Podcasts about children's mercy

This episode features Robert Steele, Chief Strategy Officer and Innovation Officer at Children's Mercy Kansas City. Here, he discusses his career journey, pride in his system, and more.

In this episode, Dr. Barbara Pahud, director of research for infectious diseases at Children's Mercy Kansas City, joined the podcast to discuss vaccine distribution among children and the challenges that lie ahead.

This episode features Jodi Coombs, Executive Vice President and COO of Children's Mercy Kansas City (Mo.). Here, she joined the podcast to talk about her big priorities today and how the pandemic made Children's Mercy re-think provider wellness initiatives. She also talked about the important characteristics of resilient leaders today.

This episode features Jodi Coombs, Executive Vice President and COO of Children's Mercy Kansas City (Mo.). Here, she joined the podcast to talk about her big priorities today and how the pandemic made Children's Mercy re-think provider wellness initiatives. She also talked about the important characteristics of resilient leaders today.

ANOTHA ONE!!!!!! The GenSTEM squad is back this week with another stellar episode. With everything going on in light of COVID-19, it got us thinking, how has the world of healthcare evolved? What does the future of healthcare look like? Enter our guest for this week's episode. Kevin and Becca run the show this week with an interview featuring Morgan Waller, Director of Telemedicine from Children's Mercy Hospital based in Kansas City. In the interview, Becca and Kevin learn from Morgan: -What is telemedicine? How does it work? -Is it just Facetime-ing a doctor from your phone? -What technologies are involved? -What is wrong with the current healthcare system, and how does telemedicine solve it? -When did Children's Mercy start their telehealth program? -How has COVID impacted the telemedicine industry? -How will COVID impact the future of healthcare? -What technologies does Morgan think will be the biggest disruptors in the future for healthcare? Want to see more from the Generation STEM team? Check us out on social media @genstempodcast, or visit us at our website at www.genstempodcast.com

While approximately 10% of US adults and children claim a penicillin allergy, only 1/20 with a reported allergy are truly allergic. Additionally, 80% of patients with IgE mediated penicillin allergy lose sensitivity after 10 years.It is important to clarify and de-label patients to ensure they receive standard of care, avoid other adverse drug reactions and have a lowered risk of clinical failure. This practice also results in cost savings.Amol Purandare, MD explains the de-labeling process in place at Children's Mercy and how to gain insight into what to prescribe to a patient with a penicillin allergy.

Childhood Obesity continues to be on the rise and causes serious health consequences. In this podcast, Dr. Jason Fraser discusses the Bariatric Surgery program at Children's Mercy. We learn who is a candidate for bariatric surgery, the requirements for surgery, why Children's Mercy decided to offer bariatric surgery, the type of bariatric surgery offered at Children's Mercy and results.

Dysmenorrhea is the most common gyencologic complaint in adolescent females, affecting more than half of this population. Julie Strickland, MD, Section Chief of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at Children's Mercy, discusses causes, diagnoses and treatment of this painful condition.

CHAMP (Cardiac High Acuity Monitoring Program) is a multi-disciplinary based team that has been designed to meet the needs of the most complex cardiac population with single ventricle heart disease. The program closely monitors patients with single ventricle heart disease between the critical first and second stages (before stage II Glenn surgery). The team at the Ward Family Heart Center at Children's Mercy has also developed a tool that makes it easier for families to report their single ventricle child's vital signs from home and provides the hospital team with frequent updates needed to keep these patients well between visits. Dr. Hancock discusses everything you need to know about CHAMP.

Every year, influenza causes many people to become ill. All children 6 months and age and older should receive a yearly flu vaccine. Vaccination remains the best way to prevent influenza. Symptoms of influenza include abrupt onset of fever, myalgias, headache, nonproductive cough, sore throat and runny nose. Fever and cough are the two most common symptoms. When presented with these symptoms, providers are faced with the question to test and confirm the diagnosis of influenza or to initiate influenza treatment. Jennifer Goldman, MD, Infectious Diseases specialist at Children's Mercy, discusses the role of influenza testing in clinical care and the risks and benefits of oseltamivir use.

The Conclusion of our 2 part live series with Andrew Rosenberg from Michigan Medicine, David Chou with Children's Mercy, and Jake Dorst of Tahoe Forest Hospital District. A casual conversation about Digital Strategy in healthcare today.

As regional hemophilia treatment center, Children's Mercy follows more than 900 patients with bleeding disorders. Listen as Shannon Carpenter, MD, pediatric hematologist/oncologist and director of the Hemophilia Treatment Center at Children's Mercy Kansas City, discusses hemophilia A and B in children, current treatments and promising new research studies and options on the horizon, such as the PUPS Matter cohort study.

Featuring the return of Dick from Dick and Vic's, a discussion of the Quakes' latest defeat against Sporting KC and a look ahead to Club Leon and NYCFC.

Childhood obesity is a growing problem across the US, particularly in rural areas. Rural children are disproportionately affected by obesity due at least in part to limited resources. Ann Davis, MPH, PhD, ABPP, and her team of co-investigators are trying to change that through a remotely delivered, family-based obesity intervention. iAmHealthy is composed of a 25-hour behavioral intervention focused on nutrition, physical activity and behavioral change. Families receive eight weekly group sessions followed by monthly group sessions, in addition to individual family-based health behavior coaching.Listen as Ann Davis, MPH, PhD, ABPP discusses the iAmHealthy program at Children's Mercy.

Could jaw surgery help you sleep better? This interdisciplinary clinic at Children's Mercy brings in orthodontics, sleep medicine and plastic surgery and focuses on a surgical orthodontic treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and other jaw deformities. Hear Dr. Michael Lypka detail jaw surgeries from airway obstruction in the neonate to definitive jaw surgery in the adolescent.

This week is a great show as Jake Jacobson gives us insight into how he spreads the word about Children’s Mercy around KC and the country. Children’s Mercy: http://www.childrensmercy.org/ Ronald McDonald House: https://www.rmhckc.org/ Hallmark: http://www.hallmark.com/ KC Marathon: http://www.sportkc.org/marathon/ Noah’s Bandage Project: https://noahsbandageproject.com/ Indian Creek Trail: http://kcparks.org/recreation/indian-creek-greenway/ Tomahawk Creek Trail: https://www.traillink.com/trail/tomahawk-creek-trail/ Jack Stack BBQ: http://www.jackstackbbq.com/ BB’s Lawnside BBQ: http://bbslawnsidebbq.com/ Spokes Cafe & Cyclery: http://www.spokeskc.com/

It’s summer — so what do you need to know about Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), and ehrlichiosis, the two most common local tickborne infections associated with fever? During this season, when evaluating a febrile child, establishing if the child has had a tick bite or is tick exposed (lives or has visited an area where ticks have been seen) is helpful.  Listen in as Mary Anne Jackson, MD, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist with Children's Mercy, discusses the latest guidelines related to Tick-Borne infections. 

Sensory processing is a term that refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses.Children's Mercy works hard to articulate the causes and prevalence of sensory processing difficulties. Children's Mercy has specific strategies that can be used to support sensory needs, thus improving the patient experience.Michele G. Kilo, MD is here to outline the role of the health care team in addressing sensory processing needs.

Home to a Level IV designated Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Children's Mercy offers one of the largest ketogenic diet programs in the U.S. The diet is an effective non-medication treatment for intractable epilepsy. While it is unclear exactly how the diet works, it has been shown to control seizures and minimize the need for antiepileptic drugs, which can have unpleasant side effects. Children’s Mercy patients have fared better than national averages, with ketogenic diet patients seeing a 72 percent improvement after one year, and 90 % after two years.Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoity, the Chief of the Section of Epilepsy and Neurophysiology at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, is here to discuss ketogenic diet programs.

Concussion is a growing and publicized concern in Sports Medicine. We know that children are much more vulnerable to concussion because their neurological system is still developing and their neck muscles are unable to absorb the blow. These important and unique services offered at a Children’s hospital used to treat concussions :• trained to care for adolescents• ability to identify risks for long-term return to play• baseline testing, ImPACT Test, VSR Sport test• vestibular therapy• physical therapyUnique approach to concussion treatment: a Comprehensive clinic. Our comprehensive clinic has experts in neurology, rehabilitation and sports med working together to treat concussions.Greg Canty, MD is here to discuss how Children's Mercy works to treat concussions.

This week on IAQ Radio we interview one of the most active MD's in the Indoor Environmental Quality arena. Jay. M. Portnoy, M.D., FACCI. is a Past President of the American College of Asthma Allergy and Immunology (ACAAI). He is also professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, he initiated the ACAAI Conference Online Allergy (COLA) program and chairs the COLA Committee. He chairs the Nominating Committee and co-chairs the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters and the Joint Task Force to Examine the Future of the Specialty. Dr. Portnoy is helping to lead the movement to ensure the environmental component of illness gets the attention it deserves. He leads one of the largest, and most active teams of IEQ consultants and allied health professionals, performing home and school health assessments, in the world. He is tirelessly working to help bridge the gap between the indoor environmental investigation/remediation industry and health professionals. Please help us in welcoming Dr. Portnoy and LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio.

This week on IAQ Radio we interview one of the most active MD's in the Indoor Environmental Quality arena. Jay. M. Portnoy, M.D., FACCI. is a Past President of the American College of Asthma Allergy and Immunology (ACAAI). He is also professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, he initiated the ACAAI Conference Online Allergy (COLA) program and chairs the COLA Committee. He chairs the Nominating Committee and co-chairs the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters and the Joint Task Force to Examine the Future of the Specialty. Dr. Portnoy is helping to lead the movement to ensure the environmental component of illness gets the attention it deserves. He leads one of the largest, and most active teams of IEQ consultants and allied health professionals, performing home and school health assessments, in the world. He is tirelessly working to help bridge the gap between the indoor environmental investigation/remediation industry and health professionals. Please help us in welcoming Dr. Portnoy and LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio.