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Do Our Professional Organizations Represent Our Interests?
https://reachmd.com/programs/second-opinion-live/do-our-professional-organizations-represent-our-interests/4721/President Obama recently gave a speech at the annual meeting for the American Medical Association (AMA) in Chicago. The speech thrust the AMA squarely into the national spotlight as an organization that represents physicians around the country. While the president's discourse with the AMA drew a lot"Smile Pinki" Highlights Cleft Palate Repair in India
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/smile-pinki-highlights-cleft-palate-repair-in-india/4464/The Oscar-winning documentary film Smile Pinki depicts a little girl who undergoes a cleft palate operation, and experiences a very changed life as a result. Host Dr. Maurice Pickard welcomes Pinki’s surgeon, Dr. Subodh Kumar-Singh, director and chief of plastic surgery at GS Memorial Plastic SurgerCEO Identifies Future Direction of American Academy of Physician Assistants
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/ceo-identifies-future-direction-of-american-academy-of-physician-assistants/3883/Chief executive officer of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, Bill Leinweber, discusses the developments and goals of the organization with host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell. Mr. Leinweber highlights the professional responsibilities of physician assistants, the need to ensure physician assistantGI Disease: Practical Solutions for Improving Care
https://reachmd.com/programs/gi-insights/gi-disease-practical-solutions-for-improving-care/3621/Gastrointestinal (GI) disease is a major source of morbidity and mortality, yet physicians and patients often regard it as a basic nuisance. What contributes to this perception, and how can we change it? Host Dr. Mark DeLegge welcomes two chairmen of the upcoming AGA Clinical Congress, Dr. William CElectronic Medical Records: Turning Data Into Intelligence
https://reachmd.com/programs/gi-insights/electronic-medical-records-turning-data-into-intelligence/3583/We've heard quite a bit about electronic medical record (EMR) systems. Many of us have also counted the reasons why we're hesitant to make the switch. But are the benefits of EMRs too real and too many to pass up? Dr. Lawrence Kosinski, a member of the AGA's Practice Management and Economics CommittFunding Healthcare: A Vote for Individuals Paying the Way
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-public-health-policy/funding-healthcare-a-vote-for-individuals-paying-the-way/3381/In 75 years ½ of GDP of this country will be in healthcare if we continue to pay the way we are now says our guest Dr. Thomas Saving, director of the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University. Dr. Saving speaks with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg about alternative sources of healthcaImproving Pediatric Palliative Care
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/improving-pediatric-palliative-care/3361/Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf, medical director of the Pain and Palliative Care Program at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, discusses a range of topics within the field of pediatric palliative care. In contrast to the expected standard of care for adults, many children with life-limiting aHow Salary and Reimbursement Impact Physician Workforce
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-public-health-policy/how-salary-and-reimbursement-impact-physician-workforce/3226/The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 limited the number of graduate medical education and residency positions. Is this act responsible for the physician workforce shortage? Dr. George Sheldon, professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, uses the 'perfect storm' analogy toCancer on $5 a Day (Chemo Not Included)
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/cancer-on-5-a-day-chemo-not-included/2687/Robert Schimmel, named one of Comedy Central's 100 greatest Comics, had Showtime and HBO specials, best selling CDs, a Fox TV pilot, and consistently sold-out club dates. He was a recipient of the Celebration of Life Award from the National Lymphoma Society. Mr. Schimmel discussed his book, Cancer oTort Reform's Momentum and its Benefit to Doctors
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/tort-reforms-momentum-and-its-benefit-to-doctors/2416/Potentially better rates in the wake of tort reform that have capped certain damages are more in the offering than in recent years, but is the momentum going to continue to spread across the country in states where tort reform has stalled? Dr. Richard Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer o