committee, American College of Cardiology (interviewed at the Medical Informatics Engineering Exhibit)
John Stanley - SVP and CIO of Riverside Health System, Newport News, VA. (interviewed at the Siemens exhibit)
H. Stephen Lieber, CAE - President and CEO, HIMSS
John Mattison, MD - Chief Medical Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California
Christopher Mertens - VP Healthcare Business Group, Hewlett-Packard
Steve Aylward - General Manager, Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference brings together more than 28,000 healthcare industry IT experts to see offerings from over 900 exhibitors. It is the largest annual gathering in the healthcare information technology field. This year's exhibit takes on special significance given federal incentives to accelerate adoption of information technology in the healthcare arena. Dr. Matthew Birnholz hosts this first of two programs from the conference.
Guests include:
H. Stephen Lieber, CAE - President and CEO, HIMSS
John Mattison, MD - Chief Medical Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California
Steve Aylward - General Manager, Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft
Michael Mirro, MD, FACC, FACP - Chair, Health Informatics Committee, American College of Cardiology (interviewed at the Medical Informatics Engineering Exhibit)
Guest: Timothy Bailey, MD
Host: Steven Edelman, MD
Continuous glucose monitoring is an effective tool in the management of both type 1 diabetes and insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes patients. However, barriers and challenges remain for both the healthcare provider and patient. Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, director of the Advanced Metabolic Care + Research Institute, Dr. Timothy Bailey, as they discuss the benefits of and advances in continuous glucose monitoring.
Guest: Janet Trowbridge
Host: Steven Edelman, MD
There are a number of skin conditions that affect people with diabetes: xerosis, acanthosis nigrican, necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum and more. What do healthcare providers need to know to diagnose and treat their patients? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, dermatologist specializing in diabetes, Dr. Janet Trowbridge, as they discuss skin conditions in patients with diabetes.
Guest: Rebecca Patchin, MD
Guest: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Dr. Rebecca Patchin, American Medical Association board chair, gives the view from Capitol Hill after several days of testifying and speaking with legislators about the various needs of healthcare reform. Topics include reimbursement rates, health insurance and others. Also on this week's program, Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Michael Greenberg speak with Dr. Joe Kim from the HIMSS Conference in Atlanta about some of the latest in medical IT offerings.
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Guest: Rear Admiral Michael Milner, PA-C
Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin has two new priorities: to combat childhood obesity and to encourage all Americans to put their health histories online. So how do practitioners get involved in these new government initiatives? Rear Admiral Michael Milner, assistant surgeon general and chief of the US Public Health Services Corps, joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to get the message out about the latest technology allowing patients to easily share their medical records with doctors and family members, as well as getting kids to start exercising and eating healthily.
Guest: Dan Osterweil, MD, Msc Ed, CMD
Host: Eric Tangalos, MD
Telehealth refers to the constantly evolving tools and technologies used to care for patients remotely. These technologies can be applied in many types of clinics, including long-term care facilities, to improve patient access to care and reduce healthcare costs. Dr. Dan Osterweil, clinical professor in the department of geriatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, and medical director for Silverado Senior Living in Calabasas, California, joins host Dr. Eric Tangalos to discuss some of the current practical applications of telehealth, ways to overcome barriers to implementation and the future outlook for remote care. How can telehealth be particularly beneficial to long-term care patients and providers? What are some of the limitations to the use of telemedicine while managing elderly patients? Can telehealth effectively replace in-person exams, are the technologies best utilized in monitoring or consulting situations?
Guest: James Watson
Guest: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Host Dr. Matt Birnholz talks with Dr. James Watson, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA. They discuss Dr. Watson's current and most pressing interest in cancer research, and its biochemical causes. Also, blogger and physician technologist Dr. Joseph Kim joins Drs Michael Greenberg and Matt Birnholz to talk about Apple's new iPad and its potential uses in healthcare. Dr. Kim is the author of several blogs, including Medicine and Technology. And in the Forum, Greenberg and Birnholz discuss the Lancet retraction of the MMR vaccine and autism link research.
Host: Jack Lewin, MD
Guest: Stephen Ubl
How do physicians play a particularly crucial role in the development of medical devices, and how does the device innovation model differ from the drug development model? How can we encourage transparent, ethical relationships between healthcare professionals and the medical device industry, as collaborations between these parties are vital to the development process? Mr. Stephen Ubl, president and CEO of AdvaMed, the Advanced Medical Technology Association, provides an overview of the medical device industry landscape, and stresses the need to reward innovation in order to create the environment for new technologies to thrive. Dr. Jack Lewin hosts.
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
ReachMD Presents Conference Coverage Highlights from the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education 2010 35th Annual Conference in New Orleans on January 27-30, 2010.
The theme of the conference - Establishing CME as a Pathway to Better Patient Care - provided the opportunity for medical educators and planners from various specialties to share best practices and discuss broader issues and concerns.
Guests on this program include:
- Alejandro Aparicio, MD, Director, Division of Continuing Physician Professional Development, American Medical Association
- Maureen Doyle-Scharff, MBA, FACME, Senior Director, Medical Education Group, Pfizer, Inc.
- Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, Director of Medical Affairs and Technology, Medical Communications, Media, Inc.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
These Conference Coverage Highlights are from the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held January 22nd to the 24th in Orlando, Florida. The meeting presented more than 500 abstracts on gastrointestinal cancers affecting the esophagus, stomach, hepatobiliary system, pancreas, small bowel, colon and rectum.
Guest: Robert Tennant, MA
Host: Bruce Japsen
Financial incentives to implement electronic health records are a welcome payment to the nation's physicians. But the proposed rules and regulations to implement this system under the economic stimulus are creating complexities and challenges physicians may face in the coming years. Physicians might want to first listen to words of advice from Robert Tenant, senior policy advisor for the Medical Group Management Association, which represents group practices and other organizations representing some 275,000 physicians.
Guest: Krystie Lennox, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
More than 10 million surgical and non surgical cosmetic procedures were performed in the United States in 2008. Many of those procedures were performed by physician assistants. Krystie Lennox, the co-founder of the Aesthetic Extender Symposium, talks with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell about the state-by-state rules related to PAs performing cosmetic procedures, how to become part of this expanding specialty, and how to stay informed in this fast changing area of medicine.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
The 32nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium took place December 9th through the 13th, 2009. The meeting featured more than 1,000 presentations on the experimental biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant breast disease. These highlights cover major findings.
Guest: Nancy Bohannon, MD
Host: Steven Edelman, MD
Will insulin pumps become the preferred therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes who are not at goal? New insulin pump technology and patch pumps are offering a whole new level of customization, an ability to improve glucose control and quality of life. Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, endocrinologist and director of clinical research at St. Luke’s Hospital, Dr. Nancy Bohannon as they discuss new insulin pump technology.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for highlights and latest research presented at the American Association for Respiratory Care's 55th International Respiratory Congress. This meeting took place in San Antonio, Texas, December 5th through 8th. Findings included the effect of specialized rapid response teams on serious complications like cardiac arrest and respiratory failure, the ability of neonates to ventilate on Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist, or NAVA, and research on the improved prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Tune in to hear important highlights from research findings presented at the Radiological Society of North America's 2009 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 29th through December 4th.
Guest: Stamatia Destounis, MD
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
These interviews were recorded at the Radiological Society of North America's 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, which took place November 29th through December 4th, 2009, in Chicago.
Host Dr. Jason Birnholz talks with Dr. Stamatia Destounis, associate clinical professor of radiology at the University of Rochester, and a practicing radiologist at the Elizabeth Wende Breast Care Center in Rochester, New York. Dr. Destounis presented a paper entitled "The Role of Ultrasound Elastography for Differentiating Benign from Malignant Breast Lesions: Can Benign Result Biopsies Be Reduced?"
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
These interviews were recorded at the Radiological Society of North America's 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, which took place November 29th through December 4th in Chicago.
Host Dr. Jason Birnholz talks with Dr. Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, from the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands, who presented at the conference a paper entitled, "High Prevalence of Treatable Severe Coronary Artery Disease: Findings in a Randomized Controlled Trial in Cardiac Asymptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients." Dr. Birnholz also sits down with Dr. Asim F. Choudhri, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, to talk about tele-radiology and smartphones.
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
This program features Dr. David Cosgrove, professor of clinical ultrasound, Imperial College School of Medicine, and honorary consultant in radiology at the Hammersmith Hospital in London. He is an expert in ultrasound, known around the world, and is the author of numerous publications. He speaks with host Dr. Jason Birnholz about a new form of ultrasound imaging— elastography, or sheer wave imaging — for detecting breast cancer.
Next, Dr. Birhnolz sits down with Dr. Michelle Brown, associate professor of radiology at the University of California, San Diego. She is presenting research on detection of placenta accreta using MRI. The incidence of placenta accreta has increased ten-fold since 1950, as the incidence of the primary risk factor, cesarian section, has also increased.
These interviews were recorded at the Radiological Society of North America's 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, which took place November 29th through December 4th in Chicago.
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
Host Dr. Jason Birnholz reports from the Radiological Society of North America's 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, which took place November 29th through December 6th in Chicago. In this segment, he speaks with Dr. Wendie Berg, from Johns Hopkins University, about early detection and breast cancer, and Dr. Alexis Kelekis, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Athens, about percutaneous disc decompression treatment for herniated disc.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions took place Nov. 14 to 18 in Orlando, Florida, and attracted more than 20,000 attendees from around the world. Listen here for highlights from groundbreaking research presented at the meeting in both basic and clinical science.
Guest: Michael Barratt, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Listen as Second Opinion Live speaks with guest Dr. Michael Barratt — physician, astronaut, and the man who literally wrote the book on space medicine. Dr. Barratt returned to Earth in October, 2009, after 200 days on board the International Space Station. Plus, hosts Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Michael Greenberg debate the latest mammogram guidelines, whether heart disease is the real "Curse of the Mummy," and more.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Listen to highlights from research presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology's 2009 annual meeting. The meeting took place November 5th through the 10th, 2009, in Miami Beach, Florida.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for highlights from CHEST 2009, which took place October 31 through November 5th, in San Diego, California.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in to hear news and research from the Infectious Diseases Society of America's 47th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in for highlights from the conference floor, at the most recent American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition. This year's meeting took place October 17th through the 20th, 2009, in Washington, DC.
Host: Mark Chyna, MD
Tune in to to learn about research and highlights from the American Heart Association's 63rd High Blood Pressure Research Conference. The meeting happened September 23rd through the 26th, 2009, in Chicago.
Guest: Sunil Hattangady, MBA, PhD
Host: Bruce Japsen
The wireless movement is a part of more and more consumers' daily lives, from smart phones to laptops. Will this kind of technology soon be ubiquitous in the healthcare field as well? Sunil Hattangady, president of Emblaze Consulting, tells host Bruce Japsen about the coming wireless trends and applications in the healthcare.
Guest: Sumant Ramachandra, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
While drug makers and consumer groups lobby Congress and the Obama administration on the best way to bring cheaper versions of biotech drugs to market, a U.S. company is already doing so overseas. How does this work and what are the prospects for biogenerics in the U.S. Dr. Sumant Ramachandra, Chief Scientific Officer at Hospira Inc. tells host Bruce Japsen about the company's work bringing cheaper biotech drugs to market.
Guest: Bruce Crowther
Host: Bruce Japsen
The hospital report card is a much talked-about effort to provide transparency about quality information. It's becoming a more important tool for consumers, just as President Obama and Congress prepare to initiate healthcare reforms that demand such information. Bruce Crowther is president and chief executive officer of Northwest Community Hospital in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. Mr. Crowther tells host Bruce Japsen about how Northwest Community Hospital moved beyond worrying about the information they might be disclosing to competitors, to focusing the information patients and lawmakers want. It's a trend that will soon begin sweeping the country.
Guest: David Thomas, MD, CMD
Host: Eric Tangalos, MD
How common are pressure ulcers in hospitals, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities? What clinical situations put patients at risk for developing pressure ulcers, and how are these wounds diagnosed? Dr. David Thomas, professor of internal medicine and geriatric medicine at Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, joins host Dr. Eric Tangalos to review strategies for managing pressure ulcers.
Guest: Joseph Golbus, MD, MBA
Host: Bruce Japsen
The economic stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama provides doctors money to get their offices set up for electronic medical records over the next few years. But there are actually a few health care systems ahead of the curve on electronic medical records with systems installed and benefits being realized. Host Bruce Japsen talks with Dr. Joseph Golbus, president and CEO of the NorthShore University Health System medical group about achievements made after implementing electronic medical records several years ago.
Guest: Joel English
Host: Bruce Japsen
Whether it's a surgery webcast or a new marketing plan rolled out on Twitter or YouTube, the traditionally conservative healthcare industry is reaching out through new marketing venues to promote hospitals and physician services. Joel English, managing director of healthcare marketing firm BVK, Inc., and a board member of the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, explains to host Bruce Japsen about social media, its place in today's healthcare system and whether it's here to stay.
Guest: Chip Phillips
Host: Bruce Japsen
Retail health clinics, looking to expand their services, are going beyond care of routine maladies to physicals, injections of specialized drugs and management of chronic conditions. Chip Phillips, president of Minute Clinic, a subsidiary of CVS Caremark Corp., tells host Bruce Japsen about what physicians and their patients should expect from this new push by retailers.
Join us for highlights from the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 45th annual meeting, which took place May 29th through June 2nd, 2009, in Orlando, Florida.
Listen to highlights of research presented at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's disease. This meeting was held July 11th through the 16th, in Vienna, Austria. Over 3,800 people came from around the world to attend over 100 plenary and symposium sessions.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
The fifth annual Games for Health Conference, held in Boston June 10-12, brought together several hundred people at the intersection of game development and health. The stated goal was to explore the use of game techology in health and healthcare and to discuss recent industry advancements. Those interviewed in this program include: Ben Sawyer, co-founder of the conference; Richard Tate of HopeLab; Jerry Heneghan of Virtual Heroes; Richard Levine, developer of the video game "Microsurgeon;" Stephen Downs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Paul Puopolo of Humana; and Steve Brown of 3banana.
Join us for research highlights from the American Diabetes Association's 69th Scientific Sessions. This meeting took place June 5th through 9th, in New Orleans.
Guest: Ken Aldrich
Host: Bruce Japsen
Expanded guidelines for stem cell research have favored federal financing for embryonic stem cell development. But some researchers in the field are looking beyond embryonic stem cells. Ken Aldrich, chief executive officer and co-founder of International Stem Cell Corporation, tells host Bruce Japsen about pluripotent stem cell research, not yet eligible for federal funding.
Guest: Sanjiv Chopra, MD, FACP
Host: Martin Samuels, MD
How can American learning institutions effectively disseminate medical knowledge around the world? What are some of the attributes of Continuing Medical Education that make it improve patient outcomes? Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, dean for continuing medical education at Harvard Medical School, discusses these topics and others with host Dr. Martin Samuels.
Guest: Linda Powers, Ms.
Host: Bruce Japsen
President Obama expanded federal funding for certain embryonic stem cell research and many are excited about what it means to the entire field of discovery of new drugs and medical treatments. Linda Powers, of the Maryland Stem Cell Commission, tells host Bruce Japsen about the importance of Obama's move to, not only those interested in embryonic stem cells, but the entire field and drug discovery in general.
Join us for highlights from the American Psychiatric Association's 2009 Annual Meeting, May 16th through the 21st, in San Francisco.
Guest: Chris Sadler, MA, PA-C, CDE
Host: Steven Edelman, MD
Technology continues to show great promise for people living with diabetes. One such technology is continuous glucose monitoring, a dynamic new technology with the potential to dramatically change the lives of type 1 diabetics and insulin-requiring type 2 diabetics. Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, certified diabetes educator and physician assistant Chris Sadler, as they discuss the benefits of continuous glucose monitoring.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Over 15,000 gastrointestinal healthcare professionals attended the meeting in Chicago, May 30 - June 4, 2009. These highlights showcase the latest research and advances in gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and gastrointestinal surgery.
Tune in for highlights from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists' 18th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress, which took place May 13th through the 17th in Houston.
Guest: William Hersh, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
The stimulus package approved by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama promises unprecedented money for health IT and electronic medical records. But if the money is enough, are there enough health informatics specialists to pull it off? Dr. Bill Hersh, chair of the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology in the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, tells host Bruce Japsen about the healthcare system's needs from the world of health informatics.
Guest: Joel Gelfand, MD
Host: Lee Freedman, MD
Are patients with psoriasis more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, and what mechanisms might link these two conditions? Do the severity of psoriasis and the agents used to treat this condition factor in to determining a patient's cardiovascular risk? Host Dr. Lee Freedman asks Dr. Joel Gelfand, assistant professor of dermatology and medical director of the clinical studies unit in the department of dermatology at Penn Medicine, to describe what physicians should be aware of with patients who have psoriasis. Should these patients be screened more regularly for cardiovascular disease?
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ReachMD presents highlights from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' 57th Annual ClinicalMeeting, which took place in Chicago, May 2 through 6, 2009. Tune in for important updates and research findings.
Guest: Dushyant Sahani, MD
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
More often, the diagnosis of causes of upper abdominal pain and specialty triage of patients as necessary has become the province of the radiologist. How do radiologists best approach diagnosis and management for these patients, and what factors underlie positive interactions between referring physician and radiologist for this common clinical problem? Host Dr. Jason Birnholz is joined by Dr. Dushyant Sahani, clinical instructor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and director of CT imaging services at Massachusetts General Hospital, to examine the radiology of upper abdominal pain and the expanding role of the radiologist.
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
Guest: Dushyant Sahani, MD
Autoimmunity has been identified in over 100 separate diseases. Depending on the target tissues, these disorders may be systemic, localized, or perhaps somewhere in between. The characteristics of autoimmune pancreatitis represent one such example of diffuse-to-localized disorders, and is the subject of this discussion. New forms of imaging enable us to map the inflammatory components of this and other diseases, often identifying conditions that were not part of the original differential diagnosis. How does this both aid and complicate management strategies for patients? Host Dr. Jason Birnholz welcomes Dr. Dushyant Sahani, clinical instructor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and director of CT imaging services at Massachusetts General Hospital, to share insights and expertise on imaging autoimmune pancreatitis.
Host: Todd Mahr, MD
Guest: Gailen D. Marshall, MD, PhD
The media often report about the effect of stress on the immune system. What research supports the idea that certain individuals are more susceptible to stress than others, and how can physicians recognize patients who might be experiencing an immunological response to stress? What mechanisms might link rhinitis, asthma and chronic urticaria to stress? Dr. Gailen Marshall, professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, discusses the fascinating relationship between a patient's mental state and immunity. Dr. Todd Mahr hosts.
Tune in for new research and clinical findings presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st annual meeting, which took place April 25th through May 2nd, in Seattle.
Guest: Donato Tramuto
Host: Bruce Japsen
E-sampling is a new way of marketing drugs to physicians that's gaining momentum via the Internet. It's an approach that may reach more doctors and may prove to be more convenient to those who either don't like or don't want the traditional pharmaceutical industry pitches. Donato Tramuto, CEO and vice chairman of Physicians Interactive Holdings, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the trend emerging of marketing and applying business practices to doctors in a digital world online.
Guest: Rob Neville
Host: Bruce Japsen
Despite medical advancements in drugs and delivery devices for asthma and allergy sufferers, some patients are not getting appropriate dosages. But new advances are being worked on that could improve care for many through nanotechnology. Rob Neville, executive chairman of Savara Pharmaceuticals, tells host Bruce Japsen about the use of nanotechnology as an emerging way to administer drugs more effectively for improved respiratory care.
Guest: Leslie Ramirez, MD
Host: Larry Kaskel, MD
With tens of millions of people in the United States living without health insurance, lower prices for medicine and tests can mean the difference between seeking care and going without it. Even for those with insurance, lower prices can significantly ease out-of-pocket costs. How can we help patients find these lower prices, and might we also use price comparisons in our own practice? One physician has taken these issues into her own hands, creating a website that offers comparative pricing for tests and medications in the Chicagoland area. Host Dr. Larry Kaskel learns more about this website, leslieslist.org, from its founder, Dr. Leslie Ramirez, who also works full-time as a general internist. How has her work on the website changed her prescribing habits, and could they change yours too? Dr. Ramirez also shares a few tips for you to help your patients with bargaining on prices, and other ways to drive down costs.
These highlights present the latest clinical information and research findings from the American College of Cardiology's 58th Annual Scientific Session, held March 29 through 31 in Orlando, Florida.
Guest: Alan Platt, PA-C
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA
Busy PAs don't have time to stop and look up answers in a reference book or even online from a PC. Answers to new medical treatments, diagnostic tests, medical journals, rapid references are now available on PDA platforms. Allan Platt, clinical instructor at Emory University in Atlanta and author of Evidence Based Medicine for PDAs: A Guide for Practice, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to talk about the latest advances in medical applications on PDAs. They also discuss the best software for medical professionals and where this software is headed in the future.
Join us for research presented at the 2009 meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, held March 13th through the 17th in Washington, DC.
Guest: Robert Lamberts, MD
Host: Larry Kaskel, MD
We've heard a lot about the economic stimulus funding for electronic medical records (EMR), but the central question for you is whether your practice or institution is ready to take on the effort to install it, maintain it and flourish with it. Stimulus money aside, it's a major investment of time, energy and other resources. When considering the purchase of an EMR, how can your practice ensure that you are buying the right product for the right reasons? Dr. Robert Lamberts, board-certified internist and pediatrician and an experienced lecturer on the subject of electronic medical records, shares a few tips to help you make sure it doesn't become an unnecessary hassle for your practice. Dr. Larry Kaskel hosts.
Guest: David Troxel, Dr.
Host: Bruce Japsen
The use of online communication and consultation between doctors and patients is becoming so common in everyday physician practice that there is now buzz about "eRisk Guidelines." Dr. David Troxel, medical director of The Doctors Company, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the dangers of using e-mail and other electronic communications with patients.
Guest: David Troxel, Dr.
Host: Bruce Japsen
Telemedicine continues to increase in popularity, but doctors need to understand the risks when communicating by e-mail or phone. Dr. David Troxel, medical director of the Doctors Company, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about potential risks and liability physicians can open themselves up to if they are not careful about how they use telemedicine and related consultations with their patients over the phone.
Guest: Nicholas Galantino, JD
Host: Larry Kaskel, MD
Many of our practices could be more efficient at checking in patients, or perhaps more precise in our record keeping. Insurance claims denials and the process of fighting them can be one source of time-consuming, money-draining aggravation for any practice. But we may be seeing a trend toward technologies that could ease these clerical and financial burdens. To learn a little more about the digital developments that are helping us validate patients' insurance eligibility in advance of their medical visit, host Dr. Larry Kaskel welcomes Nick Galantino, chief executive officer of the LoCicero Medical Group, a nine-provider internal medicine practice in Tampa, Florida, which uses one of the devices currently on the market.
Guest: James Speta, JD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
For years, people have turned to online review websites before deciding which restaurants or hotels most deserved their hard-earned dollars. Now, a new category of online reviews is growing, as more patients are posting their own editorials about their physicians. This trend towards patients reviewing their physicians online can be helpful at best, and inaccurate or harmful, at worst. Mr. Jim Speta, law professor at Northwestern University School of Law specializing in telecommunications and internet policy, discusses how physicians can protect themselves from defamatory or unfavorable internet reviews. Is it prudent to have patients sign waivers, barring them from writing online reviews, or are these waivers insignificant, thanks to the anonymity of the internet? What else can physicians do to protect themselves from any potential dangers of review websites?
Guest: William Thomas, MD
Host: Lee Freedman, MD
Why are conventional emergency departments less than ideal environments for older patients, and how can EDs be acclimated for seniors? Dr. William Thomas, geriatrician and professor of aging studies at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, describes to host Dr. Lee Freedman the philosophy behind the nation's first ED designed specifically for older patients, at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Springs, Maryland. How do staffing and design changes, as well as new screening methods, help physicians better care for older patients? Is this model cost-effective and efficient enough for other hospitals to emulate?
Tune in for important findings presented at the 67th annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, held March 6th through 10th in San Francisco.
Guest: Marc Hedrick, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
Stem cells are often seen as potential agents in the field of regenerative medicine. What are the realities and what should doctors expect? Dr. Marc Hedrick, president of San Diego-based Cytori Therapeutics, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about commercialized treatments already being used, and even more on the horizon.
Guest: Robert Harman
Host: Bruce Japsen
Although President Obama has favored funding for embryonic stem cell research, the moral debate continues. But that discussion may overshadow the fact that biotech companies have actually made the most early progress, not in embryonic stem cells, but in adult stem cells. Dr. Robert Harman, chief executive officer and founder of Vet-Stem, joins the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen. Vet-Stem is using stem-cell therapy in veterinary regenerative medicine that may one day benefit humans. In this interview, they discuss adult stem cells, and the major momentum in research and commercialized treatments.
Guest: Tarun Jain, MD
Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD
The issue of embryo management has come to the forefront recently with the birth of octuplets in California. More than 400 thousand embryos are currently in storage across the United States. Many couples decide to use their embryos at a later date. But what about the embryos that are not used by fertility patients? Dr. Tarun Jain, in vitro fertilization director of IVF at Chicago IVF, talks with host Dr. Lisa Mazzullo about the potential uses for extra embryos, including stem cell research, donation to other couples and whether or not they should be sold.
Guest: Richard A. Friedman, MD
Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD
The continued growth of the Internet, and its increasing pervasiveness in our lives, has many of us considering how we might incorporate Web-based avenues of communication in our practice. The ease and convenience of e-mail, for example, is tempting, but could also open up a Pandora's box. Does e-mail inherently pose new challenges that may not be an issue with phone dialogue or in-person discussion? Dr. Richard Friedman, professor of clinical psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and a regular contributor to the New York Times, shares his experience with e-mail in his practice and a few tips for those who use or are contemplating Web communication for their practice. Dr. Cathleen Margolin hosts.
Guest: Andrea Doria, MD, PhD, MSc
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
In 1888, William Osler wrote in the Lancet the following: "In patients with suspected acute appendicitis, one should urge towards laparotomy. The indications for surgical interference are not always clear, but in my experience I have been taught that the abdomen is much more frequently left untouched than it should be, and that an operation is too often deferred until practically useless." Clearly, diagnosis of acute appendicitis has come a long way since then. But challenges remain in selecting the safest, most timely, and cost-effective diagnostic modalities for this condition. Dr. Andrea Doria, associate professor in the department of medical imaging at the University of Toronto School of Medicine, clarifies the use of ultrasound versus CT for evaluation of acute appendicitis in children. Dr. Jason Birnholz hosts.
Guest: Scott Holland, PhD
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
Guest: Daniel Choo, MD
Successful cochlear implantation has remarkable impact on quality of life for children with congenital and early onset hearing loss. How do clinicians best evaluate these children for likelihood of success with implants, and what are the imaging challenges when following up with these patients later on? Drs. Scott Holland and Daniel Choo from the University of Cincinnati examine new technologies on the horizon, from fMRI to near-infrared spectrophotometry, for screening and following candidates of cochlear implantation. In the process, they outline salient features of sensorineural hearing deficits and share the state-of-the-art in operative methods for implantation. Dr. Jason Birnholz hosts.