Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Ronald Myers, MD

Its common knowledge that colon cancer screening is underutilized. Can primary care physicians and healthcare professionals impact their patients choice to get screened and to follow through with the screening? Join host Larry Kaskel discuss these issues with our guest Dr. Ron Myers who recently completed a study on how healthcare professionals can increase colorectal screening amongst their patients.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Timothy Henry, MD

Not all hospitals are equipped with staff or equipment to perform percutaneous coronary intervention on an emergency basis. However, in an emergency situation, critical decisions must be made: Take a patient to the nearest medical center that can provide fibrinoloysis or take the extra time to get them to a medical center who can perform PCI. What are the current protocols in place to make this often times life/death decision? Join host, Dr. Larry Kaskel talk with Dr. Tim Henry, Director of Research at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation about his recent paper entitled, 'Design of a Standardized System For Transfer of Patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.'

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Richard Anderson, MD

From employers and insurers to the federal Medicare program, the focus on medical errors by those paying for health care is unprecedented. But Dr. Richard Anderson, chairman and chief executive of Napa, Calif-based national malpractice carrier, The Doctors Company, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen that strides can be made in the move to patient safety, and physicians can have a leadership role.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Richard Anderson, MD

Potentially better rates in the wake of tort reform that have capped certain damages are more in the offering than in recent years, but is the momentum going to continue to spread across the country in states where tort reform has stalled? Dr. Richard Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer of Napa, Calif.-based national malpractice insurance carrier, The Doctors Company, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the state of tort reform in states across the U.S.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Richard Anderson, MD

System errors have a large impact on medical malpractice claims, but did you know they contributed to 30 percent of settled claims? They do, according to a study by one of the largest doctor-run medical malpractice carriers. Dr. Richard Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer of Napa, Calif.-based national malpractice carrier, The Doctors Company, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the kind of errors contributing to settled claims, and ways physicians can avoid them.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Dan Shapiro, PhD

Dr. Dan Shapiro, Director of the Medical Humanities Program and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Arizona in Tuscon, Arizona, discusses his book, Delivering Amelia: The Story of a Young Gifted Obstetrician's Mistake and the Psychologist Who Helped Her.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Dan Shapiro, PhD

Dr. Dan Shapiro, Director of the Medical Humanities Program and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Arizona, discusses his book: Mom's Marijuana: Life, Love and Beating the Odds.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: David Miller

Right now, it’s illegal to use an electronic system to prescribe controlled substances. But as the adoption of electronic prescriptions progresses, the inclusion of controlled substances into e-prescribing becomes inevitable. David Miller, chief security officer for Covisint, a leading software and IT services firm, weighs the advantages and disadvantages of this budding technology with host Susan Dolan, RN.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Mary Naylor, PhD, RN

Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, is the Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology and Director of the New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hear Dr. Naylor as she discusses how to prevent patients from landing back in the hospital.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Daniel Palestrant, MD

Social networking Web sites may provide isolated physicians a chance to network with other docs far beyond their geography. Those of us who practice clinical medicine know that often what we do in our offices is far ahead of what the published research tell us. How might we harness this power? Sermo’s founder and CEO, Dr. Daniel Palestrant, explains his vision for the future.