#12: Are patients best served by reporting, transparency, and appropriate-use criteria?
Recent ruminations on public reporting (of PCI) generally conclude with the notion that patient outcomes are better in states that report. Right? Not according to Dr Paul Teirstein, who offers his cath-lab experience in California and New York to present (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - October 30, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts

#11: Planes, mains, and flying machines
What parallels can we draw between practicing cardiology and piloting airplanes? (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - February 14, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts

#10: What case for live cases?
From the floor of the TCT convention center, Drs Eric Topol and Paul Teirstein ponder live cases: immoral grandstanding or important learning and treatment opportunity? (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - November 14, 2011 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts

#9: Behind the scenes of hospital ranking
What constitutes a "top hospital"? Drs Eric Topol and Paul Teirstein review the notion of hospital ranking and the criteria used to select "top hospitals" in the renowned US News and World Report listing, the recent Joint Commission annual report, and the (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - October 4, 2011 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts

#8: Appropriateness: Defining, discussing, enforcing
Study results recently published by Chan et al in JAMA point to remarkably good rates of appropriate use of PCI. But how meaningful is the definition of "appropriate"? How enlightening are the results? The debate continues . . . (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - July 11, 2011 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts

Episode #7: What good is evidence-based medicine?
The backbone of cardiovascular research is the randomized clinical trial, which at great expense and effort seeks to enroll thousands of patients in the pursuit of an absolute reduction that is frequently around 1%. Is it really worth it? (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - November 11, 2010 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts

Episode #6: To angiogram or not to angiogram?
Drs Eric Topol and Paul Teirstein (Scripps Translational Science Institute), review the latest cardiology news and events in this freewheeling, unconventional exchange. (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - May 18, 2010 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts

Episode #5: Clinton, Cheney and coronary disease
Drs Eric Topol and Paul Teirstein (Scripps Translational Science Institute), review the latest cardiology news and events in this freewheeling, unconventional exchange. (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - March 2, 2010 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts