Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: David Feldman, PhD

Guest: Andrew Lasher, MD

During this segment, Dr. David Feldman and Dr. Andrew Lasher offer expert advice about end-of-life care from their book, The End-of-Life Handbook. Susan Dolan hosts.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: David Feldman, PhD

Guest: Andrew Lasher, MD

During this segment hear the coauthors of The End-of-Life Handbook, Dr. David Feldman and Dr. Andrew Lasher, offer their best advice for handling challenging issues surrounding the end of life.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: David Feldman, PhD

Guest: Andrew Lasher, MD

During this segment coauthors Dr. David Feldman and Dr. Andrew Lasher, explain how their book, The End-of-Life Handbook, helps patients and families facing life threatening illnesses.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Bill Crounse, MD

Imagine monitoring your chronically ill patients while they're at home and you're away from the office. Advances in telemedicine are making this scenario a part of the everyday practice of medicine. Host Dr. Larry Kaskel talks with Microsoft's Senior Director of Worldwide Health, Dr. Bill Crounse, about the latest applications of telemedicine. Dr. Crounse discusses its impact on global health, the need for payers to cover it, and new products and services that promote telemedicine.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Robert Lowes

Senior Editor for Medical Economics Magazine, Robert Lowes talks about the large number of HER systems on the market. Should you consider a web-based system or an in-house system? Are there efficient and more cost effective ways to implement an EHR system? Which systems can talk to the local hospital, and should you adopt one that does? Join host Dr. Larry Kaskel to learn the answers to these questions and more.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Robert Lowes

Senior Editor for Medical Economics Magazine, Robert Lowes, explains the basics of Electronic health records systems to host Dr. Larry Kaskel. Is it time for your office to jump in? What is the costs? What are the benefits? What is the impact of putting off the inevitable?

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Francois deBrantes

The Medical Home has been around for 40 years, “Why are we discussing it again now?” Francois DeBrantes, CEO of Bridges to Excellence, a national not-for-profit designing programs to recognize physician for quality care, addresses this question and many others during his conversation with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg. What is the ‘ideal’ medical home and how will achieving this ideal improve quality and decrease costs to our healthcare system? Join us to find out.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Francois deBrantes

Bridges to Excellence (BTE) is a national not-for-profit organization that designs and implements programs to recognize and reward physicians that deliver high quality care. In talking with BTE’s CEO, Francios de Brantes, host Dr. Bill Rutenberg learns about BTE’s methodology for measuring quality, how physicians can get involved in BTE’s program, how the evaluation process works and where BTE’s program fits into national health policy.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Elie Akl, MD, PhD

International medical graduates are a valuable resource to American medicine. What percentage of American physicians was trained elsewhere? Why do they leave their home countries? Internist and epidemiologist Dr. Elie Akl explores the migration of physicians with host Dr. Leslie Lundt.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Elie Akl, MD, PhD

What are the effects of educational games on the knowledge, skills, attitude and satisfaction of health care professionals? Internist Dr. Elie Akl recently published a Cochrane Review on Educational Games for Health Professionals. He discusses his work with host Dr. Leslie Lundt.