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Generating Hospital Safety Scores: Leah Binder, CEO of the Leapfrog Group
https://reachmd.com/programs/conversations-on-health-care/generating-hospital-safety-scores-leah-binder-ceo-leapfrog-group/7499/This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Leah Binder, Chief Executive Officer of the Leapfrog Group, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving safety in the hospital setting. She discusses the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and the Hospital Safety Score which coalesce patiDr. Glenn Steele, President and CEO of Geisinger Health System
https://reachmd.com/programs/conversations-on-health-care/dr-glenn-steele-president-and-ceo-geisinger-health-system/7478/This week, Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Glenn Steele, President and CEO of Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, a physician-led, integrated health system serving 2.8 million patients across 44 counties. Dr. Steele discusses Geisinger’s integrated health services organiExpanded Access: Requirements for Authorization
https://reachmd.com/programs/FDA-Drug-Information-Updates/expanded-access-requirements-authorization/7458/Expanded access allows patients to use investigational drugs outside of clinical trials. FDA Drug Info Rounds pharmacists discuss the requirements that must be met before FDA can authorize Expanded Access and discuss the safeguards in place to avoid exposing patients to unnecessary risks. Learn moreAddressing Preparedness Challenges for Children in Public Health Emergencies
https://reachmd.com/programs/grand-rounds-nation/addressing-preparedness-challenges-children-public-health-emergencies/7471/Public health emergencies can happen at any time, anywhere. Natural disasters, epidemics, and terrorist attacks that have occurred in recent years have underscored the importance of local, state, and federal public health systems in preparing for potential health threats. However, responses to pasIn Memory of Dr. Francis Salerno: What the Dying Patient Can Teach Us
https://reachmd.com/programs/profiles-in-clinical-excellence/in-memory-of-dr-francis-salerno-what-the-dying-patient-can-teach-us/7448/Dr. Francis Salerno recounts an early exposure to patient death in his clinical practice as a medical student, and how it resonated with him and informed his practice for many years.Uterine Fibroids 101: From Molecular Origins to Clinical Management
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/fibroids-101-from-molecular-origins-to-clinical-management/7300/Most women in the United States will develop fibroids at some point in their lives. But the range of issues experienced is very wide, from asymptomatic disease to debilitating illness. Joining Dr. Renee Matthews to examine the mysterious etiology and pathogenesis, quality of life impacts, and modernData Visualization in Medicine: Effective Designs for Successful Education
https://reachmd.com/programs/lifelong-learning/data-visualization-medicine-education/7338/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 worReachMD Panel on the CDC's Top 10 Public Health Threats: A Year in Review
https://reachmd.com/programs/world-medical-news/reachmd-panel-cdcs-top-10-public-health-threats-year-review/7307/It’s been an unprecedented year for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as America’s public health agency continues its emergency response to the most complex Ebola epidemic in history. Ebola, however, is far from the only critical mission CDC undertook in the past year. “CDC’s EboRaw Honey: the Next Antibiotic?
https://reachmd.com/programs/world-medical-news/raw-honey-next-antibiotic/7318/Raw honey: can this ancient topical treatment for infections be a new key against antimicrobial resistance? Dr. Mary Leuchars reports.Gates Foundation Predicts Global Health Breakthroughs by 2030
https://reachmd.com/programs/world-medical-news/gates-foundation-predicts-global-health-breakthroughs-2030/7405/The annual letter from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation predicts major breakthroughs in global health by 2030, such as a halving of worldwide child polio deaths, guinea worm infections, and cases of river blindness. Dr. Leuchars reports.