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The Effect of Primary Care Physicians on Healthcare Utilization
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/the-effect-of-primary-care-physicians-on-healthcare-utilization/2901/How does the relationship between health utilization and the availability of primary care providers impact health care utilization trends? Steven Kravet, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, explores potential opportunities to relieve some of tQuality Payback for Physicians
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-public-health-policy/quality-payback-for-physicians/2808/Many health plans have devised rating systems for physicians and some monetarily reward physicians based on performance. What are the criteria that make the physician rating systems as transparent and fair as possible? Which health plan providers are using the most accurate measures to evaluate physViruses as a Cause of Obesity
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/viruses-as-a-cause-of-obesity/2613/Are there unseen factors in the worldwide obesity epidemic? Dr. Richard Atkinson, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, and editor of the International Journal of Obesity explains the rationale behind an infectious etiology for the worldwide obesityEnzyme Replacement Therapy for Hunter Syndrome
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/enzyme-replacement-therapy-for-hunter-syndrome/2505/Previously, patients could only receive palliative care for symptoms associated with Hunter syndrome, a rare but serious genetic disorder that inhibits the body’s ability to break down specific complex carbohydrates. Now, a new enzyme therapy is making it possible to prevent Hunter syndrome manifestThe Pennsylvania Cancer Control Consortium
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/the-pennsylvania-cancer-control-consortium/2422/Collaboration is a theme that pop-up regularly in discussions about how to improve our healthcare system. The Pennsylvania Cancer Control Consortium, an example of just one collaborative healthcare effort has created a statewide blueprint for all sectors of Pennsylvania—public, academic, private,Estrogen and Heart Health: What We Believe Now
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/estrogen-and-heart-health-what-we-believe-now/2347/After the initial findings from the Women’s Health Initiative were published, hormone replacement therapy in menopause stopped practically overnight. But the first analysis may not be the last word. Our guest today is Dr. Richard Karas, Professor of Medicine at the Tufts University School of MediExamining 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 caPrescription Drug Use and Malingering
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/prescription-drug-use-and-malingering/2204/One of the most difficult challenges in medicine can be the decision to use a potentially addicting opioid medication to treat pain. We don’t want to give malingering drug seeking patients meds they can abuse or sell on the street yet we don’t want to withhold treatment to those who need it. Host DRFA and Other Options To Treat Liver Metastases
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/rfa-and-other-options-to-treat-liver-metastases/2124/Metastatic liver cancer does not have an optimistic prognosis, however there are a variety of treatment options enabling patients to live longer. Dr. Allan Siperstein, of the Cleveland Clinic, specializes in Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA), offered predominantly to patients unable to undergo liver reRecognition of EDS
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/recognition-of-eds/1902/The fact that excessive daytime sleepiness negatively affects functioning should be no surprise to anyone who has ever had to stay up all night on call. We may not have had personal experience with changes in glucose tolerance and immunologic and cardiovascular function, but current research informs