Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Judy Capko While you couldn't get through your day without the help of your office staff, it is unwise to be too dependent. How do you regularly keep your finger on the business side of the practice without becoming overwhelmed. Join an interesting practice management discussion with host Dr. Larry Kaskel and his guest Judy Capko.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Judy Capko Has patient loyalty diminished? What are common patient gripes? What changes can you make to improve the relationship with your patients? Join our guest Judy Capko, author of Secrets of the Best Run Practices share her insider information with host Dr. Larry Kaskel.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Allan Siperstein, MD Thyroid cancer has traditionally been difficult to accurately diagnose and re-detect in the case of a recurrence. Why is it so difficult to diagnose and have we made further progress in the ability to better identify the markers of thyroid cancer? Dr. Allan Siperstien of Cleveland Clinic Foundation has published research in the area of finding better markers to identify Thyroid Cancer. Learn more in this interview with Dr. Mark Nolan Hill.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Allan Siperstein, MD 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 resection. Join us to learn more about RFA and assess whether it's right for your patients. Dr. Mark Nolan Hill hosts.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Allan Siperstein, MD In this segment, Dr. Allan Sipperstein of Cleveland Clinic Foundation discusses the various types of liver metastesis and introduces the radio frequency ablation as a treatment option. What is RFA, how does it work and what outcomes can be expected?

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Rosemarie Nelson, MS Dr. Michael Greenberg talks with Rosemarie Nelson of the Medical Group Management Associations's Health Care Consulting Group about ways to decrease the number of no-show patients in your practice.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Eugene Litvak, PhD One of America’s sharpest minds in health care and operations management says we’ve been looking for answers in all the wrong places. Eugene Litvak, PhD, from the Boston University Health Policy Institute, instead recommends a plan built around variability theory that will cut costs and increase quality. He lays out his strategy for an effective health care system with host Dr. Michael Greenberg.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD Guest: Eugene Litvak, PhD Host Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. Eugene Litvak, of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Boston University's Health Policy Institute, about how the healthcare system has been looking for answers in all the wrong places, and how variability theory can cut costs and increase quality. The plan? To create a system where we all win.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Donald Berwick, MD, MPP What are the best ways to bring safety to the hospital setting? What type of support systems are available to doctors when errors occur? Dr. Don Berwick, President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement shares thoughts on these topics and more in an interesting interview with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Donald Berwick, MD, MPP How has our healthcare system gotten to its current fragmented state? Where are the opportunities to make the greatest impacts to improve the healthcare system? Join host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg in talking with healthcare expert Dr. Don Berwick, who is President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.