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"Designer benzodiazepines" are lab-created chemical derivatives of prescription benzodiazepines. They have not been approved for medical use and there is limited information on their safety and toxicity. More potent than their prescription counterparts, this subset of novel psychoactive substances have been growing in popularity in recent years and pose the potential for dangerous levels of intoxication. In this podcast, Dr. Sahil Munjal, program director of the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist psychiatry residency program, leads a discussion of the article “Clinical Management of Designer Benzodiazepine Intoxication: A Systematic Review," with his coauthors Dr. Gregory Noe, Katelyn Li, and Nicholas McDuffee. They provide an overview of designer benzodiazepines in comparison to prescription benzodiazepines and describe the findings from their review of 35 case reports. They discuss clinical presentations of designer benzodiazepine intoxication, common approaches to clinical management, and key takeaways from their review of the literature. Their article appears in the March-April 2025 issue of The Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Barbara L. Nye MD is a Board-Certified Neurologist, UCNS Board Certified Headache subspecialist. She is the Director of the Headache Fellowship at Atrium Health – Wake Forest Baptist and Associate Professor of Neurology at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Dr. Nye talks about her clinical approach, current treatment approaches, and advocacy for patients suffering from headache disorders. More on Dr. Nye at https://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/n/barbara-l-nye

Dr. Wells is a professor of neurology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Director of the Comprehensive Headache Program at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. She shares what she has learned in over 20 years of patient care and research on non-pharmacological approaches to treating migraine, and her current work on the mind/body connection to combat Migraine disease. More about Dr. Wells here: https://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/w/rebecca-erwin-wells Participate in her latest clinical trial "Be WELL with Migraine" here: https://www1.wakehealth.edu/beinvolved/eng/studies/IRB00079570 Get CE Credit: This episode is part of the free Podcast CE Learning Series. Earn CE credit for listening! Register here: http://nwahec.org/75184

This special episode introduces the Doctor Podcast Network (DPN) founded by veteran physician podcasters  Dr. Jimmy Turner, Dr. Mike Woo-Ming, Dr. Bradley Block, and Desiree Leos to address challenges in starting and maintaining a podcast. They discuss their journeys into podcasting, emphasizing its value for networking, sharing expertise, and building personal brands. Dr. Turner highlights his work in financial literacy, Dr. Wu-Ming focuses on physician entrepreneurship, and Dr. Brad explores podcasting as a medium for personal growth and learning.The network offers community access for networking and webinars, basic podcast production support, and a "white glove" service for full podcast management. Members benefit from resources such as editing, syndication, marketing, monetization opportunities through programmatic and host-read ads, and much more.A key message in this episode is how podcasting can help people grow personally and professionally, even though it can be challenging at first with things like setting up equipment or feeling unsure about starting. DPN makes it easier by offering support, advice, and a community for doctors. Those interested can visit the network's website to learn more and join this growing group of podcasters.Meet the Founders:Dr. Jimmy TurnerDr. Jimmy Turner is an academic anesthesiologist, author, podcaster, and certified physician coach. He earned his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 2012 and completed his anesthesiology residency there in 2016. Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor in Anesthesiology and the Division Chief of Regional Anesthesia at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.Beyond his clinical roles, Dr. Turner is a prominent advocate for physician wellness and financial literacy. He founded "The Physician Philosopher," a platform that empowers physicians to achieve financial independence and address burnout. He authored Determined: How Burned-Out Doctors Can Thrive in a Broken Medical System, offering practical strategies for overcoming systemic challenges in healthcare.Dr. Turner co-hosts the "Money Meets Medicine" podcast, focusing on financial education for medical professionals. Through initiatives like the Alpha Coaching Experience, he provides tools for physicians to create balanced and fulfilling lives. His work emphasizes financial literacy, mindset shifts, and personal well-being.Dr. Mike Woo-MingDr. Mike Woo-Ming is a Mayo Clinic-trained family physician and entrepreneur. He holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Wayne State University and a Master's in Public Health from the University of Michigan. He completed his residency in Family Practice at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.Since 1999, Dr. Woo-Ming has practiced medicine in Escondido, California, serving as an Urgent Care Director and overseeing nursing home facilities. He is the founder of BootstrapMD, a platform dedicated to helping physicians embrace entrepreneurship and digital innovation.Additionally, Dr. Woo-Ming leads Executive Medical, a wellness clinic offering bioidentical hormone treatments, weight loss programs, and aesthetic procedures. His expertise in age management, integrative wellness, and entrepreneurship has been featured in Physician's Practice and Medical Economics. Married and a father of two, he is passionate about blending traditional medicine with modern approaches.Desiree LeosDesiree Leos, MPA, is a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Doctor Podcast Network. With extensive experience in physician podcasting, she has played a vital role in helping medical professionals establish and grow their podcasts. Her expertise has built a robust support system for doctors entering the podcasting space, streamlining processes and amplifying their voices.Leos is known for her strategic vision and hands-on approach in managing podcast logistics, enabling physicians to focus on content creation while she handles the technical and operational aspects.Dr. Bradley BlockDr. Bradley Block is a private practice otolaryngologist based in Long Island, New York, where he lives with his wife and three young sons. He is a partner at ENT and Allergy Associates and the creator of the Physician's Guide to Doctoring podcast.Dr. Block realized that improving doctor-patient communication was key to building trust, efficiency, and professional satisfaction. Unable to find a suitable resource, he launched Physician's Guide to Doctoring, a podcast covering essential topics for physicians beyond clinical knowledge, including patient rapport, practice efficiency, and professional development.He also serves as a keynote speaker on enhancing patient experience, doctor-patient communication, and running efficient office hours.Visit doctorpodcastnetwork.co to find out more about the network and the team. If you want to join, fill out the form here: doctorpodcastnetwork.co/join.  Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let's grow! Disclaimer:This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance.

David Zaas, MD, MBA is a lung transplant pulmonologist, clinician, researcher, and professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases. He is also the President of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Dr. Zaas shares many insights into talent recruitment, working as a physician scientist in an academic medical center, his exposure to science and medicine as a young volunteer, challenges in the business of delivering quality care, advances in lung transplantation and medical education, AI and the pace of discovery and innovation, and much more. Learn more about Dr. Zaas here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidzaasmd/

Dr. Edward G. Shaw, MD, MA, is dually trained as a physician and mental health counselor. He was the primary care partner for his late wife Rebecca, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007 at age 53 and died in 2016 after a 9-year journey. Ed was a practicing academic radiation oncologist for 23 years, specializing in the treatment of adults and children with brain cancer. In 2010, inspired by Rebecca's journey, his medical interest shifted to dementia diagnosis and treatment, and with his additional training in mental health counseling, he founded the Memory Counseling Program in 2011, part of the Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine and the Sticht Center on Healthy Aging and Alzheimer's Prevention at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Program serves individuals, couples, and families affected by Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia. Dr. Shaw has also authored four books on Dementia which we will discuss shortly.https://www.seniorcareauthority.com/resources/boomers-today/

Ruth Benca, MD is the Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. She is a researcher on sleep and sleep-related conditions. We talk about the common problems associated with sleep deprivation and strategies for better sleep. Learn more about Dr. Benca here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-benca-86b12026/

Prior to 2020, patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's Comprehensive Cancer Center experienced high variability in the number of days it took to see a breast cancer provider. Scheduling was decentralized across the departments and rarely could multiple visits be coordinated to occur on the same day, within the same location. Addressing this issue required a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach that involved engaging the cancer center leadership across 3 treatment departments—medical, radiation, and surgical oncology—administration, physicians, advanced practice providers (APPs), patient navigation, genetic counseling, scheduling, imaging, lab, and pathology. The primary goals of the initiative were to transform patient experience and improve timeliness to care for every newly diagnosed patient. Guest: Hunter Hayes, MBA Associate Principal The Chartis Group   “Being able to get patients seen quickly; being able to retain patients for their full cancer treatment is incredibly important…competition is growing and being able to keep those patients and keep their experience positive is critical.”   Read more in “Improving the Care of Patients Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer” coming in your Volume 38, Number 2, Oncology Issues.   Resources: Improving Cancer Care Teamwork: Five Patient-Centered Strategies to Strengthen Care Coordination Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics Solution Transforms Infusion Center Operations Location Technology Improves Efficiency, Safety & the Patient Experience Breast Care ACCESS Project

Prior to 2020, patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's Comprehensive Cancer Center experienced high variability in the number of days it took to see a breast cancer provider. Scheduling was decentralized across the departments and rarely could multiple visits be coordinated to occur on the same day, within the same location. Addressing this issue required a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach that involved engaging the cancer center leadership across 3 treatment departments—medical, radiation, and surgical oncology—administration, physicians, advanced practice providers (APPs), patient navigation, genetic counseling, scheduling, imaging, lab, and pathology. The primary goals of the initiative were to transform patient experience and improve timeliness to care for every newly diagnosed patient. Guest: Hunter Hayes, MBA Associate Principal  The Chartis Group    “Being able to get patients seen quickly; being able to retain patients for their full cancer treatment is incredibly important…competition is growing and being able to keep those patients and keep their experience positive is critical.”    Read more in “Improving the Care of Patients Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer” coming in your Volume 38, Number 2, Oncology Issues.   Resources: Improving Cancer Care Teamwork: Five Patient-Centered Strategies to Strengthen Care Coordination Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics Solution Transforms Infusion Center Operations Location Technology Improves Efficiency, Safety & the Patient Experience Breast Care ACCESS Project Oncology IssuesVolume 39, Issue 2 Apr 2024  

Do you ever reach a point in your caregiver journey at which you say – or want to say – “Enough! I just can't do this anymore!?!?!?” Caregiving can be hard, and it can be exhausting. Host Frances Hall, Executive Director of ACAPcommunity is joined by Dr. Jamehl Demons, a geriatrician at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in NC, who will help us understand when – and how – to draw that line in the sand.This episode of The Caregiver Community is made possible by our sponsor, Pace @ Home in Hickory, NC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tune in as Erik Summers, Chief Medical Officer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, shares insights into healthcare trends and strategic growth. Gain valuable perspectives on implementing impactful changes and navigating future developments in the healthcare landscape.

Tune in as Erik Summers, Chief Medical Officer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, shares insights into healthcare trends and strategic growth. Gain valuable perspectives on implementing impactful changes and navigating future developments in the healthcare landscape.

In this episode of RAPM Focus, Dr. Brian Sites sits down with Daryl Henshaw, MD, and Christopher Edwards, MD, to discuss “Evaluating residual anti-Xa levels following discontinuation of treatment-dose enoxaparin in patients presenting for elective surgery: a prospective observational trial,” first published in June 2023. Dr. Daryl Henshaw completed his medical school residency in regional anesthesia and acute pain fellowship training at Wake Forest. He is the associate vice chair of clinical operations at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, the section head of regional anesthesia and acute pain management, and the medical director of acute pain services. Dr. Christopher Edwards is a graduate of Louisiana State University Health Sciences at Wake Forest for both anesthesia and fellowship training in RAPM. He is the medical director for regional anesthesia and acute pain. Dr. Henshaw and colleagues performed a prospective observational trial, where they asked the question if current guidelines to hold full anti-coagulation dose of Lovenox for 24 hours before surgery resulted in adequate anti-Xa level activity to support the performance of neuraxial or deep anesthetic type nerve block procedures. Consenting patients on treatment-dose enoxaparin were randomized to either a 24-hour group (last dose at 07:00 the day prior to surgery) or a 36-hour group (last dose at 19:00 2 days prior to surgery). On arrival for surgery, blood samples were obtained to assess residual anti-Xa level activity and renal function. The primary outcome was residual anti-Xa level activity following the last treatment dose of enoxaparin. Incorporating all patients, linear regression modeling was performed to predict the timepoint at which the level of anti-Xa activity reliably fell below 0.2 IU/mL. *The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice, and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner's judgement, patient care, or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others. Podcast and music produced by Dan Langa. Find us on Twitter @RAPMOnline.

This edition of Cancer Registry World features guest Michael Serwint, MD, ODS-C at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston Salem, NC. Dr. Serwint brings a unique and fascinating perspective to his cancer registry experience as a former practicing medical oncologist who eventually became a Certified Oncology Data Specialist. Please enjoy listening and learning!

As health systems improve access to care, it puts more pressure on the ambulatory practices to operate efficiently and effectively.  Join Elizabeth as she sits down with three seasoned ambulatory leaders -- Mike Condrin, Interim Chief Administrator, UC Davis Medical Center and Interim COO, UC Davis Health Hospital Division; Jennifer Hayden, Associate Vice President, Patient Access and Ambulatory Facilities, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist; and Alpa Prashar, Director of Operational Performance Improvement, Ambulatory Care Services, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, as they discuss the changes to the ambulatory enterprise propelled by access improvements.

This episode features Alisa Starbuck, President of Brenner Children's Hospital, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Here she discusses her career journey, key insights about the hospital, potential roadblocks that leaders may encounter while striving for the best outcomes for children, and more.

Steve Lucey, Orthopedic Surgeon at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist & Chief Medical Officer of Valere Bundled Solutions joins the podcast to discuss key insights into his background & organization, his experience and lessons learned with Atrium's outpatient total joint bundle program, his excitement surrounding the future of value-based care, and more!

Steve Lucey, Orthopedic Surgeon at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist & Chief Medical Officer of Valere Bundled Solutions joins the podcast to discuss key insights into his background & organization, his experience and lessons learned with Atrium's outpatient total joint bundle program, his excitement surrounding the future of value-based care, and more!

Dr. Erik Summers, Chief Medical Officer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist joins the podcast to discuss key insights into his background & organization, top priorities in his role today, his focus on creating a more efficient healthcare system, and more.

Dr. Joseph "Joey" Skelton is a board-certified pediatrician and obesity medicine specialist. He has a particular interest in working with entire families to change behavior, as well as working with community organizations who have the same goals. He is the founder and director of Brenner FIT® (Families In Training), a family-based pediatric obesity program; we are active in clinical care, research, education, and community outreach. He conducts research focused on attrition from and adherence to treatment, and how to incorporate the entire family system into health care. He also teaches medical students in a field called Culinary Medicine, which is a way to improve nutrition and health through cooking. He spends most of his free time with his wife, a surgical pharmacist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, and his two teenage sons. They like to cook and eat with his extended family and friends, who live all over North Carolina, from the beach (Wilmington) to the mountains (Asheville).   ____________________________________________________ JOWMA Podcast | OMG! You Think I'm Fat!?! How To Talk (or Not Talk) about Your Child's Weight with Madeleine Berg, MS, RD, CDN https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/OMG--You-Think-Im-Fat----How-To-Talk-or-Not-Talk-about-Your-Childs-Weight-with-Madeleine-Berg--MS--RD--CDN-e1un9na JOWMA Podcast | We Have a Weight Problem with Miriam Pascal https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/We-Have-a-Weight-Problem-with-Miriam-Pascal-e1v4i16 JOWMA Podcast | Special Episode: We Have a Weight Problem with Yaffi Lvova, RDN, Alisa Minkin, MD, FAAP, Tobi Ash, RN, BSN, MBA and Dr. Marcy Forta, EdD, MBA https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/Special-Episode-We-Have-a-Weight-Problem-with-Yaffi-Lvova--RDN--Alisa-Minkin--MD--FAAP--Tobi-Ash--RN--BSN--MBA-and-Dr--Marcy-Forta--EdD--MBA-e1ucb7o JOWMA Podcast | Health At All Sizes with Malka Katzenstein https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/Health-At-All-Sizes-with-Malka-Katzenstein-e1eqv64 JOWMA Podcast | Atzmi: My Body Is Not My "Self" https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/Atzmi-My-Body-Is-Not-My-Self-e1ipcsc JOWMA Podcast | Hunger Games: Raising Healthy Eaters https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/Hunger-Games-Raising-Healthy-Eaters-e1eqv66 ______________________________________________________ Become a JOWMA Member! www.jowma.org  Follow us on Instagram! www.instagram.com/JOWMA_org  Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/JOWMA_med  Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/JOWMAorg/ Stay up-to-date with JOWMA news! Sign up for the JOWMA newsletter! https://jowma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9b4e9beb287874f9dc7f80289&id=ea3ef44644&mc_cid=dfb442d2a7&mc_eid=e9eee6e41e

LeAnne Kennedy, PharmD, BCOP, CPP, FHOPA, is the President of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA), co-founder of the North Carolina Oncology Pharmacists (NCOP) Association, and Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Manager at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Dr. Kennedy talks through how NCOP started more than 20 years ago as well as her priorities for HOPA this year!

Sarah Garrison and Jeff Ryan stop by the studio to talk about what the 2023 Winston-Salem Open has in store. Sarah explains Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's role in partnering with the Winston-Salem Open and how the Open positively impacts the community. Jeff gives Brooke a quick rundown on fast golf serves and shares his favorite part of working the Open. Buy tickets and visit the Winston-Salem Open online: Website: www.winstonsalemopen.com

Dr. Jason P. Stopyra, Regional Medical Director - Safety and Security at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist joins the podcast to discuss his background in emergency medicine & what led him to his current role, his organization's approach to workplace safety, why safety is an investment worth making, and more.Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.

Dr. Jason P. Stopyra, Regional Medical Director - Safety and Security at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist joins the podcast to discuss his background in emergency medicine & what led him to his current role, his organization's approach to workplace safety, why safety is an investment worth making, and more.Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.

Dr. Jason P. Stopyra, Regional Medical Director - Safety and Security at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist joins the podcast to discuss his background in emergency medicine & what led him to his current role, his organization's approach to workplace safety, why safety is an investment worth making, and more.Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.

In this episode, Dr. Rishi Rikhi explores the link between lipoprotein(a), hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. We discuss the presence of lipoprotein(a) and hypertension in cardiovascular diseases, as well as strategies for managing these levels to prevent such diseases. Dr. Rihki is a Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist with a passion for heart disease prevention and public health research. He is interested in several aspects of primary prevention, including lipids, diet, and physical activity. His current projects focus on lipoprotein(a) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk. “Controlling our blood pressure is one of the most important things we can do in our lives.” In This Episode You Will Learn What Lipoprotein (A) and Hypertension Are What Hypertension is and What Factors Can Cause It Lifestyle Changes To Reduce Hypertension and Lipoprotein (A) Associations Between Hypertension and Lipoprotein (A) and Cardiovascular Disease How People Can Manage Their Levels of Lipoprotein (A) and Hypertension Connect with Yumlish! Website Instagram Twitter Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Connect with Dr Rishi Raj Rikhi! Website  Twitter  Bibliography --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yumlish/message

In this special episode of Talking Head Pain, Joe speaks with Dr. Barbara Nye, a Neurologist, Headache Specialist, and the Program Director for the Headache Fellowship at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Recorded live at the American Headache Society's (AHS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Austin, they discuss the latest trends and developments in headache research, including a focus on diversifying patient representation and understanding the unique experiences of different ethnicities and genders. Dr. Nye also sheds light on the AHS's ambitious plan for the next five to 10 years, with an aim to enhance headache diagnosis and management, possibly incorporating AI and genetic-based strategies. Contact Our Hosts: Joe Coe, Director, Therapeutic Area Growth and Integration at GHLF: jcoe@ghlf.org Sarah Shaw, Senior Manager of BIPOC Community Outreach at GHLF: sshaw@ghlf.org We want to hear what you think. Send your comments, or a video or audio clip of yourself, to TalkingHeadPain@GHLF.org. Catch up on all our episodes on our website or on your favorite podcast channel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stacy Wentworth, MD is an Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist with a research interest in cancer survivorship. Read more about Stacy athttps://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/w/stacy-wentworth

How long have you been in CDI, oh listener? Three years, five, 10? Maybe as many as 16, if you started back when CMS adopted MS-DRGs and ACDIS began, in the hazy, pre-Tik-Tok days of 2007? My most recent guest on Off the Record has been in CDI for 24 years, starting in 1999. Longer than she served at the bedside as a nurse. It's possible some of my listeners are 24. She's been there, done that, but still driving her program forward, never settling. Tamara Hicks is the Director of Clinical Documentation Excellence at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She's a two-time member of the ACDIS advisory board, served on the ACDIS CCDS certification committee, and in 2019 won CDI professional of the year from that organization. She's also acquired the nickname Grandmother of CDI. So it behooves us to listen to her wisdom. We get into that deep pool of wisdom on this episode of Off the Record, covering the following topics: What was life like for a CDI professional in the 20th century? A day in the life of Tamara Hicks and the Atrium Health Wake Forest CDI department Is there such a thing as “advanced CDI”? If so how do you define that, and practice it? Career ladders for staff retention What is the ideal CDI candidate (if you could clone one, who would they be)? Much more, including Tamara's family of dogs, cruise obsession, and favorite classic rock hit

Episode 137. Following on from a workshop titled “JEDI Journey: This is the Way,” our diverse panel discusses the importance of processes such as integrating the social determinants of health (SDOH) into information systems via Z codes to advance Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) & anti-racism. With episode host Charla Johnson, DNP, and guests Tonya Jagneaux, MD, Holly Pilson, MD, and Daytheon Sturges, PhD. The group also explores achieving workforce diversity in general and orthopedic surgery specifically, which is the least diverse specialty of all. With current trends it will take 217 years to reach parity in terms of race and gender representation, and the group shares strategies for accelerating the pace. We hear how part of the challenge is getting diverse students into schools, but once this is achieved the environment must be set up for success. Otherwise, tokenism can lead to isolation and burnout. With pointers towards actionable steps and resources, this episode takes DEI up a notch. © Copyright Movement is Life 2022-2023 Host: Charla Johnson, DNP, RN-BC, ONC Secretary, Board of Directors, Movement is Life System Director, Nursing Informatics Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Baton Rouge, LA Featuring: Tonya Jagneaux, MD, MSHI, FCCP Chief Medical Information Officer – OLOL Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Baton Rouge Campus Holly Pilson, MD, FAAOS, FAOA Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vice Chair of Social Impact, Co-Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Co-Director of Clinical Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Affiliate Faculty of Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Daytheon Sturges, PhD, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, CHES® Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Vice Chair for JEDI, Associate Program Director for Regional Affairs and Academic Affairs, JEDI, MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program, University of Washington School of Medicine Physician, University of Washington Primary Care – Northgate Producer/Editor/Writer: Rolf Taylor  Resources:  USING Z CODES: The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Data Journey to Better Outcomes: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/zcodes-infographic.pdf Advancing excellence in PA education through leadership, scholarship, equity, and inclusion. DEI Toolkit & Best Practices Guide: https://paeaonline.org/diversity-equity-inclusion Fewer Words, More Action: Cultivating an Anti-Racist Environment Strategies/Solutions (CARES) Framework for Physician Assistant Education. Carl Frizell et al: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34817435/ Excerpts:  We need to do a rebranding and a paradigm shift, so that we don't view diversity as a risk, but we view it as a strength, and we view it as beautiful. I use that term because this is not only hard work it is heart work, and there is some emotional exhaustion that comes with that.” ~ Daytheon Sturges PA-C “It's voluntary in 2023 then mandatory in 2024 to be screening for social determinants of health for Medicare and Medicaid for reimbursement. So, people really need to understand the importance of this, and it can't be just another check the box. At Our Lady of the Lake we have a marketing slogan, “we listen, we heal,” – which is perfect alignment with integrating social determinants of health.” ~ Charla Johnson, DNP “Just like we look at things like A1C, I'd like to see Z codes be reviewed routinely so we ask the questions, have we resolved food insecurity, have we resolved homelessness, and we can report on that and close that loop. And I really appreciate a provider wanting to use Z codes.” ~ Tonya Jagneaux, MD “From the vantage point of the good, the bad, and the ugly, the good is that the trend for gender and race diversity is that orthopedic surgery has got better. But the bad is that we remain, year after the year, the least gender, race and ethnically diverse specialty in all of medicine, recruitment efforts alone have not reversed that. To get to parity at the present rate would take 217 years.” ~ Holly Pilson, MD “I liked how you laid it bear that your zip code is more of a social determinant than your genetic code, and speaking of codes, I really like that you introduced the Z codes as well because that introduces a level of accountability. When you document it, you then have to have a plan about it.” ~ Daytheon Sturges PA-C “We had two great talks from Cara McLellan and Frank McLellan, and I am going to start using that term: The power of the purse. Until you incentivize it, it does not become a priority. When people see a target then they see this is the journey we are taking.” Tonya Jagneaux, MD “My part of the session was about workforce diversity, particularly in orthopedic surgery, and what better specialty to talk about in terms of workforce diversity than the one that struggles the most with it.” ~ Holly Pilson, MD “When you fix policy at the system level then you are able to see more results. We need to look at policy with a JEDI lens, so Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, but I also add in anti-racism, to become anti-racist we have to center and discuss race. We are looking at our policies using an equity impact tool, and we are looking as possible harm as well as alternative approaches.” ~ Daytheon Sturges PA-C “One of the quotes I heard recently is “Nothing about us without us,” it takes bringing those stakeholders to the table, working alongside them and with them, to figure out how we get to more equity in this space.”  ~ Holly Pilson, MD “It's important that the minority people who are leading these efforts are doing it alongside and with the majority members of our departments and institutions, because it takes both together. “It's important to equip the champions and provide education. I have my lived experience as a gender and racial ethnic minority, but I'm not a (DEI) expert.” ~ Holly Pilson, MD “Medical students have consistently said that orthopedics as a specialty is less welcoming. I don't know if it's the surgical culture, some the other specialties mentioned as being less welcoming were also surgical.” ~ Holly Pilson, MD “I like to offer a DEI toolkit that the Physician Assistant Education Association (Diversity and Inclusion Advancement Commission) has developed.  It's 6 steps of a quality improvement loop.” ~ Daytheon Sturges PA-C “Target the leadership structure: what is the racial composition? What voices are there? Do you have buy-in? These are the people who are yielding and wielding power. We need to look at admissions and ask how can we kick the door open and look at our applicants holistically, because this is where the gatekeeping is. We will never have a diverse medical workforce if the schools are not admitting these students.” ~ Daytheon Sturges PA-C      

Nearly 75% of Americans are overweight, including 42% who have obesity. The pandemic has heightened the problem, since many of us find comfort in food, and delivery services like Door Dash and Uber Eats make it easier than ever to consume calories while barely getting off the couch to answer the door.  This obesity epidemic has huge implications on value-based care due to the impact it has on chronic morbidity, increased mortality, and unrelenting demands on the utilization of limited healthcare resources. Chronic conditions associated with obesity include, but are not limited to, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and heart disease. These diseases have a destructive effect on the US healthcare system, and leaders in value-based care must start thinking about lifestyle medicine and evidence-based nutrition interventions.  While there are many apps and tools for consumers or patients to use to lose weight on their own, programs that incorporate medically-assisted weight management and obesity care yield the best outcomes. Rather than weight loss as a sidebar suggestion once a disease state is diagnosed, weight loss can be a potent catalyst for disease prevention within value-based care. Dr. Jamy Ard is the Co-Director of the Weight Management Center at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Joining him this week in the Race to Value is Rich Steinle, CEO of Carium – a technology company that partners with clinicians to offer a complete, virtual care platform ensuring every person – regardless of location, demographic or disease state – has access to quality, personalized care, education, and tools to support health and wellness goals. In this episode, we discuss the importance of partnerships between healthcare providers and technology companies to empower clinicians, patients, and their caregivers. Do you want to learn more about how real-time, aggregated health data and analytics can guide clinical decision-making in obesity? Well, this is an interview that you will not want to miss. Within a platform-enabled, virtual care ecosystem, weight management care teams can achieve positive outcomes that deliver on the promise of value-based care! Episode Bookmarks: 01:30 An introduction to the concept of Virtual Weight Loss Management in Value-Based Care 02:00 Background on Dr. Jamy Ard (Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist) and Rich Steinle(Carium) 03:30 Subscribe to our newsletter and leave us a Review and Rating on Apple Podcasts! 04:00 Chronic conditions associated with obesity include type-2 diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and heart disease. 04:45 Direct medical costs attributed to obesity account for $147 billion. Lost productivity due to obesity cost $303 billion. Adding chronic diseases make obesity a $1 Trillion problem! 06:00 Dr. Ard speaks to the economic challenges of obesity – “Obesity is a multifocal chronic relapsing disorder. It is a disease epidemic that can be addressed through patient engagement.” 07:00 The limitations of medical education in training doctors on nutrition and how to effectively treat and manage patient obesity. 08:30 Dr. Ard discusses the Weight Management Center at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and the challenges with patient engagement in an obesogenic environment. 09:00 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on societal obesity and how technology empowers an effective patient engagement strategy. 10:00 Rich discusses the diametrically opposed reality that treating obesity is typically conducted as a prescription upon the onset of chronic disease (instead of as a prevention). 11:30 How technology can extend team-based care to provide a conduit for meaning patient engagement and treatment interventions. 12:00 Technology can be leveraged to address community health and equity, especially for patients living in food deserts. 13:00 How can a trusting business partnership between a care delivery organization and a technology company...

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Jennifer Houlihan, Vice President of Value-based Care and Population Health for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, about the need for value-based care in rural population health.Jennifer what are some of the rural focused value-based strategies that you're currently employing?That is actually been a focus for us many years. So working with CHESS evolving our Medicare Shared Savings, Medicare Advantage, scaling that now to our Medicaid population, we have been building what I would say is a foundation of value based capabilities that almost from day one we also scaled immediately in our rural communities. So some of those include working closely with our providers and to promote Annual Wellness Visits and that's such an important piece of the work that we do to close care gaps, address those social drivers of health and really proactively identify the patients that we need to care manage, So working with our rural providers to build out a process that works well for their clinics and making sure the patients, through those e-consult virtual visits and proactively scheduling them in, are able to get to their medical home in a timely manner to do that. So that that's something we've really focused on with our rural providers and that's where some of the wrap around transportation and other services come into play. Access is such a critical piece of that. Transitions of care would be another one. We have put RN resources in the ED; we work very closely with our hospitalist program, and part of that is development of the hospitalist to home program so that that allows patients to be maybe be discharged early home but putting in additional supports with our care management team; our community health worker team; social work; as well as some remote patient monitoring to help them be successful and hopefully not get readmitted. And then other supports that kind of play more of a behind the scenes role include some of our robust analytics. So doing some risk stratification work, which again, just really helps us understand the population from who has high social needs? Where is there polypharmacy? Do we have patients who have multiple chronic conditions? Allowing us to understand who's seeing their primary care provider, who needs to be scheduled in and create a more proactive approach and I do think that's very important in rural because again we might have more scarcity of resources. So really trying to be proactive and sort of leverage some of these other access ways to provide a medical home support becomes even more key. And the analytics also allows us to know our patients, know all of the care gaps that we need to address, but then also evaluate whether what we're doing is working and sort of shift that around. And so knowing where we may have provider gaps working with our family medicine internal medicine departments, making sure we can scale resources where we can from that perspective also is something we've worked on.Jennifer is it sometimes difficult to think in entire population segments concerning outcomes? You're looking at vast groups. Do you find that to be a challenge in terms of moving the needle in public health?In our region we have about 250,000 unique patients and it is a lot of data. We're getting data from the EMR on multiple clinical indicators with our payer partners. We're collecting now social driver information. I think that's where having such a strong analytics platform is so important. Risk segmentation becomes really important, so if we know patients are well, they're seeing their physician every year, they're taking their medications, they're controlled within their chronic disease, then there's a pathway for that. But if there are patients that we know are at risk for a readmission or are not adherent to their medication and seem to not be managing well then that's where we think...

This episode features Jennifer Houlihan, Vice President of Value Based Care and Population Health at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Here, she discusses her background, her focus on strengthening Wake Forest Baptist's value proposition, how she is looking at growth & investments in the next 2 years, and more.

This episode features Jennifer Houlihan, Vice President of Value Based Care and Population Health at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Here, she discusses her background, her focus on strengthening Wake Forest Baptist's value proposition, how she is looking at growth & investments in the next 2 years, and more.

Today we talk with Jennifer Houlihan, Vice President of Value-based Care and Population Health for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, about some of the pressing issues and health care concerns facing rural communities and how they are assessed. Jennifer, Welcome to the Move to Value Podcast. Can you tell me about the correlation between rural communities, rural hospitals, and poor healthRural Americans really face numerous health disparities compared with their urban counterparts. 15% of all Americans live in rural areas with higher risk of death. And so, thinking about rural communities, rural hospitals, rural healthcare, there are five leading causes are heart disease, cancer, uh respiratory diseases, stroke. And all of those are impacting how we think about health care delivery, what we need from our rural hospitals, and also what the community focuses on. So, rural hospitals are at risk for closure. There are quite a few that have closed over the last several years and yet there's a greater need as the population ages, the prevalence and incidence of disease grows, uh and we're at risk for access challenges in this community. And so, our rural providers really become that, especially in primary care, that critical piece to provide that medical home support, to manage these healthcare conditions. And then, hospitals often are an anchor in the rural community and, really important part, they're often the largest employer and have a long-standing history of pride in those communities. So, when you think about the ability to seek care close to home, to be able to have providers in your backyard, and be able to care for your population, not only with the chronic disease piece, but again significant disparities and some of the social drivers I know we'll talk about. So, really all of that is connected and real challenges being faced by our rural hospitals and communities.I see. So, what are the socioeconomic factors that are in play here?Yeah, so specifically I'll talk about North Carolina, but really this would be applicable much more broadly. But typically, in North Carolina, what we're seeing is about 16,000 year lower median household income. 26.7% more likely to have children living in poverty, which is a significant socioeconomic factor and often a leading indicator from any other social drivers. 21% fewer adults with post-secondary education and approximately 13 to 14% more uninsured residents under the age of 65. So, all of those, in addition to you know some of the higher percentages of chronic disease, that all presents significant challenges for rural communities and the providers and being able to care for them. Can you tell us about some of the health issues that rural communities are facing?Sure. Yeah. There's a couple. So, part of rural hospitals, and we have a several rural hospitals within the Atrium Health system, with our health department partners every three years we do a robust community health needs assessment. So, looking across all of our rural communities, we actually kind of ranked through all of them. Obesity is actually the most prominent issue, uh closely followed by substance misuse, mental health, chronic disease, educational attainment, and teen pregnancy. But when we looked across all of them, obesity and chronic disease is typically the number one. With, I would say substance abuse and mental health continuing to grow, and certainly post COVID, that's actually, that has actually grown and sort of needs and identified stats in the community as well.Well Jennifer, are there new strategies in play for rural health that will hopefully improve outcomes?There are quite a few strategies. And so, I think some of that is, again, what we're, every, really every year, we're looking at what strategies are working and what aren't. So, a couple different...

This episode features Dr. Steve Lucey, Sports Medicine & Joint Replacement Specialist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Here, he discusses his transition into leadership, what he's currently focused on, how he sees ASCs evolving in the coming years, and more.

This episode features Dr. Steve Lucey, Sports Medicine & Joint Replacement Specialist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Here, he discusses his transition into leadership, what he's currently focused on, how he sees ASCs evolving in the coming years, and more.

This episode features Dr. Steve Lucey, Sports Medicine & Joint Replacement Specialist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Here, he discusses his transition into leadership, what he's currently focused on, how he sees ASCs evolving in the coming years, and more.

This episode features Dr. Erik Summers, Chief Medical Officer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Here, he discusses the evolution of the CMO role, his focus on workplace violence & staffing challenges, the importance of leaders to work with the front line, and more.

Today's guests are Tamara Hicks, RN, CCS, CCDS, ACM-RN, CCDS-O, the director of clinical documentation excellence at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, the interim director of ACDIS as well as the director of CDI education for HCPro. Today's show is part of the “Talking CDI” series. In every episode of this series, ACDIS Director of Programming Rebecca Hendren discusses CDI topics with guests including members of the ACDIS Advisory Board or other experienced CDI leaders from around the country to discuss strategic topics related to the state of the industry, where CDI is going, or opportunities for advancement. During today's show, Prescott discusses the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule which goes into effect on October 1, 2022. To accompany the conversation, Prescott has provided a PowerPoint covering the notable changes, which can be accessed for free here. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today's show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at acdis-inquiries@simplifycompliance.com. ACDIS update: Access the FY 2023 IPPS final rule PowerPoint (http://ow.ly/ASMa50KQst2) Register for the ACDIS Online: CDI Symposium for Outpatient Efforts, a virtual event happening December 6-8, 2022 (http://ow.ly/zauc50KQszc) Register for the 15th annual ACDIS national conference, happening May 8-11, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois (http://ow.ly/MtBV50KQsJl) 

My guest today is Dr. Kristen Nicholson from Wake Forest University, where she has been the Director of the renowned Wake Forest Pitching Lab since October 2018 as the head of biomechanics research.Dr. Nicholson is also currently an Assistant Professor in Orthopedic Surgery at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina as well as the President of the Baseball Biomechanics Association.In today's podcast, we'll talk about the value of motion capture in not only uncovering mechanical flaws, but also review some of the "big players" from a mechanics standpoint that can help improve velocity while at the same time, reducing the risk of injury.

Rawad Hamzi, MD, presented at the PAOS conference, Extremities in the Carolinas on multimodal analgesia in orthopedics. Dr. Hamzi is an Assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Section of Regional Anesthesia and acute pain management.

Rawad Hamzi, MD, presented at the PAOS conference, Extremities in the Carolinas on multimodal analgesia in orthopedics. Dr. Hamzi is an Assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Section of Regional Anesthesia and acute pain management.

Dr. Erik Summers, Chief Medical Officer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, joined the podcast to talk about key areas of growth and investment in the future, and advice for clinical leaders during big transitions.

Rawad Hamzi, MD, presented at the PAOS conference, Extremities in the Carolinas on multimodal analgesia in orthopedics. In Part 2, Sam and Dr. Hamzi discuss the usage of acetaminophen, NSAIDs, gabapentinoids and antidepressants for the purposes of multimodal analgesia. Dr. Hamzi is an Assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Section of Regional Anesthesia and acute pain management.

Rawad Hamzi, MD, presented at the PAOS conference, Extremities in the Carolinas on multimodal analgesia in orthopedics. In Part 1, Sam asks about pathways of pain, why Buprenorphine is prescribed, and coexisting factors influencing patients with OA. Dr. Hamzi is an Assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Section of Regional Anesthesia and acute pain management.

Kristen Balboni welcomes Julie A. Freischlag, the Chief Executive Officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to break down how she prioritizes her responsibilities as a leader of many medical programs. The pair further discuss how Freischlag led one of the top vascular surgical programs in the U.S., the advantages of receiving training worldwide and her commitment to mentoring the next generation of physicians.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Christy talks to Dr. Jaclyn Martindale, assistant professor and director of the Pediatric Movement Disorders Clinic and Comprehensive Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorder Clinic at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. @Dr_JMartindale (Twitter)

Dr. Christy talks to Dr. Jaclyn Martindale, assistant professor and director of the Pediatric Movement Disorders Clinic and Comprehensive Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorder Clinic at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Related podcast: JCN: What Your Pediatric Neurologist Wants You to Know: Tics (and Tics related to social media)

Dr Joel Wallach and Pharmacist Keith discuss Liver Disease, diabetes, being prepared for excess heat, COVID sleep disorders and more 'Alarming' New Data on Disordered Sleep After COVID More than two thirds of patients (67.2%) reported at least moderate fatigue, while 21.8% reported severe fatigue, Pena reported. In addition, 41.3% reported at least moderate sleep disturbances, while 8% of patients reported severe sleep disturbances, including insomnia, "which may impair quality of life," Pena said. Obesity, mood disorders, and Black race emerged as contributors to problems with sleep and fatigue after COVID. Notably, after adjusting for demographics, Black race conferred threefold higher odds of moderate to severe sleep disturbances. "We know that people who have had COVID have more trouble sleeping afterwards. There is the COVID insomnia created in all of us just out of our worries, fears, isolation, and stress. And then there's an actual impact of having the infection itself on worsening sleep," said Benca, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Reduce Blood Pressure An omega-3 fatty acid daily intake of approximately 3 grams, either in the form of supplements or food, may reduce blood pressure, a new meta-analysis suggests. The findings showed a substantial reduction in diastolic and systolic blood pressure when individuals consumed a moderate amount of omega-3 fatty acids, particularly eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) plus docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) combined, in doses of 2 to 3 grams per day. This association for systolic blood pressure was slightly more marked in study groups with a mean age of 45 years or older, reported Xin Zhang, PhD, of Macau University of Science and Technology in Taipa, China, and colleagues. The results were published online June 1 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. High Fructose Intake May Trigger Fatty Liver Disease Adding drinks with a high fructose content to a diet that already includes high fat content can accelerate the chances of fatty liver disease, according to scientists at the University of Barcelona. What to know: • A high intake of fructose may increase the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, in which too much fat is stored in liver cells. • High-fructose corn syrup is one of the most common sweeteners in the food industry and is used despite scientific evidence that it is associated with metabolic disorders that are risk factors of cardiovascular disease. • Consuming a high-fructose diet for long periods can lead to a deterioration of the layer of cells that creates the intestinal barrier that prevents bacteria and toxins from leaking into the bloodstream and affecting the liver. • Fatty liver disease can lead to liver inflammation and liver damage, resulting in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a more aggressive disease that in turn can progress to scarring of the liver (cirrhosis), liver cancer, and liver failure. • Severe fatty liver disease and liver tumors from the gut barrier deterioration created by excessive fructose intake can be prevented with medications. This is a summary of the article, "A New Study Relates Liquid Fructose Intake to Fatty Liver Disease," published in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research on March 4, 2022. The full article can be found on newswise.com. To learn more about Dr Wallach, the 90 for Life products, and to get a FREE health evaluation and consult with Pharmacist Keith visit: http://CampaignForNutrition.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/askpharmacistkeith/message

This week, Lisa Marshall and Katie Duckworth of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist give Brooke all the details on this year's SummerLark event on Saturday, June 4th at Bailey Park. Learn how participating in SummerLark 2022 helps reduce the suffering of cancer patients, as well as how the Cancer Patient Support Program improves the quality of life for cancer patients, survivors, and affected families. Learn more about SummerLark 2022 online and on social media: Website: https://giving.wakehealth.edu/get-involved/summerlark Buy tickets for the event on Ticketmaster.com Instagram: @atriumhealthwfb

In this episode of the Move to Value Podcast, we have a conversation about Motivational Interviewing with Sebastian Kaplan, PhD, a clinical psychologist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Dr Kaplan has additional Motivational Interviewing resources available here: https://www.guilford.com/author/Sebastian-G-Kaplan (https://www.guilford.com/author/Sebastian-G-Kaplan) Can you give a broad overview on motivational interviewing and its role in healthcare? Sure, well, motivational interviewing in its most simplest way of defining it, is it's a conversation about change. Now there's all kinds of ways to have conversations about change honestly. So, what makes MI unique? So, one of the things that separates it is the interpersonal style that we strive for in every MI conversation. And it's a style that is predicated on collaboration, on a lack of judgment or minimal judgment, one of acceptance of a person's choices and whether they are choices that seem to be consistent with health or not, we're accepting of their autonomous decision-making. And it's a style that's rooted in compassion as well. So that's the like style of the conversation. There's also an intentional, strategic part of the conversation, which really does separate MI. The interpersonal style, that's pretty consistent, at least in theory, on what other approaches would be about. But the specific strategy about MI is one that listens for and explicitly invites the patient to talk about change. And so again, that might seem like, well ok, that's what all conversations are about. But there's a really set of specific strategies and techniques that are used on top of that style that serve to build a conversation about change. But, most importantly though, it's the patient's own reasons for change. Their own desires and motivations for change. Not our imposition of what they should or they shouldn't do. It's designed to kind of draw that out from the other person. What is the benefit of MI versus traditional health behavior change methods? So, I guess we could start with what would traditional behavior change methods be. Broadly speaking in healthcare, right? We're not only talking about psychotherapy, you know, because MI is something that's broadly applicable. I would say a traditional conversation follows a, and this is a generalization of course, but follows a path where the healthcare provider, who is viewed as the expert on whatever the topic at hand is, gathers information. With that information they develop the, they arrive at a diagnosis, and they develop a plan for the patient. And then informs the patient what the plan is, and, you know, go along on your way to implement this plan. And again, this is a gross generalization. But in general, it's a very, it's fairly hierarchical where there's one expert, and that's the provider, and then the patient is there to, you know, tell the provider information about themselves but the provider is the one who has the answers, you know. And, you know, so what are the advantages? Well, I guess, we know both from empirical research but even just our own experience, human beings aren't great at following through with things when they're told what to do. Right? And not just, you know, lectured or you know if it's done in a harsh way, not even that. It's, you know, we're more likely to follow through with behavior change, particularly really challenging behavior changes that are discussed all the time in health care. We're more likely to follow through if the plan, and if the drive and reasons for change come from within us. It's obvious that there are major benefits of using MI, so why do you think it hasn't been adopted by the entire health care industry? Well, yeah, so it's a good question. I think a few things. One, and I think a lot in the work that I do and a lot of the trainings that I've...

This week festival director Anne Morris speaks with Dr. David Popoli, a Sports Medicine physician at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist specializing in Performing Arts Medicine. Dr. Popoli speaks about his dedication to approaching the work of getting artists safely and sustainably back to their artform by considering artist health in a holistic way, from sports medicine to physical therapy to nutrition and psychology. He shares his tactics for providing patient-driven care by learning the language of dance, music, and other arts, and striving to keep performing arts medicine clinics as safe spaces for artists. "In Process" is sponsored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's Performing Arts Medicine Clinic: WakeHealth.edu/PerformingArtsMed Links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/atriumhealthwfb FB: https://www.facebook.com/AtriumHealthWakeForestBaptist/ For information on upcoming NC Dance Festival events, visit our website: danceproject.org/ncdf To make a gift to the Festival Fund, please visit danceproject.org/give Follow us: IG: @danceprojectinc FB: NC Dance Festival

In this episode of the Move to Value Podcast, we talk with Marque Macon, MBA, FACHE, Assistant Vice President, Atrium Health's https://www.carolinasphysicianalliance.org/ (Collaborative Physician Alliance), who discusses the importance of using support teams to assist providers in value, including accurate documentation and coding. Hi Marque. Can you give a brief overview about the Collaborative Physician Alliance? Sure thing. Well, Collaborative Physician Alliance, or CPA as we like to refer to ourselves as, we are a physician-led, clinically integrated network, focusing on collaboration to redesign healthcare for better quality and efficiency, better health for our patients, better satisfaction for our providers, and better value for all. We are made up of about 2,700 physicians, 2/3 are employed by Atrium Health, and about 1/3 are what we consider affiliates. These affiliates are community physicians with whom we share patients. Together, we have about 300 physician practices and over 370,000 covered lives in our value agreements, and we are anticipated to grow to over half a million covered lives by 2023 and 2024. Since our first performance year in 2017, we have achieved over 136 million dollars in total savings and over 8 million dollars in pay-for-performance incentives. How does CPA use population health data and analytics to create strategies to promote health equity and access to care? Well, we often like to say that we have the holy grail of data. Through collaboration with our payer partners, we have access to robust claims information which is really helpful as we understand the disease prevalence of our population. We also leverage real-time clinical data through our Electronic Health Record and will have even more capabilities as we transition to a standard Electronic Health Record across our enterprise. Additionally, we lean into the expertise of various teams in developing strategies to promote health equity and access to care, by including Atrium Health's Population Health and Analytics team, our Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), and our community and social impact team. For example, based on our research, we know that when it comes to hypertension, there is a higher prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension among African Americans within our Greater Charlotte region. This data also shows that there is a higher prevalence of patients in hypertensive crisis among this population as compared to white patients. And we see similar trends in our diabetes population. So, Atrium Health's Equity Executive leadership, in partnership with the Quality & Equity of Care Committee of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Association. These boards requested a focus on Health Equity. And as a result of our findings, the Greater Charlotte Region selected Hemoglobin A1c control and Diabetic Blood Pressure control in African American patients as areas of focus. Healthcare mergers and practice acquisitions are happening with greater frequency. What impact can this have on the provider and the patient? Yeah, sure. So, for the most part, healthcare mergers and practice acquisitions have had favorable impact on providers and patients, particularly within Atrium Health. Since 2018, we have expanded our footprint through strategic combinations with Atrium Health Navicent, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, and most recently, Atrium Health Floyd. So, now Atrium Health has over 70,000 teammates across the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama and have 38,000 patients encounters each day – that's about one patient encounter every two seconds. We've also leveraged our economies of scale to experience a cost avoidance of overhead and IT expenses, provide greater access to care, and increase our influence with our payors. These efforts have allowed us to move closer to achieving the triple aim: improving the patient experience, delivering high quality, and managing our medical costs. And by expanding our...

Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd (Hon), DFSVS, Chief Executive Officer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Dean at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and Chief Academic Officer at Atrium Health Enterprise. As CEO and dean, she has the overall responsibility for the health system's clinical, academic and innovation enterprises and its annual operating budget of $3 billion. Previously, Freischlag was vice chancellor for Human Health Sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at UC Davis.

We were live with Christopher Ohl, MD, infectious disease expert, as he provided an update on COVID-19 in our region as of 2/3/2022

Elisabeth Stambaugh, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, discusses how training medical assistants as “Encounter Specialists” can reduce physician burnout, close the value-based care gap, and increase team efficiency and satisfaction. To learn more, read the full Success Story here: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/module/2784471. (If link is not active, copy and paste the URL into the address bar of your web browser.)

In this podcast we discuss with Dr. Andrea Luebchow, Program  Director II of Community Pharmacy Services at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Dr. Luebchow discusses her current role, responsibilities, as well as her leadership journey from retail to health-systems community pharmacy practice.  The information presented during the podcast reflects solely the opinions of the presenter. The information and materials are not, and are not intended as, a comprehensive source of drug information on this topic. The contents of the podcast have not been reviewed by ASHP, and should neither be interpreted as the official policies of ASHP, nor an endorsement of any product(s), nor should they be considered as a substitute for the professional judgment of the pharmacist or physician.  

This week, Festival Director Anne Morris talks with Doug Singleton, the Executive Director for the Charlotte Ballet. Doug has been with the Charlotte Ballet since 1996, and the Executive Director since 2005. Doug has a long history in NC, and brings the perspective of a producer and presenter to the question of how to ensure a thriving future for the dance community. We'll talk about how the Alvin Ailey Dance Company changed the course of his life, how Charlotte Ballet works to become a company of creatives, and what he thinks the key is to getting a dance audience to come back again and again. Links from this episode: Connect with the Charlotte Ballet: charlotteballet.org FB: https://www.facebook.com/CLTballet IG: @ cltballet For information on upcoming NC Dance Festival events, visit our website: danceproject.org/ncdf To make a gift to the Festival Fund, please visit danceproject.org/give Follow us: IG: @danceprojectinc FB: NC Dance Festival "In Process" is sponsored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's Performing Arts Medicine clinic: Whether you are a dancer, musician, vocalist or artist, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's new Performing Arts Medicine Clinic is designed to meet your needs. We understand your unique demands and want to help get you back to dancing, playing, singing or painting. Our Performing Arts Medicine Program includes physicians, physical therapists, and certified athletic trainers with specialized knowledge and training. Our program is one of very few in the country. Many of our program providers also are dancers and artists. To schedule an appointment with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, call 336-716-3286 or visit WakeHealth.edu/PerformingArtsMed.

We were live with Christopher Ohl, MD, infectious disease expert, as he provided an update on COVID-19 in our region as of 12/9/2021

Ben & Jay return from a short break to talk with a rising star - Abrea Armstrong, Senior Marketing & Communications Coordinator for the Innovation Quarter.  The iQ is an innovation district in downtown Winston-Salem, NC, bringing together forward-thinking companies in the areas of research, business and education in biomedical science, information technology, clinical services and advanced materials.  Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has led the development of the Innovation Quarter in partnership with city, county and state government, local businesses, developers and community members,Hear Abrea talk about the origins of iQ, what brought her there, and how iQ has an impact on the community.  In addition, hear about her own business, 91-2-Infinity, which provides a full suite of marketing services and digital strategy from an inclusion-perspective.  A storyteller, a poet, an entrepreneur, a connector, a journalist - you will quickly appreciate Abrea's passion and creativity.LinkedIn:Abrea ArmstrongInnovation QuarterAbrea on InstagramThe Sherpas on Twitter:A Sherpa's Guide to InnovationBen TingeyJay GerhartSupport the show (https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

We were live with Christopher Ohl, MD, infectious disease expert, as he provided an update on COVID-19 in our region as of 9/3/2021