Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Gary Conkright 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.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Gary Conkright 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.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Wesley Michael, MBA 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.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: David Kweskin 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?

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Benjamin Abella, 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.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Donald Robinson, MD Many commonly used medications are being implicated in increased risk of osteoporotic fractures, for example proton pump inhibitors. Psychotropics are getting scrutiny as well. Dr. Donald Robinson, professor of pharmacology and medicine at the University of Vermont and the author of more than 175 scientific papers on neuroscience topics, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to explain which psychotropics are especially risky and why.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: David Sarwer, PhD Patients that undergo bariatric surgery may expect to lose up to 35 percent of their body weight in the first year. What if that doesn't happen? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt, talks about the problem of post-op suboptimal weight gain with Dr. David Sarwer, director of clinical services at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: David Sarwer, PhD We know that the weight loss outcome following bariatric surgery can be impressive - patients lose as much as 35% of their initial body weight in the first 18 months post-op. Does their psychosocial outcome also improve? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. David Sarwer, director of clinical services at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to discuss what happens after bariatric surgery.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Owen J. Dahl, MBA Do you know what it costs you to see a patient? How can you improve the profitability of your practice? Owen Dahl, author of Think Business! Medical Practice Quality, Efficiency, Profits, talks with host Dr. Larry Kaskel about the costs of running a medical practice, and provides real-world advice.