TWiV 1046: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses wastewater surveillance data as a complement to emergency department visit data for tracking the incidence of influenza A and RSV, chatbot-delivered online intervention to promote seasonal Influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic, temporal assessment of disparities in California COVID-19 mortality by industry, modeling the impact of a high-uptake bivalent booster scenario on the COVID-19 burden and healthcare costs in New York City, can high COVID-19 vaccination rates in adults help protect unvaccinated children, Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir use and hospitalizations ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 23, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-471: Mitigating Diagnostic Delays and Errors With Emphasis on Sepsis
Diagnostic delays and errors are significant contributors to patient illness, injury, and death in the United States. According to the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, diagnostic errors impact nearly 12 million Americans every year, leading to prolonged hospital stays, increased nonreimbursed healthcare costs, and even more harm when combined with other medical errors. Maureen Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Mary Jo C. Grant, ACNP, PhD, FAAN, to discuss how to reduce diagnostic delays and errors, with an emphasis on sepsis. This podcast is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through ...
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - March 8, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Can Hospitalists and ED Staff Drive Down Healthcare Costs?
Telemedicine, ED staff working with hospitalists, and improving patient handoff can improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, Drs Robert Glatter and Sherri L. Sandel say. (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Podcast - October 24, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
PodMed – Week of October 9, 2017
This week’s topics include how the Zika virus changed, outcomes after surgery and health literacy, e-cigarettes and healthcare costs, and a reaction to tattooing. Program notes: 0:36 Case report of an outcome after a tattoo 1:32 Reaction to the tattoo ink but not cancer 2:32 Not cancer just a reaction 2:46 Mutations in the Zika […] (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - October 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey Johns Hopkins Medicine Tags: All Podcasts Cancer Infectious diseases Patient Care PodMed Smoking Surgery Surgical Care Source Type: podcasts
Interventions to prevent delirium in hospitalised patients, not including those on intensive care units
Some patients who go into hospital develop delirium, which is a serious and distressing condition that can lead to poorer clinical outcomes, longer stays in hospital, and higher healthcare costs. It is important, therefore, to find effective ways to prevent it and an updated Cochrane review from March 2016 examines the evidence for a variety of interventions. Lead author, Najma Siddiqi from the University of York in the UK, tells us what they found in this Evidence Pod. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - September 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Value in Cancer Care: But at What Price?
Experts take on the issue of value in cancer care -- among the hottest topics of ASCO 2015 -- and what is at stake if efforts to ensure value do not succeed in containing healthcare costs. (Source: Medscape Oncology)
Source: Medscape Oncology - July 13, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Rise in Cancer Care Costs
A discussion on the rise in cancer-related healthcare costs in the US with Andrew L. Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE,
Author: onclivetv
Added: 05/05/2015 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - May 5, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Belt-Tightening: How Oncologists Can Lower Healthcare Costs
Concerned that Federal budget cuts will greatly affect cancer care, Dr. John Marshall challenges oncologists to be proactive and strive to reduce healthcare costs in their practices. (Source: Medscape Radiology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Radiology Podcast - May 13, 2011 Category: Radiology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Episode #29: Obesity in America with Dr Thad Waites
According to the Center of Disease Control, 72.5 million Americans are obese (with a body-mass index [BMI] >30), and 27% of the increase in healthcare costs is related to the treatment of obesity. Dr Thad Waites joins the show to discuss. (Source: The Bob Harrington Show)
Source: The Bob Harrington Show - November 1, 2010 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: The Bob Harrington Show Source Type: podcasts
Einstein On: Diabetes Epidemic, Dean Allen M. Spiegel, M.D.
Recent studies project the number of people in the U.S. with diabetes will double to 44.1 million by 2034. Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean and former director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases describes the proactive measures needed to tackle the diabetes epidemic and reduce human suffering and healthcare costs. (Source: Einstein On...)
Source: Einstein On... - June 7, 2010 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Getting Control of Health Costs -- For Real
Governor Michael Dukakis tells us how to control healthcare costs. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - September 14, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Michael Dukakis Source Type: podcasts
