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The Non-Drinker's Next Stop: A Seat at the Bar?
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/the-non-drinkers-next-stop-a-seat-at-the-bar/2982/The cardiovascular benefits of moderate alcohol consumption have been studied with positive results in the alcohol consuming population. But what about non-drinkers? Should we be recommending a drink or two a day to our patients currently abstaining from alcohol? Dr. Dana King, Professor in the DeBar-Coded Surgical Sponges in the OR
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/bar-coded-surgical-sponges-in-the-or/2962/A new technology for the operating room, bar-coded surgical sponges are helping us keep track of one crucial aspect of any surgical procedure: ensuring that all sponges are safely removed at the conclusion of the process. How does the protocol change for a procedure using bar-coded sponges? Host Dr.Quality 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 physThe Legislative Push for Patient Medical Homes
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-public-health-policy/the-legislative-push-for-patient-medical-homes/2581/Family physicians are at the forefront of organized medicine's push to get their patients and U.S. consumers a medical home. But Dr. James King, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about financial and legislative roadblocks to achieving thiThe 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 onlyPrescription 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 reHIV & Breastfeeding: Worldwide Perspectives
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/hiv-and-breast-feeding-worldwide-perspectives/1840/For women with HIV in the US, nursing is not an option. Yet is nursing their babies a better choice for women with HIV in other countries? The answer may surprise you. Today our guest is Dr. Susan Cu-Uvin, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and Medicine at Brown Medical School. She is also DirecModerate to Late Stage Parkinson’s Disease
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/moderate-to-late-stage-parkinsons-disease/1717/Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease that causes motor (movement) and nonmotor symptoms, such as tremor, slowed movements and stiffness, as well as many other symptoms. As Parkinson’s disease is chronic and progressive, the early stages differ from the moderate to later stages of the dThe Joint Commission's Dr. Dennis O'Leary on patient safety
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/the-joint-commissions-oleary-on-patient-safety/1522/He runs an organization designed to stop medical errors at U.S. hospitals in a climate where everyone from consumer groups, patients and members of Congress are complaining about patient safety. Dr. Dennis O'Leary tells Bruce Japsen what doctors, hospitals and other medical professionals need to do