Jonathan Aubry MD discusses athletic knee injuries. He offers advice and tips on prevention, what’s new in diagnosis and treatment and the parameters for return to play.

Krystal Revai MD, MP discusses peer to peer pointers for assignment of appropriate levels of care for hospitalized patients

She defines in patient and observation levels of care, as well as how the guidelines for the use of InterQual and Milliman are different. She shares what clinicians can do to ensure that their patients are admitted under the appropriate level of care and what can be done if the insurance company disagrees with a determination that a member should be inpatient and downgrades them to observation.

Juan Jimenez, MD discusses radiology contrast, risk and consent. He shares the current evidence regarding risk of contrast agents in imaging. He explores the evidence for pretreatment of a patient to reduce any risks and he offers information on who should have a risk benefit discussion with a patient when ordering imaging that uses contrast.

Emma Marr NP identifies epilepsy facts vs. myths. She shares the latest treatment options available and she explores the current research.

James Besante, MD shares strategies in training practicing providers to treat opioid addiction. He helps us to recognize barriers in rural areas for treating opioid addiction and he identifies stigmas to opioid treatment and recovery and how we can get more people into programs

Julie Vann FNP discusses the field of sleep medicine. She explains which sleep disorders are commonly seen in the sleep clinic. She explores sleep apnea, why it is so important to a person’s overall health that it is treated, and new treatment options for sleep disorders.

Finally, she offers basic sleep hygiene measures that are important for each of us to achieve a good night sleep

Covid update as of Jan 2022. He identifies current virus(es) hospitalizing patients. He discusses what to expect after this surge and he shares information on staying well at home with Covid.