Clinician's Roundtable

Guest: Maureen Corry, Ms. Host: Bruce Japsen The National Quality Forum has endorsed 17 perinatal standards to measure and improve quality of care. Maureen Corry, executive director of the Childbirth Connection, talks with host Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune about these coming measures and what they will mean to child-birthing families and their physicians.

Guest: Jack Morgan, DPM Host: Michael Kotzen, DPM What are the latest trends in surgical treatment options available for patients suffering from recurrent heel pain, and how have podiatrists evolved in practice to manage the myriad of heel problems? Dr. Jack Morgan, attending staff member at the Los Angeles USC Medical Center and fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, outlines the most common causes of heel pain, their respective modern treatment strategies, and upcoming advances in joint biomechanics. Dr. Michael Kotzen hosts.

Guest: Ronald Lepow, DPM Host: Michael Kotzen, DPM 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 American Podiatric Medical Association and the only American to ever serve as the President of the Federation Internationale des Podologues (FIP), joins host Dr. Michael Kotzen to discuss the evolution of podiatric medicine and surgery.

Guest: Retha Newbold, PhD Host: Jim Keany, MD Found in everything from baby bottles to contact lenses, to tooth sealants and soda can linings, bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used to make plastics more resilient. It is also a recognized hormone disrupter, with recent studies raising concerns about a potential link to cancers, diabetes and obesity. What is our current understanding of the true risks to humans? Should we be advising patients to avoid exposures to BPA? Dr. Retha Newbold, developmental reproductive biologist for the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, breaks down the issues related to this pervasive and potentially harmful product, which some states have even moved to ban in children’s products. Dr. Jim Keany hosts.

Guest: Gary Conkright Host: Bruce Japsen Trying to reduce medication errors? Gary Conkright, chief executive officer of InformMed, a medication safety company, talks with host Bruce Japsen about how the healthcare industry is borrowing a risk assessment technique from the aviation industry as a way to improve patient safety.

Guest: Gary Conkright Host: Bruce Japsen Reducing medication errors is a global challenge but the good news is that there are increasingly new and innovative ways companies are looking to find solutions to error reduction. Gary Conkright, chief executive officer of medication safety company InformMed tells host Bruce Japsen about a tool designed by nurses as the latest in the coming wave of potential products in the medication error solution space.

Guest: Wesley Michael, MBA Host: Bruce Japsen Physicians are inundated with market research, but how does this benefit patients and what does it seek to accomplish? Wesley Michael, executive vice president of research-excellence at market research firm TNS Healthcare, tells host Bruce Japsen how physician participation in market research can benefit their practice, patient care and the larger healthcare system.

Guest: David Kweskin Host: Bruce Japsen When direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs came on the scene a decade ago, such ads quickly proliferated the airwaves. But times have changed. David Kweskin, senior vice president and practice area leader of brand and communications at the market research firm TNS Healthcare, tells host Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune how drug and medical product makers are changing the way they advertise their products directly to consumers. What does this mean for physicians?

Guest: Benjamin Abella, MD Host: Shira Johnson, MD There are over 400,000 cardiac arrests per year. Dr Benjamin Abella assistant professor in both the department of emergency medicine and the department of medicine from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discusses why 10-20% are surviving till discharge and beyond. A leading researcher in the area of resuscitation science, Dr. Abella discusses the changing epidemiology of cardiac arrest, and the science behind the improved survival. Host is Dr. Shira Johnson.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Benjamin Abella, MD Cardiac arrest management used to mean CPR and efforts that were often futile. Now more patients are surviving until discharge because of new techniques maximizing compressions and administering hypothermia. Join host Dr. Shira Johnson with Dr. Benjamin Abella, assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss the techniques on the forefront of resuscitation medicine that are having a positive effect on patient outcomes.