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In a recent episode of Oncology on the Go, several oncologists discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oncology care, 5 years later. Each doctor discussed a different aspect of multidisciplinary care, including medical oncology, radiation oncology, and epidemiology. CancerNetwork® spoke with leading clinicians including:  ·      Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, FSCO, professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, and director of Translational Research Integration at the University of California Los Angeles Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center; ·      Ritu Salani, MD, director of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of California Los Angeles, and ONCOLOGY® editorial advisory board member; ·      Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD, MPH, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and co-leader of the Cancer Control Program at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center ·      Marwan F. Fakih, MD, professor in the Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, associate director for Clinical Sciences, medical director of the Briskin Center for Clinical Research, division chief of GI Medical Oncology, and co-director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; ·      Elizabeth Zhang-Velten, MD, a radiation oncologist at Keck Medicine of University of Southern California;  ·      Frances Elain Chow, MD, neuro-oncologist at the University of Southern California (USC) Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center ·      James Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO, assistant professor adjunct, Department of Radiation Oncology, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Saint Francis Hospital, and ONCOLOGY® editorial advisory board member.  The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted routine cancer care in a number of ways. Many patients were unable to receive timely screening, diagnosis, and treatment, Fakih noted. Additionally, Bardia stated that the pandemic led to a decrease in the number of patients participating in clinical trials. One of the most significant changes in oncology care, according to Salani, has been the increased use of telehealth. Telehealth has allowed patients to receive care from the comfort of their own homes, which has been especially beneficial for patients who live in rural areas or who have difficulty traveling. Telehealth has also made it easier for patients to connect with their doctors and to receive support from other members of their care team.  For Gomez, the COVID-19 pandemic also highlighted the importance of addressing the structural and social drivers of health. These are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that can affect their health. For example, people who live in poverty or who lack access to healthy food are more likely to develop cancer. The pandemic has led to a renewed focus on addressing these disparities. Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on oncology care. However, it has also led to a number of positive changes, such as the increased use of telehealth and the focus on addressing the structural and social drivers of health. In the years to come, it will be important to continue to build on these changes in order to improve the lives of patients with cancer.

  About Dr. Kathleen Jordan Dr. Kathleen Jordan is Chief Medical Officer at Midi Health, the nation's largest menopause care platform.  At Midi, she leads a team of hundreds of clinicians serving women in all 50 states on their virtual telehealth platform that serves women in midlife. She is a menopause-certified provider and trained internist. Her background: Always a proponent of digital health and solving access issues, she has worked to leverage innovative technology into patient care.   After running her practice, she became a chief medical officer at Saint Francis Hospital and, most recently, a leader in women's healthcare startups, first Tia, and now serves women in midlife at Midi Health. Her career has been highlighted by establishing telehealth services at the Hospital site, attaining Health Equity Leadership Certification for the Hospital and its programs, and establishing a new trans health program in San Francisco for which she was awarded the Leadership in Innovation award. She joined the founding team at MidiHealth to help all women live better– and longer!  Her expertise has been seen in:  the Washington Post, CNN International, Yahoo News, People Magazine, and many others.  She is a graduate of the  UCLA School of Medicine and Stanford University.  Midi Health has experienced fantastic growth and recognition since its inception in 2021, and in 2024 has been recognized and named by Forbes and LinkedIn as a leading start-up to watch.   What We Discuss In This Episode: Dr. Kathleen explains that MIDI Health prescribes both bioidentical hormone therapy as well as non-hormonal treatments, depending on the patient's needs and preferences. She discusses the benefits and considerations around different types of hormone therapy. Dr. Kathleen gives an overview of how she approaches common menopause symptoms like sleep issues, hot flashes, and hair/skin changes. She discusses the use of both medical treatments and lifestyle/integrative approaches. Dr. Kathleen and Lynne emphasized the importance of taking a holistic, proactive approach to health and wellness during midlife, including diet, exercise, and stress management. They discuss how this can help women not just manage menopause symptoms but thrive during this stage of life.   Resources from Dr. Kathleen Jordan: Connect with MIDI Health and make an appointment by visiting their Website &  take the pre-appointment survey to get the most out a virtual visits.   Connect with Dr. Kathleen Jordan: Website: https://www.Joinmidi.com   Connect with Lynne: If you're looking for a community of like-minded women on a journey - just like you are - to improved health and wellness, overall balance, and increased confidence, check out Lynne's private community in The Energized Healthy Women's Club. It's a supportive and collaborative community where the women in this group share tips and solutions for a healthy and holistic lifestyle. (Discussions include things like weight management, eliminating belly bloat, balancing hormones, wrangling sugar gremlins,  overcoming fatigue, recipes, strategies, perimenopause & menopause, and much more ... so women can feel energized, healthy, and lighter, with a new sense of purpose. Website:  https://holistic-healthandwellness.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holistichealthandwellnessllc The Energized Healthy Women's Club:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/energized.healthy.women Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnewadsworth LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewadsworth   Free Resources from Lynne Wadsworth: ✨ Ready to Thrive in Midlife? Let's Make It Happen!

In a conversation with CancerNetwork®, James B. Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO, and Julian C. Hong, MD, MS, spoke about their study titled AI Use in Prostate Cancer: Potential Improvements in Treatments and Patient Care, which was published in the May issue of the journal ONCOLOGY®. Yu is a radiation oncologist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Smilow Cancer Center Hospital at Saint Francis Hospital and an adjunct assistant professor of Medical Oncology at Yale School of Medicine. Hong is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology of Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Yu and Hong focused on the growing overlap between the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI)–based tools and the prostate cancer treatment field. In their study, they detailed AI-based developments related to diagnostic image analysis, the ability to “predict” prostate cancer outcomes, evaluating prostate cancer histopathology, and defining tumors and normal tissue to help plan radiation oncology treatment strategies. Additionally, they reviewed how these tools make use of machine learning algorithms, a subset of AI in which computers can assess data and interact with users without explicit instructions.  “We're trying to incorporate AI and machine learning into more trials to make these types of predictions because, at the end of the day, we're trying to deliver better care and improve outcomes for patients…. It takes trials to figure those things out, so it's a little bit of a work in progress.” Hong said, regarding potential next steps for improving the utility of these tools in the prostate cancer field. According to the authors, pushing the boundaries of AI would need to involve building upon prior retrospective data with additional sources of information to affirm that such tools can impact patient care. Additionally, the discussion highlighted potential future implications related to data ownership or privacy and how patients and physicians interact with these programs as AI becomes more prevalent in medical practice.  “We're not going to be replaced [by AI]. There will always be the need for the human connection any time there's disease or cancer,” Yu said. “It's a super exciting area, and the more people understand the limitations of AI rather than thinking of it as a panacea, the more the field will move forward.”

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - In the Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii, the local phase concluded Sunday for the cause of canonization of Servant of God Joseph Dutton, a companion of Saint Damien of Molokai and layman who lived among and served those suffering with leprosy. Evidence from the local phase, which included 2,000 pages of investigation, will now be sent to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints in Rome for review. During a Mass on Sunday in celebration of the next phase toward Dutton's potential canonization, Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva said that Dutton “exiled himself” to the remote part of Molokai island where lepers were forcibly segregated “so that he could do penance for his own wayward life.” Dutton, a Civil War veteran for the Union from Wisconsin, was married after the war but pursued a divorce after his wife was unfaithful and left him after one year. After he stopped drinking, he began studying Catholicism and officially became Catholic in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1883 when he turned 40. Dutton went to the remote part of the island with those suffering from leprosy, now known as Hansen's disease, “so that he could change course completely from thinking about himself and his own needs to unselfish service of others in extreme need.” He became an expert in caring for the sick and continued his work after Damien died in 1889 from leprosy. Dutton himself inherited responsibility of an orphanage for boys and young men in 1895 and served there for the following 35 years. He died in 1931 at the age of 87 at Saint Francis Hospital in Honolulu. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256612/servant-of-god-joseph-dutton-s-cause-for-canonization-sent-to-vatican An international group of bishops is calling for “universal, verifiable nuclear disarmament” on the third anniversary of a key global nuclear disarmament treaty. The bishops of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Seattle as well as those of the Japanese Archdiocese of Nagasaki and the Diocese of Hiroshima issued the letter on Monday on the third anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons going into effect. That treaty, adopted by the United Nations in 2017 and entered into force in January 2021, includes “a comprehensive set of prohibitions on participating in any nuclear weapon activities,” including directives “not to develop, test, produce, acquire, possess, stockpile, use, or threaten to use nuclear weapons.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256611/bishops-call-for-universal-nuclear-disarmament-on-anniversary-of-treaty The Catholic Polytechnic University (CPU) in Los Angeles announced that it will welcome its first inaugural class of students in fall 2024 after receiving its license from California at the end of 2023. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256617/a-founder-with-a-vision-tech-based-catholic-university-in-los-angeles-to-open-this-fall Today, the Church celebrates Saint Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers and Christian unity whose role as a priest and bishop helped bring thousands of Protestants back to the Catholic Church. In the late 16th and early 17th century, Saint Frances de Sales conducted spiritual direction both in person and in written correspondence. This inspired his famous work “Introduction to the Devout Life.” During his ministry in Switzerland, he wrote and distributed religious tracts that made inroads among Protestants and helped between 40,000 and 70,000 return to the Catholic faith. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-francis-de-sales-126

Thomas Burke is the President of Saint Francis Hospital & Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital. He is responsible for leading both the largest Catholic hospital in New England and the only freestanding acute care rehabilitation hospital with almost 700 beds combined. Prior to this, Tom served as the Vice President of Operations and Chief Productivity Officer at Saint Francis. He has held various leadership roles throughout his career including Health-System Vice President for Prospect Medical Holdings, Vice President of Operations at Waterbury Hospital, and Director of Pharmacy at Temple University Health System. Tom obtained a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and a Master of Business Administration from Saint Joseph's University. He is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Learn more about Tom at https://atchainternational.com/healthcare-and-higher-podcast-ep76-thomas-burke/ For a complete list of guests and links to past episodes, visit https://atchainternational.com/podcast-healthcare-and-higher/ Are you a healthcare professional or healthcare executive looking to advance your career, build a better brand, or create a leadership legacy? Visit us at https://atchainternational.com to learn how we can help. Connect with Iqbal on: - Linked at ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/iqbalatcha/⁠ Follow Healthcare And Higher and Atcha International on: - LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-healthcare-and-higher-podcast - Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/healthcareandhigher - Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/atcha_international_consulting/ Join us again for another exciting episode of #HealthcareAndHigher Song Credits: "Life Is A Dream" by Michael Ramir C. "Stay With Me" by Michael Ramir C.

Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin joins the KRMG Morning News with Dan Potter for an 8 AM IN-DEPTH HOUR special. One year ago Thursday, a man named Michael Louis entered an office building on the Saint Francis Hospital campus in midtown Tulsa through a second-floor entrance from a parking garage. Within moments, he had shot and killed four people before taking his own life as police officers began rushing to the scene from the ground floor.

The concern comes as Ascension is closing its labor and delivery unit at Saint Francis Hospital.

Welcome Dr. Danielle Butto, DPM, FACFAS to this week's episode of She's a DPM! In this episode we discuss salary in hospital/ employed vs. self employed and also discuss some tips on contracts. Dr. Butto is a native of Ohio. She graduated undergraduate with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering in 2008 from the University of Akron. She went on to complete medical school at Des Moines University graduating in 2012. She completed a three year surgical residency at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. She then went on to complete a fellowship in Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle Surgery with Dr. Lawrence DiDominico in Youngstown, Ohio. She is board certified by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgeons and is a fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. She serves in leadership and lectures for the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.Email: Danielle.Butto@gmail.com Welcome to She's a DPM. A podcast for women to share their experiences, knowledge, and insights on cultivating a life in, and outside, the field of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery.Contact me if there is a topic you'd like to hear more about, or if you know a kick ass Lady DPM who should be interviewed.Email: DrOexeman@gmail.com Instagram: @droexeman

Doctor Sean Levchuck was born in the Bronx and raised in Commack, New York. He graduated from Commack High School South and continued his education at the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he played four years of college ice hockey. After graduating from college, he attended St. Georges University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. He graduated in 1989 and did his pediatric residency at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola. He served as the pediatric chief resident from 199-92. Upon completion of his residency, he did a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia where he met his wife, Leslie. He joined Pediatric Cardiology of Long Island and Saint Francis Hospital in 1995. He became involved in the Gift of Life in 1996 following the retirement of doctors Zoltan Mesko and Fillipo Balboni. He organized several fund-raising events for the Gift of Life including the Skate for Life in 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003. These events were highly successful and involved retired NHL greats and celebrity ice hockey players playing a charity hockey game. In all total, the events raised over $700,000 for the Gift of Life. He has been honored by the Gift of Life as an Angel award winner on several occasions. He is currently the chairman of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology at Saint Francis Hospital and a senior partner at Pediatric Cardiology of Long Island. He serves on the board of directors of Companions in Courage, a charity founded by NHL Hall of Famer Pat Lafontaine.Additionally, he is a part-time clinical instructor of anatomy at Saint Anthony's High School in Huntington NY.  He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology. He resides in Greenlawn with his wife Leslie and his two sons, Connor and Cameron.Please subscribe to our podcast on apple or amazon and give us a great review. You can make suggestions for guests and topics on our website below. Thanks for listening. Follow us on social media YouTube Instagram, WebPageThe Pediatric Lounge - A Podcast taking you behind the door of the Physician's Lounge to get a deeper insight into just what docs are talking about today, from the clinically profound to the wonderfully routine...and everything in between.The conversations are not intended as medical advice and the opinions expressed are solely those of the host and guest.

Christen Miles is the director of development for Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma. Christen grew up in Tulsa and is a graduate of the School of Saint Mary and Bishop Kelley High School. She received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology with a minor in Art History and Communications from Depauw University. She has also worked for the United Way, Saint Francis Hospital and Laureate Psychiatric Clinic along with contributing thousands of volunteer hours for organizations that are close to her heart. She has been married for 28 years and has 3 children. SHOW NOTES: Link to volunteer at Catholic Charities: https://cceok.org/volunteer Video tour of The Market: https://youtu.be/tIsDyho1I5A Video tour of Porta Caeli: https://youtu.be/nRRuJVP0qP0

On June 1 an armed assailant entered Tulsa, Okla.'s Saint Francis Hospital and opened fire, killing four people and injuring a number of other victims. How has that event impacted hospital security, and how might that in turn impact HME sales professionals? HME sales expert Ty Bello, president and founder of Team@Work Coaching, and security expert Ralph C. Jensen, editor-in-chief and content director of Security Today, join the podcast to share their insights.

This episode features Thomas Burke, President at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center - Hartford. Here, he discusses Saint Francis's focus on quality, the importance of being a life-long learner & having empathy, how healthcare has shifted since the start of the pandemic, and more.

President Joe Biden called on Congress to ban assault weapons or to raise the age to be able to buy one from 18 to 21 and other measures to curb gun violence in the United States in an address Thursday night. "If we can't ban assault weapons then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21," Biden said. He also called for a ban on high-capacity magazines, background checks, red flag laws and a repeal of the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from legal liability if their weapons are used in violence. The remarks came the day after the 233rd mass shooting in the U.S. this year took place in Tulsa, Okla., that resulted in five people dead including the shooter at Saint Francis Hospital. "There are too many other schools, too many other day places that have become killing fields, battlefields here in America," Biden said Thursday evening. "The issue we face is one of consciousness and common sense... I want to be very clear. This is not about taking away anyone's guns. It's not about vilifying gun owners." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Joe Biden called on Congress to ban assault weapons or to raise the age to be able to buy one from 18 to 21 and other measures to curb gun violence in the United States in an address Thursday night. "If we can't ban assault weapons then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21," Biden said. He also called for a ban on high-capacity magazines, background checks, red flag laws and a repeal of the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from legal liability if their weapons are used in violence. The remarks came the day after the 233rd mass shooting in the U.S. this year took place in Tulsa, Okla., that resulted in five people dead including the shooter at Saint Francis Hospital. "There are too many other schools, too many other day places that have become killing fields, battlefields here in America," Biden said Thursday evening. "The issue we face is one of consciousness and common sense... I want to be very clear. This is not about taking away anyone's guns. It's not about vilifying gun owners." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As I watched the mass shooting unfold at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX,  a panic set in.  I could see that no one was  going inside and that meant that there was no enforcement entry to the classroom, and that meant that with each minute, another child's life was in danger.  One thing I can't tell you is why the Uvalde police Chief waited.  Everyone in law enforcement is trained to go toward a shooter, not to stand around.  The possibility of getting shot is part of being an oath sworn officer of the peace. I speak from experience as I have done dozens of these high-risk entries in my career.  Watching the press briefing for the mass shooting at Saint Francis Hospital and the clear and concise timeline given by the Tulsa Police Chief drew such a stark comparison between the two mass shootings.  Not just because in Tulsa, the response to go into the hospital and get the gunman was without hesitation, but because of the amount of information given to the public less than 24 hours after the episode.  It's been 9 days since Uvalde and we still don't have all of the details.  Last week, FBI director Christopher Wray, during a Congressional hearing, warned that so called "lone wolf shooters" carrying out an attack for whatever reason are perhaps the most, active imminent threat the nation faces currently.  If the past 2 weeks is any indication, that warning is beyond urgent

As I watched the mass shooting unfold at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX,  a panic set in.  I could see that no one was  going inside and that meant that there was no enforcement entry to the classroom, and that meant that with each minute, another child's life was in danger.  One thing I can't tell you is why the Uvalde police Chief waited.  Everyone in law enforcement is trained to go toward a shooter, not to stand around.  The possibility of getting shot is part of being an oath sworn officer of the peace. I speak from experience as I have done dozens of these high-risk entries in my career.  Watching the press briefing for the mass shooting at Saint Francis Hospital and the clear and concise timeline given by the Tulsa Police Chief drew such a stark comparison between the two mass shootings.  Not just because in Tulsa, the response to go into the hospital and get the gunman was without hesitation, but because of the amount of information given to the public less than 24 hours after the episode.  It's been 9 days since Uvalde and we still don't have all of the details.  Last week, FBI director Christopher Wray, during a Congressional hearing, warned that so called "lone wolf shooters" carrying out an attack for whatever reason are perhaps the most, active imminent threat the nation faces currently.  If the past 2 weeks is any indication, that warning is beyond urgent

In yet another mass shooting event, at least four people were shot to death Wednesday at a medical building on the campus of Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said. Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish said in a press conference that the shooter is also dead. Police say they have not yet determined the identity of the shooter. This, as funerals continue in Uvalde, and school district police chief Arredondo declines to answer CNN's questions. Plus, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are both found liable for defamation, and Star Wars actor Moses Ingram reveals racist messages and comments she's received on social media. Hosted by Laura Coates. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

At least four people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on Saint Francis Hospital's campus in Tulsa, according to police. This, as the Uvalde shooting continues to horrify the nation; the Texas State Senator calls for a special legislative session as shifting accounts fuel sharp criticism of the police response. Plus, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are both found defamed with more money going to Depp, the White House struggles to answer questions about the ongoing baby formula shortage, and rising sea levels threaten coastal communities. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In yet another mass shooting event, at least four people were shot to death Wednesday at a medical building on the campus of Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said. Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish said in a press conference that the shooter is also dead. Police say they have not yet determined the identity of the shooter. This, as funerals continue in Uvalde, and school district police chief Arredondo declines to answer CNN’s questions. Plus, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are both found liable for defamation, and Star Wars actor Moses Ingram reveals racist messages and comments she’s received on social media. Hosted by Laura Coates.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - The Diocese of Tulsa has requested prayer for all involved in a Wednesday night mass shooting at a medical office building near the city's Saint Francis Hospital, which has left at least four dead. The Tulsa Police Department has confirmed four casualties of the shooting, including the gunman. No names have yet been released. Saint Francis Hospital is the anchor of Saint Francis Health System, whose website says it “is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system wholly governed and operated in Tulsa, Oklahoma whose mission is to extend the presence and healing ministry of Christ to all who seek its services.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251437/tulsa-diocese-asks-for-prayers-after-oklahoma-hospital-shooting The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Robert Barron to lead the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, in southern Minnesota. Barron, who runs the popular Catholic media apostolate Word on Fire, has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles since 2015. He will succeed Bishop John Quinn, who submitted his resignation to the pope after reaching the retirement age of 75 in 2020. Barron will be installed as bishop on July 29. The diocese of Winona, which is currently in bankruptcy, covers more than 12,000 square miles of southern Minnesota and includes 107 Catholic parishes and over 130,000 Catholics. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251438/pope-francis-appoints-bishop-barron-to-lead-minnesota-diocese Pope Francis sent a congratulatory message to Queen Elizabeth the second on Thursday coinciding with the United Kingdom's joyous celebration of the 70th anniversary of her reign. Queen Elizabeth, who turned 96 on April 21, is England's longest serving monarch, having ascended to the throne in 1952 at age 25 after the death of her father, King George VI. Her coronation took place the following year. Elizabeth, who is the head of the Church of England, has met four popes as queen, and one as princess in 1951. Elizabeth and her late husband, Prince Philip, last met with Pope Francis in the Vatican in 2014, marking the 100th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the Holy See. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251439/pope-francis-telegram-to-queen-elizabeth-platinum-jubilee Today, the Church celebrates two fourth-century martyrs, Saints Marcellinus and Peter, who were highly venerated after the discovery of their tomb and the conversion of their executioner. Although the biographical details of the two martyrs are largely unknown, it is known that they lived and died during the reign of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Both men were beheaded after refusing to renounce their faith in Christ, and according to tradition, their executioner subsequently repented and joined the Catholic Church. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/sts-marcellinus-and-peter-487

A patient gunned down his surgeon and three other people in a mass shooting at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical building on Wednesday after blaming the doctor for his pain, according to police.  On May 19, the suspected gunman underwent back surgery. Dr. Preston Phillips -- one of the four people killed in the shooting at the Natalie Building, a five-story medical complex at Saint Francis Hospital -- was the suspect's doctor in that surgery, Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said at a news conference today.  Alex on everything we learned about last night's shooting 

A patient gunned down his surgeon and three other people in a mass shooting at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical building on Wednesday after blaming the doctor for his pain, according to police.  On May 19, the suspected gunman underwent back surgery. Dr. Preston Phillips -- one of the four people killed in the shooting at the Natalie Building, a five-story medical complex at Saint Francis Hospital -- was the suspect's doctor in that surgery, Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said at a news conference today.  Alex on everything we learned about last night's shooting 

The RaDonda Vaught Case: A Fatal Medication ErrorMs. Terri Stewart, MSN, RNOn March 25th, a jury in Nashville, Tennessee convicted Registered Nurse, RaDonda Vaught of criminally negligent homicide and impaired adult abuse. By the time this episode airs, Ms. Vaught will be sentenced in this conviction. This case has riled up the nursing community (both for and against the conviction). The American Nurses Association has said put out a statement along with the Tennessee Nurses Association that in part says, “Like many nurses who have been monitoring this case closely, we were hopeful for a different outcome. It is a sad day for all of those who are involved, and the families impacted by this tragedy….this ruling will have a long-lasting negative impact on the profession”. Ms. Stewart and I discuss details of the case, medication errors in general terms and reporting of those errors, the impact this case potentially has on the nursing profession and lessons learned moving forward. More About Ms. Stewart:Terri Stewart, a Memphis native, joined the College of Nursing faculty in October of 2017. She received her diploma in nursing from Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis TN and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Union University in Memphis, TN. She received her Master of Science in Nursing with a concentrated study in Nursing Administration from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing. Terri has been a nurse for 42 years and has an extensive practice in executive nursing leadership, home health, hospice, staff development, and the practice of oncology nursing in the acute care setting. Her most recent work experience was at Saint Francis Hospital where she served in the role of CNO from 2010 to 2017. During this time she precepted leadership students in both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Chi, Tennessee Nurses Association, and American Nurses Association. Terri teaches in the BSN program in leadership and adult health.Websites: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2022/03/29/radonda-vaught-nashville-nurse-sentencing-how-much-prison-time/7205868001/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/03/25/1088902487/former-nurse-found-guilty-in-accidental-injection-death-of-75-year-old-patient https://journals.lww.com/nursingmanagement/fulltext/2019/06000/just_culture__it_s_more_than_policy.9.aspx https://www.justculture.com/ Hashtags:#RaDondaVaught, #ptsafety, #nurses, #nursing, #medicationerror, #istandwithradonda, #registerednurse, #healthcare

Believe me, filling in for the uncontested master of podcasts, Stacey Richter, is just a tad unnerving! My name is Dr. Steve Schutzer. I'm an orthopedic surgeon specializing in joint replacement surgery, and I think it's fair to say that I'm more comfortable, in my own lane, doing complex surgery than doing this introduction to our encore podcast 294 entitled “Building a Center of Excellence: A Playbook for Physician Entrepreneurs,” which aired originally in October 2020. But when Stacey graciously offered me the honor of doing so, I said to myself (sic: Steve, suck it up) what an opportunity to share with the devoted listeners of this show my humble perspectives on the prominent position COEs (also known as Centers of Excellence) are playing in this rapidly accelerating, evolving, and exciting healthcare landscape. So, there's an ancient Chinese proverb that goes like this: “When the wind of change blows, some build walls, and others build windmills”—or in this case, Centers of Excellence! And the winds of change in healthcare are blowing, maybe even reaching gale force. In the year since episode 294 aired, there's been unambiguous upsurge of activity, in part fueled by the pandemic, that has collectively and finally moved the healthcare value agenda across the chasm, over the inflection point—and there's no turning back. Unaccountable fee for service as the predominant payment model for healthcare services is, well, shall we say, on its last legs—being replaced by reimbursement models that are aligned with the clinical and financial outcome of the services actually delivered to our patients. For COEs, that's characteristically in the form of predictable bundled payments and fully warrantied episodes of care. Question: Where do COEs fit in this new landscape? Answer: COEs are the common pathway for all healthcare purchasers (whether they're self-funded employers, advanced primary care groups, Medicare Advantage—all of them) to steer agnostically to high-quality specialists focused on a defined set of healthcare services and who are willing to assume total cost of care for their product. And the favorable impact of COEs on the ROI for purchasers has now moved beyond the realm of theory to indisputable. Take, for example, the recent report by the RAND Corporation published earlier this year in Health Affairs: A study of over 2300 patients who had either total joint, spine, or bariatric surgery done under the Carrum Health program at one of their COEs. Carrum Health is a value-based national COE platform that connects self-insured employers with top providers under standardized bundled payment arrangements. And now in full disclosure, I serve as medical advisor for the company; and our program, the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute in Hartford, Connecticut, is actually a Carrum COE. But in this independent RAND analysis of two years of medical claims data, the savings per procedure when the surgery was done at a Carrum COE was over $16,000 per procedure. Readmission rates were reduced 80% on average. Out-of-pocket cost to the patient? Zero. And an astonishing 30% of patients who were in the queue awaiting surgery ultimately were treated nonoperatively! Peter Hayes is president and CEO of the Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine and a frequent guest on this podcast. His organization has been under contract with Carrum for approximately two years and recently reported an ROI of 58% and plan savings approaching $1 million. And these data also closely reflect that reported in the Harvard Business Review two years ago by Ruth Coleman and colleagues from their experience with Walmart COEs. Finally, you know, I heard Stacey say of COEs in one of her podcasts, “This is not something you can do on a Tuesday.” Agree. Prescient advice. As you will hear once again in just a moment, this takes work. But physician leaders and entrepreneurs, take heed. Although you won't be able to stand this up on a Tuesday, there's no reason why you can't begin next Monday. You can contact Dr. Schutzer at steve.schutzer@gmail.com and learn more at the Novel Healthcare Solutions website.   Steven F. Schutzer, MD, graduated with honors from Union College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Following a surgical internship at the University of Rochester, he served as lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy. After his tour of duty, Dr. Schutzer did his general surgical training at the University of Rochester and then completed his orthopedic residency at the University of Connecticut. He was then a fellow in adult hip and reconstructive surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, after which he entered practice in Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Schutzer is a founding member and medical director of the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute (CJRI), a Center of Excellence at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, where he served as medical director between 2007 and 2021. He is currently the physician executive for the orthopedic service line at Trinity Health of New England. He is on the staff of Saint Francis Hospital and a member of Advanced Orthopedics New England. In 2014, Dr. Schutzer and two colleagues, Ms. Steph Kelly and Ms. Maureen Geary, launched a consulting company, Novel Healthcare Solutions, whose mission is to establish effective and trusting business relationships between physicians and hospital partners—and then create orthopedic Centers of Excellence. Dr. Schutzer is also vice president and co-founder of Upswing Health, a health technology start-up whose charge is to help 10 million lives alleviate suffering from musculoskeletal pain by the end of 2023. 04:52 Why would competitive physician groups gang together? 09:02 “Even if you never … bundle, going through the implementation process … will yield incredible unrecognized value.” 10:19 “It demands an end-to-end care redesign process.” 11:40 “The value of a COE is really unquestionable.” 11:48 “For every dollar saved [in a COE], two-thirds was in the quality side, and one-third was in the price point.” 14:38 Slide deck discussing the definition of a COE and its seven building blocks.15:06 “I'm talking about business relationships between the physicians … these are the most fundamental [relationships].” 16:24 “It is all about trust.” 16:49 What is the most central issue as to why a COE does well or fails? 17:26 “It's not just data. It has to be actionable data because physicians naturally don't trust data.” 22:55 “Employers are definitely taking note to patient-reported outcomes.” 23:38 What is the seventh element that is necessary for a COE, and what is fundamental to that element? 24:28 Where will fee-for-service doctors be in 2 to 3 years? 25:46 “The only way that we can accrue the value that we deserve is through these types of relationships.” 26:12 “The supreme motivator is opportunity.” 28:03 How do physicians and providers begin a transformation of the marketplace they're in? 28:38 “What they need from us is product. They need products to disrupt the status quo.” 31:27 “The problem is that there are vendors who are working at the margin.” You can contact Dr. Schutzer at steve.schutzer@gmail.com and learn more at the Novel Healthcare Solutions website.   @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week's #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech Why would competitive physician groups gang together? @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week's #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “It demands an end-to-end care redesign process.” @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week's #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “The value of a COE is really unquestionable.” @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week's #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “It's not just data. It has to be actionable data because physicians naturally don't trust data.” @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week's #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “Employers are definitely taking note to patient-reported outcomes.” @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week's #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech Where will fee-for-service doctors be in 2 to 3 years? @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week's #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech How do physicians and providers begin a transformation of the marketplace they're in? @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week's #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! 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Continuing season 2 of Beyond the Summit, New York Times columnist Paul Sullivan '95 speaks with Trinity College alumni who have devoted their post-college careers to serving and helping others. In the final installment of this season, Paul speaks with Walter Harrison '68 H'18. Walt Harrison's career embodies service in many forms—education, military, and a dedication to the Hartford community. After graduating from Trinity, Walt served as a captain in the Air Force before earning his doctorate and pursuing a career as an educator. He was president of the University of Hartford for nearly 20 years, and he has had many positions on local boards, including Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford Promise, and Capitol Squash (located on Trinity's campus). In 2018, Trinity awarded him an honorary degree. Walt is currently a member of Trinity's board of trustees.

September is National Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month!In June, Courtney from KISS in the Morning had thyroid cancer surgery. She's now giving back. Courtney is raising money for The Hope & Healing Cancer Care Campaign at Saint Francis Hospital. The Hope & Healing Cancer Care Campaign was established to raise $25 million to expand, renovate and add cancer care programs, services and facilities in Hartford, Enfield, Glastonbury and throughout the Greater Hartford community. To date, $20 million has been raised. The additional funds will allow Saint Francis Hospital to increase the current footprint of the outpatient Cancer Center to provide improved access to vital oncology services. Construction is set to begin by the end of this calendar year.

September is National Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month!In June, Courtney from KISS in the Morning had thyroid cancer surgery. She's now giving back. Courtney is raising money for The Hope & Healing Cancer Care Campaign at Saint Francis Hospital. The Hope & Healing Cancer Care Campaign was established to raise $25 million to expand, renovate and add cancer care programs, services and facilities in Hartford, Enfield, Glastonbury and throughout the Greater Hartford community. To date, $20 million has been raised. The additional funds will allow Saint Francis Hospital to increase the current footprint of the outpatient Cancer Center to provide improved access to vital oncology services. Construction is set to begin by the end of this calendar year.

September is National Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. Courtney talks with the President of Saint Francis Hospital about her charity event.

On this episode of the shiftwithcj podcast, We are going to explore how fixing your foot and ankle could be one of your biggest hacks.Joining me on the podcast today is DL Walker.Who is she?DL Walker has over 20 years of experience in physical therapy, exercise physiology, massage, neurophysiology, athletic training, and alternative medicine. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Science majoring in Physical Therapy and Fitness/Cardiac Rehab, and a Masters's Degree in Exercise Science. She has been credentialed as a Health Coach and Certified Functional Manual Therapist. She specializes in health and sports performance enhancement through an integrated approach that includes education, counsel, and exercise to foster physical strength and injury prevention. She has worked as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the US Olympic Committee, Personal Trainer for the Sports Training Institute in NYC, and Exercise Physiologist for the Saint Francis Hospital, New York. Her work has been published in Advance for PT Magazine. She founded Fun Fitness Physical Therapy, PC, where she provided home health rehabilitation services to patients. She has developed a unique fall prevention program, which is currently used by a New York City Home Health Agency. She developed and implemented a research study to determine the effects of physical therapy and exercise on falls, for a major NYC senior services supplier. She was part of a development team at the US Olympic Education Centre, to create sport-specific exercise programs for Olympic-level athletes.Today I have her on the show to share some of her understanding and secrets when it comes to Foot and ankle therapy. On the show you will learn :10: 20 - How getting a massage or self-releasing techniques can only be working in 2 dimensions.15:10 - Looking at people at various different timestamps in history and what they did to optimize health.20: 25 -What are core muscles around all joints.and Much more - I had a great time on the podcast. Enjoy this one.

My guest today is Dr. Kristen Zarfos with Trinity Health of New England. She is a breast cancer specialist and medical director of the Karl J. Krapek Sr. Comprehensive Women's Health Center at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford. Black women are needlessly dying and she is here to tell them why. Let's listen to what she has to say.

Featured Guests: Dr. Hope Watts is a board-certified family physician, health coach, speaker, and lifestyle expert. She is passionate about bringing insight to weight loss struggles. In her many years of practice, she has helped women achieve their lifestyle goals through positive proper diet and exercise and positive mindset. Dr. Watts earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from Temple University and her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She completed her residency at Saint Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Watts is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the CEO of Espera W LLC. The NCQA ( National Committee of Quality Assurances has certified her as an expert in Diabetes Care. She was nominated for the Physician of the Year Award by Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital in 2007. Dr. Watts currently resides in Matthews, North Carolina, and enjoys bike riding, traveling, exercising, and dancing. To connect, follow her on social media or email her at info@drhopewatts.com Dr. Kelechi MD is founder and CEO of EPICC, LLC and creator of Success Coaching Academy. She is also a successful independent sales director with Mary Kay Cosmetics. As a business coach, Dr. Kelechi consistently guides individuals, particularly women, in the area of identifying their call to greatness. With this new found knowledge and through her successful coaching programs, her clients are able to rediscover themselves, build successful home-based businesses both locally and globally. In the world of medicine, Dr. Kelechi is the recipient of “Emerging Leader in Family Medicine” award and a Fellow in the American Academy of Family Medicine, Dr. Kelechi Uduhiri,MD, MPH, MS, FAAFP (a.k.a. Dr. Kelechi) is a board-certified family medicine physician who is also an author (in the making), speaker, and consultant. In addition, she is a sought-after expert in primary care & preventive health issues as exemplified by her numerous peer reviewed publications, and presentations on health topics at the national and local levels. Dr. Kelechi holds 2 masters degrees in epidemiology and public health. She earned her medical degree from Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She successfully completed two specialities, family medicine and preventive medicine. She's a graduate of both the Georgetown University Family Medicine Residency Program; and a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore Preventive Medicine Residency Program. Meredith Amato believes it is the birthright of everyBODY to move with pleasure, honor their sensations, feel better and flow through life in an integrated, authentic way. Meredith combines her lifelong movement studies to create uplifting, invigorating and empowering experiences that are fun and inclusive for all. Her passion for dance and movement began in New York with professional training and continued with extensive performance experience in ballet, modern and musical theater. Meredith is an E-RYT 500 Yoga instructor, teaching since 1998 in ISHTA, Anusara and YogaWorks disciplines. In 2005, Meredith took her first Nia Technique class, which changed her relationship to movement and her body forever. Nia combines dance, martial arts and healing arts for a body, mind, emotion and spirit uplifting experience that is self healing, invigorating, grounding and conditioning. She is a Black Belt instructor and certified in Nia's 5 Stages of Self-Healing. Born in Brooklyn, raised in Staten Island and now living at the Jersey Shore, she teaches online classes daily, as well as regularly scheduled in-person classes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carol-penn/support

"Our charism is mercy. Mercy is a gift of the Holy Spirit given to our religious community. It's a facet of God that this community is particularly meant to manifest in the world." Sister Marie Josepha Kulczny works as a nurse at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa.

To celebrate International Nurses Day, we welcome Sally Hurt-Deitch, RN, FACHE, CEO, Mid-South Group—Memphis Market and Saint Francis Hospital, Tenet Health, Memphis. As a former CNO who transitioned to market CEO, Sally embodies the vital importance of triad leadership (physician, nursing and administrative) in driving success for healthcare organizations. Join us for this candid discussion of the unique value and perspective that nurse leaders bring to the C-Suite.

We're so caught up in fetishizing (mostly) female breasts in film, literature, art, and in the anatomy-defying breasts of comic book heroines, that we overlook the breast as a vital source of food and and as a body part vulnerable to cancer, including young women under forty. How often should we get that mammogram? To breastfeed - or not? Lastly, how come men can go topless in America but women can't? Florence Williams - Author of Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History and The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, which will be published in February and her Audible podcast Breasts Unbound, debuts in December Dr. Christine Rizk - Breast surgeon, director of the Comprehensive Women’s Health Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Lina Esco - Actress, producer, activist, director of the documentary, Free the Nipple and leader of the Free the Nipple movement. You can join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show. This show originally aired on October 4, 2016. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Steven Wolf, Chair of the Emergency Department, Saint Francis Hospital. Re: How is regular Flu season going. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode features Kenneth Jones, President of AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston. Here, he discusses the importance of consistency as a leader, how the recent COVID-19 surge has affected the community in his area, and more.

Lately, several of the Relentless Health Value episodes have focused on digital health companies and their disruptive potential on referral flows of traditional provider organizations. We also talked about other goings-on with the potential to encroach on hospital systems and independent docs alike. For example, we’ve got Walmart getting, in a big way, into the health clinic business. We’ve got VillageMD and Walgreens teaming up. We’ve got mergers in the on-site clinic space. There’s just a lot of action. But let’s talk about what Dan O’Neill called “physician entrepreneurship” in EP287. Dan said that now is a fantastic time for entrepreneurial physicians to reinvent the practice model. This is true because many, including Dr. Matt Anderson in EP292, have said that it’s not an entirely safe bet if you’re a doc right now to hope that all the practice changes initiated by COVID (like telehealth, etc) go away like a bad hangover the second this pandemic gets stuffed back into Pandora’s box.   So, there’s risk mitigation strategies at play here, but there’s also a great opportunity for those who figure out how to legitimately improve patient outcomes in a way that consumers and patients love and that employers can easily contract for. Here’s the bottom line: Some, not all, of these new-fangled deliverers of health care have great marketing and maybe a great Net Promoter Score; but effectiveness is less than well validated. Don’t get me wrong. There’s a whole lot of providers who aren’t sure what kind of results they deliver and who aren’t exactly delivering amazing and sticky customer experiences. So, we certainly can’t forget that, as Bob Matthews has said, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. But what about a physician practice known in a local community that works together to create a Center of Excellence? Now, that’s interesting in this land of the blind. You get all the history and the advantage of being the “default care provider.” But you also are well poised for a post-COVID future, even in the face of all this disruptive activity. In this health care podcast, I speak with Steve Schutzer, MD. Dr. Schutzer is a physician executive for the orthopedic service line at Trinity Health of New England and medical director of Connecticut Joint Replacement. Dr. Schutzer knows a lot about setting up a COE, otherwise known as a Center of Excellence. He knows a lot about how to be a physician entrepreneur, and he knows how to compete in emerging market conditions. You can contact Dr. Schutzer at steve.schutzer@gmail.com.   Steven F. Schutzer, MD, graduated with honors from Union College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Following a surgical internship at the University of Rochester, he served as lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy. After his tour of duty, Dr. Schutzer did his general surgical training at the University of Rochester and then completed his orthopedic residency at the University of Connecticut. He was then a fellow in adult hip and reconstructive surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, after which he entered practice with Orthopedic Associates of Hartford. He is currently on the staff of Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Schutzer is a founding member and medical director of the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute (CJRI), a Center of Excellence at Saint Francis. He is also president of the management company overseeing the Institute, the Connecticut Joint Replacement Surgeons, LLC, as well as physician executive for the orthopedic service line at Trinity Health of New England. In 2014, Dr. Schutzer and two colleagues, Ms. Steph Kelly and Ms. Maureen Geary, launched a consulting company, Novel Healthcare Solutions, whose mission is to establish effective and trusting business relationships between physicians and hospital partners—and then create orthopedic Centers of Excellence. 03:22 Why would competitive physician groups gang together? 07:32 “Even if you never … bundle, going through the implementation process … will yield incredible unrecognized value.” 08:49 “It demands an end-to-end care redesign process.” 10:10 “The value of a COE is really unquestionable.” 10:18 “For every dollar saved [in a COE], two-thirds was in the quality side, and one-third was in the price point.” 13:08 Slide deck discussing the definition of a COE and its seven building blocks.14:05 “I’m talking about business relationships between the physicians … these are the most fundamental [relationships].” 15:23 “It is all about trust.” 15:48 What is the most central issue as to why a COE does well or fails? 16:25 “It’s not just data. It has to be actionable data because physicians naturally don’t trust data.” 21:54 “Employers are definitely taking note to patient-reported outcomes.” 22:37 What is the seventh element that is necessary for a COE, and what is fundamental to that element? 23:27 Where will fee-for-service doctors be in 2 to 3 years? 24:45 “The only way that we can accrue the value that we deserve is through these types of relationships.” 25:11 “The supreme motivator is opportunity.” 27:01 How do physicians and providers begin a transformation of the marketplace they’re in? 27:36 “What they need from us is product. They need products to disrupt the status quo.” 30:26 “The problem is that there are vendors who are working at the margin.” You can contact Dr. Schutzer at steve.schutzer@gmail.com.   @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week’s #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech Why would competitive physician groups gang together? @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week’s #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “It demands an end-to-end care redesign process.” @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week’s #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “The value of a COE is really unquestionable.” @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week’s #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “It’s not just data. It has to be actionable data because physicians naturally don’t trust data.” @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week’s #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “Employers are definitely taking note to patient-reported outcomes.” @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week’s #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech Where will fee-for-service doctors be in 2 to 3 years? @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week’s #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech How do physicians and providers begin a transformation of the marketplace they’re in? @SSchutzer of @THOfNewEngland discusses #centersofexcellence on this week’s #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech

John Rodis, MD, MBA, is an OB/GYN specializing in high-risk pregnancies. He’s been a board examiner and a department chairman. He’s been a COO and a CEO of a 600-bed Level 1 trauma center. He’s also an author working on a book to help consumers make better choices. Dr. Rodis has said he feels an inflection point is coming in the transition to value. First, we have the pressure of large employers. Second, we’ve got doctors themselves who are being crushed by the current environment and who may also have realized that FFS (fee for service) is kinda risky in the middle of a pandemic. The third force toward the inflection point is the new breed of fee-only transparent brokers. And then fourth, we’ve got the government, particularly state governments who are struggling fiscally coming out of this pandemic and also realizing that the current health care system is pretty rigged to profit on the backs of taxpayers and firefighters and teachers. In the face of this transition, health systems who aren’t keeping up with the times are at increasing risk. Given that Dr. Rodis has held pretty much every job in health care at this point, he’s probably the perfect person to ask how to quantify that risk, number one, and then what health system leaders should be doing in the face of it. You can learn more by emailing Dr. Rodis at john@aristahealth.com.  John F. Rodis, MD, MBA, is a high-risk obstetrician by training and has had a long and illustrious career as a renowned health care leader. Most recently, he was the president of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Rodis had two stints at Saint Francis, starting there early in his career as a maternal-fetal medicine fellow in 1985. In between, he was head of obstetrics and gynecology at Stamford Hospital, served as its chief medical officer, was a faculty member at the UConn School of Medicine, and became chair of OB/GYN at Saint Francis in 2011. Dr. Rodis took the helm at Saint Francis as a recent state provider tax was quickly expanding into a huge fiscal burden on Connecticut’s acute care hospitals. In December 2015, he was named its eighth president. Dr. Rodis was the first physician to be appointed president in Saint Francis’s 118-year-history. He guided the hospital through an era of consolidation and rising state taxes. His last challenge arrived in spring 2020 as he oversaw an expansion of temporary facilities as the hospital faced the crush of the coronavirus pandemic. Also, during his tenure as president, Dr. Rodis ushered the Saint Francis team through significant change and transformation, much of which has been recognized at the national and regional level. Those transformations led them to achieve an “A” Safety Grade from Leapfrog seven of the last eight grading cycles. Saint Francis was also named Best Regional Hospital in 2019 by US News & World Report and was the only hospital in Connecticut named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health. Dr. Rodis’s passion is patient safety and, in particular, providing consumers (patients) with reliable data to make informed health care decisions. He departed his post as president of Saint Francis in May 2020. Dr. Rodis has now started his own consulting firm, Arista Health, and is finishing a book entitled You Put Your Life in Their Hands. 02:16 How the scales are starting to rebalance. 02:44 “There’s going to be a day of reckoning.” 04:18 The risk a health system is taking by not adjusting to the market. 05:20 Where are the nominal dollars coming from, and where might they come from in the future. 08:04 EP279 with Peter Hayes.08:15 EP281 with Rob Austin.08:56 The difference in today’s market when it comes to cost setting. 10:02 Why the conversation is shifting from cost comparisons to value comparisons. 11:34 Value is quality over cost. 11:55 The four domains that go into value. 12:32 EP242 with Dr. Marty Makary.14:01 “The problem in this market: It’s not that free.” 16:48 Who is best equipped to be an arbiter of value in this new market system? 18:49 “I think that trust is starting to erode.” 20:30 How payers are leading the charge on this market change. 21:37 Dr. Rodis’s advice to hospital and health system executives to get ahead of this market change. 24:45 EP257 with Karl Bilimoria, MD.26:53 “I think you have to take ownership.” 28:08 “There’s no real Four Seasons business [model] in health care.” 28:30 “Look at the entire episode of cost.” 29:51 Where bundling falls into this equation. 31:45 Dr. Rodis’s upcoming book. You can learn more by emailing Dr. Rodis at john@aristahealth.com.  Check out our newest #healthcarepodcast with John Rodis, MD, MBA, as he discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare How are the scales of the market starting to rebalance? John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare “There’s going to be a day of reckoning.” John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare What’s the risk a health system is taking by not adjusting to the market? John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare What’s the difference in today’s market when it comes to cost setting? John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare Why is the conversation shifting from cost to value comparisons? John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare Value is quality over cost. John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare “The problem in this market: It’s not that free.” John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare Who is best equipped to be an arbiter of value in this new market system? John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare “I think that trust is starting to erode.” John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare “I think you have to take ownership.” John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare “There’s no real Four Seasons business [model] in health care.” John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare “Look at the entire episode of cost.” John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare Where does bundling fall into this equation? John Rodis, MD, MBA, discusses #healthsystems, #consumerism, and #valuebasedcontracts on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #vbc #valuebasedcare

Dr. Steve Wolf, Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Saint Francis Hospital, discusses the importance of seeking necessary medical care and the steps being taken to ensure safe and prompt care in the emergency rooms at Trinity Health Of New England hospitals.

Hartford's Public Education Campaign/Response to COVID-19Paula S. Gilberto, President and CEO, United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut and Dr. John Rodis, President, Saint Francis Hospital.Closings and COVID-19-related preventative measures, while necessary, will have a significant impact on individuals and families that are already walking a financial tightrope. We need your help to support programs, services and initiatives that provide families in our community with food, emergency assistance and childcare. DONATE TODAY to United Way’s Neighbors in Need fund.

On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a brief introduction, the Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, and a musical selection from the Catholic Treasures CD, we will talk with Mr. Dan Sinnott, CEO of Saint Francis Hospital in Wilmington. How is Delaware's only Catholic hospital dealing with the COVID-19 crisis? How will the pandemic change the way the hospital operates in the future? Listen and find out. Also, Father Rich Jasper will tell us about another Modern Day Witness, Mother Kasper. 

Guest John Rodis, M.D., President of Saint Francis Hospital will discuss COVID-19 and what you need to know with host Robin Sills, R.N.

Governor Lamont has declared a public health emergency and thousands of residents, including school children, are staying home. This hour, we discuss the latest in hospital protocols and talk about who can, and cannot, get tested for coronavirus. We hear how colleges, universities, and local school districts are responding to the crisis. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. GUESTS: Nicole Leonard – Health care reporter for Connecticut Public Radio (@ACPressNLeonard) Dr. Jessica Abrantes-Figuerindo - Infectious Disease Specialist at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford Cassie Basler - Senior editor with WSHU in Fairfield (@CassBasler) Fran Rabinowitz- Executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeffrey J Fox is the author of 12 books, including the bestseller (and one of my favorite business books) How to Become a Rainmaker which, by the way, he will be giving away 4 free copies of to anyone who tweets or posts on LinkedIn with #thegongsales.   Jeffrey Fox, through his company Fox & Company, consults with top-notch organizations around the world. He is consigliere to CEOs and senior executives. Fox & Company is in the business of helping clients grow revenues and increase gross margins.   Prior to starting Fox & Company, Jeffrey worked in senior positions for high powered consumer and industrial marketing companies like his role for Vice President, Marketing and a Corporate Vice President of Loctite Corp., doing almost $1b in sales. Jeffrey is the winner of Sales & Marketing Management magazine's "Oustanding Marketer Award", and the National Distributors Association award as the nation's "Best Industrial Marketer". He is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study that is rated one of the top 100 case studies and is thought to be the most widely taught marketing case in the world.   Jeffrey graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where he was a Capitol Area Scholar. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. He has served as an elected Trustee of Trinity College, where he has won several alumni awards, including Person of the Year. He served on the Board of Directors of Saint Francis Hospital, one of the top 100 hospitals in the United States.  

Dr. Rizk practices as a Breast Surgeon at Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT, where she is also the Director of the Comprehensive Women’s Health Center. She is a graduate of the University of Rochester, where she earned her B.S. in Neuroscience. She went on to receive her M.D. at SUNY Upstate Medical Center, completed General Surgery Residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and a fellowship in Breast Disease at Brown University Women and Infant’s Hospital, Rhode Island. Dr. Rizk is truly passionate and caring about her work and patients. In her 13 years of practice she has served as faculty at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, SUNY Stony Brook, an St. Francis Hospital. She is dedicated to empowering her patients and their wellness as individuals. Dr. Rizk was featured as a commentator for breast health on Fox News in 2014 and 2015, and contributed a chapter to the book “Surviving Cancer: Our Voices and Our Choices”. To name just a few of her clinical interests, she is interested in breast cancer treatment, nipple-sparing mastectomy, and breast conservation.

Join in today’s episode with our lovely guest Aimee Burmaster Hicks — Principal at Page Architecture firm at their Texas location. Aimee specializes in space planning and interior design development for corporate and healthcare clients. Her leadership role with Page builds on her commitment and collaborative approach to her work. “I like the idea of freedom within commitment. Being truly committed to my work allows me to take design risks, and the projects I work on are better for it,” Aimee says, adding, “Collaboration is key. Everyone has something to contribute to the project process.” My favorite part of our conversation was the story Aimee shared about how in order to win a project, the developer asked Aimee and her team to design a hospital out of legos in two hours (without prior knowledge and in the developer’s office) to assess how well the team could collaborate. That and how Aimee came into healthcare design kicking and screaming and now she loves it! Aimee realized at an early age that she had the talent and ambition to work as a creative professional. “Being an interior designer is all I’ve ever wanted to do,” Aimee explains. With that goal set, she prepared for her career by graduating from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design, a program accredited by the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER). With her work, she takes great pride in applying lessons learned from her previous projects to add value to the next. “Each new project brings the opportunity to build upon both my technical knowledge and creativity,” she says. “A new project also brings the chance to work with new team members I may not have worked with before. I like this relationship-building because it allows me to expand my ‘go-to’ resources within Page. I really feel that each project I do is better than the last.” Aimee’s portfolio of projects include the 250,000-square-foot Children’s Medical Center at Legacy in Plano; a 90,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in Dallas for Concentra; the 82,000-square-foot Baylor Surgical Hospital at Park Place in Fort Worth; the 63,000-square-foot Baylor Medical Center Uptown in Dallas; a 146,000-square-foot Hospital and 80,000-square-foot Medical Office Building for Forest Park Medical Center in Austin; the 450,000-square-foot tower, in addition to 45,000-square-feet of renovation of the Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa; and 29,000-square-foot Solomon Associate’s office in Dallas. Learn more about Aimee and her gallery of gorgeous work at Page Architecture by visiting: http://pagethink.com. A big thank you to our industry partner The Center For Health Design! Learn more about the incredible research, advocacy, and education work The Center For Health Design is doing at http://healthdesign.org. You can gain access to the Center’s Knowledge Repository which contains over 2,500 references and key point summaries on multiple topics in different healthcare settings by becoming a Center For Health Design Affiliate. And finally, I’d like to thank the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers for their support of this show. Find out more about their certification program at http://aahid.org In today’s episode you will learn: What it means to be truly committed to the work and how it allows for more design risks for better outcomes. The story of how Aimee and her team at Page Architects won a hospital project by being asked by the developers to design the hospital out of legos in two hours. What makes collaboration successful and what is most challenging about it. How it took Aimee five years to really understand the patient experience and how healthcare design does make a real difference in the lives of patients, their families, caretakers and those working in the healthcare setting. What Aimee noticed at the hospital where she had her brain tumor removed made her question the value of her work. How hospitality and healthcare are now one of the same and what’s next. Why young interior designers out of college are choosing not to specialize in healthcare design and what Page Architects are doing to change this. How one hospital was built in the middle of nowhere by developers who see ten years into the future the mixed use community spaces that will surround and be part of the hospital setting like yoga and cooking classes. How Aimee came into healthcare design kicking and screaming and ended up loving it! How branding and technology are making their way into healthcare design in mixed use spaces. 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K-LIFE can easily be integrated into many applications – from wall coverings and claddings for ceilings, to custom tables, bars, sinks, shelving units and furniture. The application of K-LIFE in areas with high daily traffic, such as waiting rooms or reception areas, can assure a gradual decontamination of germs and lead to ongoing ecological benefits. Some research performed with KRION® K-LIFE, which has photocatalytic properties, proved that the material can significantly reduce the presence of bacteria. This revolutionary process has led to a patent pending, innovative, and exclusive product that will have a direct effect on our quality of life. Learn more about KRION® at https://www.porcelanosa-usa.com/what-is-krion/.

Dr. Alessi discusses the latest trends in rehabilitative medicine with Dr. Robert Krug, M.D. President and Medical Director of Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital and chief physician for Rehabilitation Medicine at Saint Francis Hospital.

Join host Robin Sills, RN, and Dr. Jeffrey Brown, Sports Medicine, Saint Francis Hospital. Today, they're talking about common sports-related injuries suffered by men, women and children.

Every day, you make several decisions about what to eat. But how much do you really think about what you’re putting into your body? If you’re like most people, not very much. Nutritional decisions matter when it comes to keeping us healthy and preventing illnesses. This episode is hosted by Robin Sills, R.N. and features Kathleen N. Mueller, M.D., Integrative Medicine Program Medical Director, Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut.

Bob John, PharmD hosts PPAG Conversations, the official Podcast of the Pediatric Pharmacy Association. Dr. John speaks with experts in the field of pediatric pharmacy to discuss current issues in pediatric pharmacy, including pediatric and neonatal critical care, general pediatrics, and hematology/oncology.   During this Podcast, Dr. John and Dr. Diana Yu discuss this year's flu season About our Guest   Diana Yu, PharmD, BCPS, AQ-ID is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Pharmacist at the Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon.  Previously to her current appointment Dr. Yu was an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and University of Kansas Schools of Pharmacy and Clinical Infectious Disease pharmacist and member of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Children’s Mercy. She completed her pharmacy degree at University of California-San Francisco School of Pharmacy. After graduation, Dr. Yu completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at University of Kentucky Medical Center followed by a HIV Care/Infectious Diseases Residency at University of Illinois at Chicago. She achieved board certification as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist with added qualifications in Infectious Diseases in 2015. She currently participates routinely in the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Children’s Mercy Hospital and is a preceptor for both student pharmacists and pharmacy residents. Her current research interests include the role of antimicrobial stewardship in decreasing antibiotic resistance and clinical outcomes, non-occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, and the role of rapid diagnostics and antimicrobial stewardship        About the Host of PPAG Conversations Bob John, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS, a member of the PPAG Board of Directors, is currently a NICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis and the Residency Program Director for his institution’s PGY1. He completed a PGY1 residency at Saint Francis Hospital and a PGY2 residency at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. He spent his first two years after residency working as the Pediatric Pulmonology Specialist at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, after which he worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, Department of Pharmacy at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Dr. John has been involved with the development of a pharmacy-driven pharmacokinetic monitoring service, NICU dosing weight protocol, and served on the evidence-based medicine committee, in which he has helped develop clinical practice guidelines at his institutions. Dr. John has been an active member of PPAG since 2007. In addition to being a member of the education committee, he has served as the chair of the webinar committee, and the education committee where he organized the educational content provided at the 2016 PPAG annual meeting. In 2015, he and his colleagues were recognized by PPAG with a Best Practice Award for their development of an outpatient on call service. He was awarded the Presidential Citation from PPAG in 2014 and 2016. He currently chairs the web-based competency committee, working to provide additional educational content in new ways to PPAG members. In addition to his work in PPAG, he served as Chair of the Pediatric PRN for ACCP.   Introduction music credits: "Reverie (small theme)" by _ghost 2010 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

During National Diabetes Awareness Month - and as we head into one of the biggest eating weeks of the year - host John Voket is talking prevention with the Diabetes Education Program Coordinator at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Then we'll be marking National Epilepsy Awareness Month with the CT Epilepsy Advocate before we head to Chicago to chat with the title star of the musical 'Hamilton' about a new national epilepsy awareness campaign that can put you in the spotlight. The we'll close with our consumer watchdog from Connecticut BBB with advice about a number of consumer issues you should be aware of during the holiday season and New Year.

Bob John, PharmD hosts PPAG Conversations, the official Podcast of the Pediatric Pharmacy Association. Dr. John speaks with experts in the field of pediatric pharmacy to discuss current issues in pediatric pharmacy, including pediatric and neonatal critical care, general pediatrics, and hematology/oncology.   During this Podcast, Dr. John hosts Dr. Nicholas Fusco, who highlights a newly published article in the New England Journal of Medicine, titled, "Shortened Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children." About our Guest Nicholas M. Fusco, PharmD, BCPS, is employed as Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UB-SPPS), since 2013.  Dr. Fusco earned his PharmD from UB-SPPS (2010) and completed his PGY1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY2 Pediatric Specialty residencies at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (2010-2012). He received his Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS) in 2011. Dr. Fusco practices and teaches in acute care general pediatrics. Very active in PPAG, Dr. Fusco has served as Chair of the Fall and Annual Conference Planning Committees, and the Education Committee.       About the Host of PPAG Conversations Bob John, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS, a member of the PPAG Board of Directors, is currently a NICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis and the Residency Program Director for his institution’s PGY1. He completed a PGY1 residency at Saint Francis Hospital and a PGY2 residency at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. He spent his first two years after residency working as the Pediatric Pulmonology Specialist at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, after which he worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, Department of Pharmacy at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Dr. John has been involved with the development of a pharmacy-driven pharmacokinetic monitoring service, NICU dosing weight protocol, and served on the evidence-based medicine committee, in which he has helped develop clinical practice guidelines at his institutions. Dr. John has been an active member of PPAG since 2007. In addition to being a member of the education committee, he has served as the chair of the webinar committee, and the education committee where he organized the educational content provided at the 2016 PPAG annual meeting. In 2015, he and his colleagues were recognized by PPAG with a Best Practice Award for their development of an outpatient on call service. He was awarded the Presidential Citation from PPAG in 2014 and 2016. He currently chairs the web-based competency committee, working to provide additional educational content in new ways to PPAG members. In addition to his work in PPAG, he served as Chair of the Pediatric PRN for ACCP. Introduction music credits: "Reverie (small theme)" by _ghost 2010 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

Bob John, PharmD hosts PPAG Conversations, the official Podcast of the Pediatric Pharmacy Association. Dr. John speaks with experts in the field of pediatric pharmacy to discuss current issues in pediatric pharmacy, including pediatric and neonatal critical care, general pediatrics, and hematology/oncology.   During this Podcast, Dr. John hosts Dr. Jamie Miller, who highlights a newly published article in The Lancet, titled, "Effect of early low-dose hydrocortisone on survival without bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants (PREMILOC): a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre, randomised trial." About our Guest Jamie Miller, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Clinical and Administrative Sciences at the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dr. Miller received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy. Following graduation, Dr. Miller completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Dr. Miller currently practices as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. In addition, Dr. Miller is the Residency Program Director for the PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy and OU Medical Center.         About the Host of PPAG Conversations Bob John, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS, a member of the PPAG Board of Directors, is currently a NICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis and the Residency Program Director for his institution’s PGY1. He completed a PGY1 residency at Saint Francis Hospital and a PGY2 residency at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. He spent his first two years after residency working as the Pediatric Pulmonology Specialist at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, after which he worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, Department of Pharmacy at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Dr. John has been involved with the development of a pharmacy-driven pharmacokinetic monitoring service, NICU dosing weight protocol, and served on the evidence-based medicine committee, in which he has helped develop clinical practice guidelines at his institutions. Dr. John has been an active member of PPAG since 2007. In addition to being a member of the education committee, he has served as the chair of the webinar committee, and the education committee where he organized the educational content provided at the 2016 PPAG annual meeting. In 2015, he and his colleagues were recognized by PPAG with a Best Practice Award for their development of an outpatient on call service. He was awarded the Presidential Citation from PPAG in 2014 and 2016. He currently chairs the web-based competency committee, working to provide additional educational content in new ways to PPAG members. In addition to his work in PPAG, he served as Chair of the Pediatric PRN for ACCP.   Introduction music credits: "Reverie (small theme)" by _ghost 2010 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

Bob John, PharmD hosts PPAG Conversations, the official Podcast of the Pediatric Pharmacy Association. Dr. John speaks with experts in the field of pediatric pharmacy to discuss current issues in pediatric pharmacy, including pediatric and neonatal critical care, general pediatrics, and hematology/oncology. During this Podcast, Dr. John hosts Tara Higgins, who highlights a newly published article in the Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, titled, "Retrospective Evaluation of Palifermin Use Nonhematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Pediatric Patients," By Liu and colleagues. About the Guest Tara Higgins is an active member of PPAG, where she has served PPAG through numerous leadership positions. Tara, currently serving on the PPAG Board of Direcctors, was membership committee chair elect and chair (2013-2015) and chair of PPAG Fall Specialty Conference- Hematology/Oncology Planning Committee (2016). Currently, Tara serves PPAG as chair of hematology/oncology Special Interest Group (SIG) (2012-present), section lead for hematology/oncology section of PPAG board prep (2016- present), member of PPAG membership committee (2009-present) and member of PPAG BCPPS Recertification Committee (2016- present). Tara also helped start the PPAG student group at the University of Florida and continues to serve as the faculty advisor for PediaGators. Tara is Co-Director of the PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency and is a clinical specialist in pediatric hematology/oncology/BMT at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. In addition, Tara serves as clinical assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Rhode Island. Tara completed her PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a PGY2 pediatric pharmacy residency at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center.     About the Host of PPAG Conversations Bob John, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS, a member of the PPAG Board of Directors, is currently a NICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis and the Residency Program Director for his institution’s PGY1. He completed a PGY1 residency at Saint Francis Hospital and a PGY2 residency at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. He spent his first two years after residency working as the Pediatric Pulmonology Specialist at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, after which he worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, Department of Pharmacy at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Dr. John has been involved with the development of a pharmacy-driven pharmacokinetic monitoring service, NICU dosing weight protocol, and served on the evidence-based medicine committee, in which he has helped develop clinical practice guidelines at his institutions. Dr. John has been an active member of PPAG since 2007. In addition to being a member of the education committee, he has served as the chair of the webinar committee, and the education committee where he organized the educational content provided at the 2016 PPAG annual meeting. In 2015, he and his colleagues were recognized by PPAG with a Best Practice Award for their development of an outpatient on call service. He was awarded the Presidential Citation from PPAG in 2014 and 2016. He currently chairs the web-based competency committee, working to provide additional educational content in new ways to PPAG members. In addition to his work in PPAG, he served as Chair of the Pediatric PRN for ACCP.   Introduction music credits: "Reverie (small theme)" by _ghost 2010 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)  

Bob John, PharmD hosts PPAG Conversations, the official Podcast of the Pediatric Pharmacy Association. Dr. John speaks with experts in the field of pediatric pharmacy to discuss current issues in pediatric pharmacy, including pediatric and neonatal critical care, general pediatrics, and hematology/oncology. During this Podcast, Dr. John hosts Dr. Peter Johnson, who highlights a newly published article in the Journal Critical Care Medicine, titled, "Delirium in Critically Ill Children: An International Point Prevalence Study." About our Guest Peter Johnson, Pharm.D. is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the OU College of Pharmacy and Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the OU College of Medicine. He also maintains an active practice site in the Medical and Surgical Pediatric ICU’s at the Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City precepting PGY1/PGY2 residents and students. In addition, Dr. Johnson serves as the PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Practice Residency Director at the OU College of Pharmacy and The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center. Dr. Johnson received his B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Following his tenure at Ole Miss, Dr. Johnson completed his PGY1 pharmacy and PGY2 pediatric pharmacy residencies at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center. Among his professional affiliations, he is a member of the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American, and American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Dr. Johnson is board certified in pharmacotherapy and pediatric pharmacy. In addition, he was inducted as a fellow of PPAG in 2016. His research/scholarship focuses in pain management, sedation, and drug withdrawal in critically-ill children.     About the Host of PPAG Conversations Bob John, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS, a member of the PPAG Board of Directors, is currently a NICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis and the Residency Program Director for his institution’s PGY1. He completed a PGY1 residency at Saint Francis Hospital and a PGY2 residency at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. He spent his first two years after residency working as the Pediatric Pulmonology Specialist at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, after which he worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, Department of Pharmacy at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Dr. John has been involved with the development of a pharmacy-driven pharmacokinetic monitoring service, NICU dosing weight protocol, and served on the evidence-based medicine committee, in which he has helped develop clinical practice guidelines at his institutions. Dr. John has been an active member of PPAG since 2007. In addition to being a member of the education committee, he has served as the chair of the webinar committee, and the education committee where he organized the educational content provided at the 2016 PPAG annual meeting. In 2015, he and his colleagues were recognized by PPAG with a Best Practice Award for their development of an outpatient on call service. He was awarded the Presidential Citation from PPAG in 2014 and 2016. He currently chairs the web-based competency committee, working to provide additional educational content in new ways to PPAG members. In addition to his work in PPAG, he served as Chair of the Pediatric PRN for ACCP. Introduction music credits: "Reverie (small theme)" by _ghost 2010 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

In case you missed it, we've created a podcast of Saint Mary's live radio broadcast in celebration of National #HospitalWeek! This program aired live on Monday, May 8, 2017 from the Main Lobby at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury. The first hour of our broadcast is hosted by Larry Rifkin of WATR Radio 1320 AM who interviewed: Chad Wable, President of Saint Mary’s Hospital and Senior Vice President of Operations & Chief Transformation Officer for Trinity Health - New England; Sister Dolores Lahr, Director of Mission Integration and Spiritual Care and a Sister of Saint Joseph of Chambery; Mickey Wyse, M.D., Medical Director, Saint Mary's Urgent Care Centers and a physician in Saint Mary's Emergency Department; Ije Akunyili, MD, MPA, FACEP, Associate Medical Director, Emergency Services, Saint Mary's Hospital; Birgit Koellmer, RN, Epic Project Lead at Saint Mary's Hospital, and Gregory Bennett, Assistant Director of Enterprise Information Systems at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center.

William Anthony Colón nació en el Saint-Francis Hospital del barrio de Mott Haven al suroeste del Bronx en 1950. Su abuela Antonia Román dijo desde que lo vio que iba a ser una estrella de la música, pero hasta que cumplió once años nada indicó que así fuera a ser. El niño se crió en un ambiente de enorme pobreza y violencia, donde era más fácil ser “una bala perdida” que un músico destacado. A Colón le tocó vivir la época de los incendios provocados en las casas de protección oficial del Bronx y de la discriminación simbolizada por el blockbusting. Desde entonces fue un rebelde y cuando se hizo músico se hizo llamar El Malo, magnificando esa rebeldía. Esta es la historia de su primera grabación titulada así, El Malo, en La Hora Faniática.PLAYLIST:1. Willie Colón - El Malo2. Willie Colón – Fuego en el Barrio3. Entrevista: Willie Colón 1 Trompetay Trombón4. Willie Colón - Willie Baby5. Willie Colón - Skinny Papa6. Willie Colón – Borinquen7. Willie Colón – The Hustler8. Willie Colón - Chonqui9. Willie Colón – Quimbombo10. Entrevista: Willie Colón 2 Jazzy11. Willie Colón - Jazzy12. Entrevista: Willie Colón 1 El Malo del Barrio13. Willie Colón - Willie Whopper

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Nancy Fan, practicing OB/GYN at Saint Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE and current Chair of the School Health Committee for the Medical Society of Delaware, to discuss challenges and controversies surrounding breast feeding recommendations in maternity care practice.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Joining Dr. Brian McDonough to talk about the roles of obstetrics and gynecology in primary care and medical education is Dr. James Cosgrove, Chairman of OB/GYN at Saint Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE. They will discuss the importance of OB/GYNs keeping their primary care colleagues informed of patient screenings, surgeries, and conditions in order to enhance the level of care. Dr. Cosgrove will also touch on admission to medical schools, the importance of understanding the business side of medicine, and future advances in OB/GYN care.