The Voices of Vascular Podcast

The Voices of Vascular Podcast

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The Voices of Vascular Podcast episodes

  • Is sharing caring: The ups and downs of social media for clinicians and patient, part 1

    How can we protect ourselves and patients when sharing online? In this episode, we discuss the landscape of work, personal life, privacy and promotion on social media. We have a candid conversation with Lorraine Tallman, founder and CEO of Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels, about navigating digital content and maintaining patient relationships built around medical needs and practices while adhering to facility and government policies.

    30 min
  • Three caregivers and a patient discuss vessel preservation

    How much do patients know about vascular access care and the need to preserve their veins? Emily Levy talks with Lauren Backe, Lorraine Tallman and Beth Gore to understand how patients and caregivers are learning about vessel preservation and becoming better advocates for themselves.

    Featuring: Emily Levy, CEO, MightyWell, patient; Beth Gore, President, Oley Foundation, Board member, AVA, caregiver; Lauren Backe, caregiver; Lorraine Tallman, Founder and CEO, Amanda Hope, caregiver

    33 min
  • How a patient's mom helped create a new medical device

    Lorraine Tallman, founder of Comfycozy's for chemo, joins us to tell her story of how she teamed up with the medical device industry to turn a need for better port access into a solution that benefits patients and families.

    Featuring: Cheryl Gordon, RN, BSN, MBA, CRNI®, VA-BC™; Lorraine Tallman, Founder and CEO, Amanda Hope, caregiver

    21 min
  • The lifestyle questions no one asks

    A lot of factors go into clinicians selecting the right device for the patient, but how much does lifestyle factor into their decision? This episode discusses patient lifestyles and their experiences surrounding chronic illness and vascular access devices.

    Featuring: Emily Levy, CEO of Mightywell; Lorraine Tallman, Founder and CEO, Amanda Hope, Nancy Trick, RN, CRNI®, VA-BC™

    34 min
  • The major leagues: Working to put patients at the forefront

    Patients often have a hard time getting the attention of clinicians, what they may lack in medical terminology and credentials, they make up for with an intimate knowledge of how the healthcare system, clinicians and device choices may or may not be putting the patient first. Join Cheryl Gordon as she learns more about how Emily Levy and Beth Gore caught the attention of some of the biggest associations in vascular access and their advice to patients looking to share their knowledge and ideas with the medical world.

    Featuring: Cheryl Gordon, RN, BSN, MBA, CRNI, VA-BC; Beth Gore, President, Oley Foundation, Board member, AVA, caregiver; Emily Levy, CEO, MightyWell, patient

    30 min
  • Should peripheral infections be tracked too?

    In recent years, central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) have become top of mind for clinicians and hospitals alike as they work toward reducing infections to as few as possible. But what about other catheter devices? Cheryl Gordon and Marcia Ryder discuss why infections related to peripheral devices should be just as important.

     

    Featuring: Cheryl Gordon, RN, BSN, MBA, CRNI, VA-BC; Marcia Ryder, PhD, MS, RN

    27 min
  • Shifting the focus: Vascular access as a safety initiative

    Marcia Ryder and Beth Gore discuss their viewpoints on how vascular access is a safety initiative and what they believe will help create a better vascular access experience for the patient.

     

    Featuring: Cheryl Gordon, RN, BSN, MBA, CRNI, VA-BC; Beth Gore, president, Oley Foundation, board member, AVA, caregiver; Marcia Ryder, PhD, MS, RN

    31 min
  • Standards of practice: How much do we really know about them?

    Clinicians rely on vascular access standards to help guide their choices and do the best for patients. Each day clinicians put these standards into practice, but do we know how these standards get developed? Lynn Hadaway, MEd, RN, BC, CRNI, gives us her insight into how standards are developed.

    Featuring: Cheryl Gordon, RN, BSN, MBA, CRNI, VA-BC; Lynn Hadaway, MEd, RN, BC, CRNI

    25 min
  • Blasting through literature bias: What's best for your patient?

    How do clinicians find credible studies that will help make the best decisions for their patients? Nancy Trick will discuss how to find credible studies and help patients who are trying to decipher what they mean as they work to learn everything they can about their illness and treatment options.

     

    Featuring: Cheryl Gordon, RN, BSN, MBA, CRNI, VA-BC; Nancy Trick, RN, CRNI, VA-BC

    23 min

About The Voices of Vascular Podcast

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Voices of Vascular is a thought-leadership collaboration, where we invite some of the brightest and most interesting minds in healthcare to discuss vascular access needs, inviting clinicians to take a more compassionate approach to first access, vein preservation, patient preference and the patient journey.