Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Clifford Tribus, MD

Back pain is often a complaint from patients. Spinal stenosis is often a cause of back pain, especially in the elderly. In this segment, Dr. Clifford Tribus talks with host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill about the process of identifying the source of back pain: spinal stenosis, degenerative disk disease, and beyond. He also discusses the difference between vascular and neurogenic claudication in spinal stenosis.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Fernando Burstein, MD

Dr. Fernando Burstein shares his experience in managing a large multi-disciplinary team to help correct a cleft lip and cleft palate. How does the team approach work in a complex series of multiple surgeries? What are the critical success factors in planning and executing surgeries with multiple medical diciplines involved? Join host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill to learn more.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Fernando Burstein, MD

In combination with endoscopic surgery, botox is being used by Center for Craniofacial Disorders at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as an innovative way to treat muscular torticollis. In this segment, Dr. Mark Nolan Hill interviews surgeon Fernando Burstein about treatment options for torticollis and how outcomes differ with our without the use of botox.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Fernando Burstein, MD

Muscular torticollis or ‘wry neck’ if untreated may result in permanent craniofacial deformities. Traditionally, torticollis has been treated with physicial therapy and/or surgery. Host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill interviews Dr. Fernando Burstein about the varying degrees of muscular torticollis and the preferred methods of treatment.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Kurt Mosley

Many doctors would not recommend medicine as a career, and older physicians see their younger colleagues as less dedicated and hard working, so staffing the right doctor to the right job is an increasingly more difficult challenge. Kurt Mosley, vice president of business development for physician recruiter Merritt Hawkins & Associates, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the challenges facing doctors looking to get out and doctors who want to stay in the medical field.

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Justin Barnes

Those of us old enough to remember Stanley Kubrick’s blockbuster movie, 2001: A space odyssey, are likely to be at least a little concerned about the growth of the electronic medical record. In the movie, the spaceship’s computer ran amuck and started killing off the astronauts. Salvation could only be achieved through unplugging the machine. Is this cautionary tale an allegory for our times? What does the future hold for the EMR? Our guest today is Justin Barnes who is Vice President Marketing, Corporate Development and Government Affairs. He has testified before Congress and the Administration 7 times in the past two years. Among his many committee appointments include service on the privacy expert panel of the Certification commission for Healthcare Information Technology. Today we will be discussing the future of the Healthcare Information Technology industry.

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Justin Barnes

Many doctors complain about their hospital's EMR. It is combersome and not intuitive. Yet the government wants doctors to introduce the electronic medical record to their offices. Are EMR's for doctor offices as difficult to use as their larger, more ambitious hospital brethren? Our guest today is Justin Barnes who is Vice President Marketing, Corporate Development and Government Affairs. He has testified before Congress and the Administration 7 times in the past two years. Among his many committee appointments include service on the privacy expert panel of the Certification commission for Healthcare Information Technology.

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Justin Barnes

David Brailer, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in 2006, presented an anecdote at an industry meeting. “You live in Philadelphia but you are hit by a bus in San Diego while on vacation. With the EMR the emergency room doctor could access your records at the government’s regional health information organization and learn your past medical history.” Should physicians be elated or concerned with this centralization and wider accessibility of medical records? What are the privacy and confidentiality issues we need to address? Join host Dr. Michael Benson as he speaks with Justin Barnes, Vice President of Marketing and Government Affairs for Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. about EMR and privacy concerns.

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Thomas Green, Jr.

Why Electronic Medical Records? The patient calls for her lab test. Your staff pulls the chart, calls the lab, gets the results, and puts it in the chart. Next, the chart is put on your desk. You call the patient but she is not in. The chart stays on your desk. After finally reaching her, the staff then puts the chart back in alphabetical file. Sound familiar?

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, MPH

Dr. Sandro Galea looks at our current model for treating patients with PTSD from natural and man-made disasters. The search for effective strategies in mental health programs becomes imperative when we look at the lingering psychological impacts of Hurricane Katrina, years after the disaster.