Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Allan Siperstein, MD

Thyroid cancer has traditionally been difficult to accurately diagnose and re-detect in the case of a recurrence. Why is it so difficult to diagnose and have we made further progress in the ability to better identify the markers of thyroid cancer? Dr. Allan Siperstien of Cleveland Clinic Foundation has published research in the area of finding better markers to identify Thyroid Cancer. Learn more in this interview with Dr. Mark Nolan Hill.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Allan Siperstein, MD

Metastatic liver cancer does not have an optimistic prognosis, however there are a variety of treatment options enabling patients to live longer. Dr. Allan Siperstein, of the Cleveland Clinic, specializes in Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA), offered predominantly to patients unable to undergo liver resection. Join us to learn more about RFA and assess whether it's right for your patients. Dr. Mark Nolan Hill hosts.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: Allan Siperstein, MD

In this segment, Dr. Allan Sipperstein of Cleveland Clinic Foundation discusses the various types of liver metastesis and introduces the radio frequency ablation as a treatment option. What is RFA, how does it work and what outcomes can be expected?

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

Guest: Rosemarie Nelson, MS

Dr. Michael Greenberg talks with Rosemarie Nelson of the Medical Group Management Associations's Health Care Consulting Group about ways to decrease the number of no-show patients in your practice.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

Guest: Eugene Litvak, PhD

One of America’s sharpest minds in health care and operations management says we’ve been looking for answers in all the wrong places. Eugene Litvak, PhD, from the Boston University Health Policy Institute, instead recommends a plan built around variability theory that will cut costs and increase quality. He lays out his strategy for an effective health care system with host Dr. Michael Greenberg.

Host: Michael Greenberg, MD

Guest: Eugene Litvak, PhD

Host Dr. Michael Greenberg speaks with Dr. Eugene Litvak, of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Boston University's Health Policy Institute, about how the healthcare system has been looking for answers in all the wrong places, and how variability theory can cut costs and increase quality. The plan? To create a system where we all win.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Donald Berwick, MD, MPP

What are the best ways to bring safety to the hospital setting? What type of support systems are available to doctors when errors occur? Dr. Don Berwick, President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement shares thoughts on these topics and more in an interesting interview with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD

Guest: Donald Berwick, MD, MPP

How has our healthcare system gotten to its current fragmented state? Where are the opportunities to make the greatest impacts to improve the healthcare system? Join host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg in talking with healthcare expert Dr. Don Berwick, who is President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: John Whittington, MD

If we were to evaluate the US healthcare system on quality alone, how would we fare? How do we compare in quality to other healthcare systems? Join host Dr. Mark Nolan Hill in discussing quality of healthcare with Dr. John Whittington from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD

Guest: John Whittington, MD

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Triple Aim Model is meant to be adopted by organizations wanting a strategic model to improve healthcare. In this segment, IHI's Dr. John Whittington talks about some of the organizations joining Triple Aim and what type of roles they play as 'Integrators.'