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Examining Cost as a Measure of Surgical Outcomes
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/examining-cost-as-a-measure-of-surgical-outcomes/2321/In using cost to examine surgical outcomes, complications are the greatest and most costly problem in surgical care. Our guest, healthcare economist Dr. Donald Fry talks in this segment about improving surgical quality by decreasing when possible surgical complications. What are the most common caThe Future of the Electronic Health Record
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/the-future-of-the-electronic-health-record/2265/Those of us old enough to remember Stanley Kubrick’s blockbuster movie, 2001: A space odyssey, are likely to be at least a little concerned about the growth of the electronic medical record. In the movie, the spaceship’s computer ran amuck and started killing off the astronauts. Salvation could onlyTreating Fibromyalgia
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/treating-fibromyalgia/1964/Fibromyalgia can be one of the most challenging problems to treat. How can we treat it effectively? Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes research psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Schwartz to review the current and future treatments of fibromyalgia.Improving BCC Screening in Childhood Cancer Survivors Through Risk Modeling
https://reachmd.com/programs/Audioabstracts/improving-bcc-screening-in-childhood-cancer-survivors-through-risk-modeling/54698/As survival after childhood cancer continues to improve, attention is turning toward long-term risks such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC), which occurs at markedly higher rates in this population. Recent modeling data suggest that age-based, exposure-informed prediction tools may outperform current guA Look at Crohn’s Disease from a Surgeon’s Perspective
https://reachmd.com/programs/gi-insights/a-look-at-crohns-disease-from-a-surgeons-perspective/12598/Despite significant advances in Crohn’s disease therapy, sometimes patients have no other option but surgery. Here’s what we need to know.Awake Craniotomy and Mapping Techniques for Brain Tumor Surgery
https://reachmd.com/programs/medical-breakthroughs-from-penn-medicine/awake-craniotomy-and-mapping-techniques-for-brain-tumor-surgery/4597/Awake craniotomy offers many advantages to brain tumor surgery, since it allows neurosurgeons to maximize surgical resection, while minimizing neurologic risks. Is this procedure well tolerated by most patients? What role does MRI mapping play in awake craniotomy? Dr. Donald O'Rourke, associate profTherapeutic Monitoring of Vancomycin in Adult Patients
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-pharmacy/therapeutic-monitoring-of-vancomycin-in-adult-patients/4584/Vancomycin has come full circle in recent years. First used as an alternative to penicillin nearly a half-century ago, it was surpassed by methicillin and other semisynthetic penicillins that were regarded as less toxic. Paradoxically, the subsequent rise of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureThe Evolution of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/the-evolution-of-podiatric-medicine-and-surgery/3977/Most of us will have walked the equivilent of three times around the world in our lifetimes. Taking into account that 75% of the population suffers foot problems at least once, the importance of taking care of our feet and ankles cannot be overstated. Dr. Ronald Lepow, past president of the AmericanThe Financial Considerations Behind Medical Repatriation
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/the-financial-considerations-behind-medical-repatriation/3966/Legal immigrants across the United States pay taxes, to be sure, but those who have spent less than five years in the country are often not able to qualify for any healthcare coverage under their state’s Medicaid program. If a patient in this situation develops an illness that requires long-term carJust Enough Anxiety: Successful Leadership
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/just-enough-anxiety-successful-leadership/3293/Dr. Robert Rosen was awarded a six-year multi-million dollar grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to study leadership and healthy organizations. Having interviewed more than 250 CEOs and worked with organizations in more than 30 countries, Dr. Rosen says anxiety is a necessar