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Listen to The Lancet: 28 September
Obama vs Romney health policies, and an epilepsy focus. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - September 28, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
This week's audio news summary features a story about the AAFP's response to the Obama administration's proposed fiscal year 2012 budget, an announcement from CMS that it has postponed the April 1 implementation date of its Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor program, details about an HHS-directed pilot project on payment bundling that begins in 2013, notification of a CDC health alert related to an ongoing outbreak of pertussis in multiple parts of the country and information about a new electronic guidebook designed to help family physicians get the most out of their Academy membership. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - February 25, 2011 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
What Obama Didn't Say -- An Alternative Viewpoint
Thomas Ahlborn, MD, responds to the State of the Union message and expresses his concern and offers alternative solutions for healthcare issues that President Obama did not address. (Source: Medscape Neurology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Neurology Podcast - January 28, 2011 Category: Neurology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
What Obama Didn't Say -- The Supportive Position
Robert Morrow, MD, stressed what Obama left out and is encouraged by the future implementation of many positive changes, particularly for primary care. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - January 26, 2011 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
What Obama Didn't Say -- The Positive Position
Robert Morrow, MD, stressed what Obama left out and is encouraged by the future implementation of many positive changes, particularly for primary care. (Source: Medscape Allergy and Immunology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Allergy and Immunology Podcast - January 26, 2011 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
White House Backtracks on Payment for End-of-Life Counseling
Medical doctors are trained to understand and administer powerful technologies which can prolong life. They get paid to do this. But should they also get paid to inform patients of alternatives if they do not want these technologies? The Obama administration has said no to this question. During the healthcare reform debate the issue of physician reimbursement [...] (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - January 17, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: JM Levine MD Tags: Geriatric Medicine Medical Care in America Source Type: podcasts
Healthcare Reform Provision Helps Lawsuits Against Nursing Homes
A little known provision of President Obama’s Healthcare Reform Act is designed to help plaintiffs and their attorneys bring legal action against nursing homes for alleged neglect and abuse. With the demographic transformation of America toward an aging society, lawsuits against nursing homes have surged. In response some privately owned nursing homes have developed complex corporate structures that [...] (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - January 4, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: JM Levine MD Tags: Long-Term Care Risk Management Source Type: podcasts
Geriatrics by Legislation: The Trend Continues
In a recent blog post I pointed out some legislative initiatives that essentially make certain principles of geriatric practice required by law. I noted how these laws can be interpreted as an effort to make up for the scarcity of practicing geriatricians, and the lack of geriatrics training for most physicians in America. President Obama [...] (Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers)
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - December 28, 2010 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: JM Levine MD Tags: Geriatric Medicine Medical Care in America Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, July 9, 2010
This week's audio news summary features a story about the Academy's support for President Obama's appointment of Donald Berwick, M.D., to be the new administrator of CMS; notification from CMS that it will not enforce its July 6 deadline for physician enrollment in the agency's Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System, known as PECOS; news of a push by dozens of organizations, including the AAFP, to convince CMS to allow Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation quitlines; a report that pertussis, or whooping cough, activity is spiking in several states; and an announcement about a new U.S. dietary guidelines report t...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - July 9, 2010 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, June 11, 2010
This week's audio news summary features a story about a Lexington, Va., family medicine practice struggling to recoup $40,000 in unpaid Medicare claims; an account of President Obama's message to seniors at a town hall meeting in Wheaton, Md., that the Medicare payment system needs reform; a report from the Institute of Medicine that calls for the FDA to step up its scrutiny of health claims made by food and nutritional supplement manufacturers; notification of the publication of a final report on TransforMED's patient-centered medical home national demonstration project; and information about a report that suggests higher...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - June 11, 2010 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
Standards Insider: Kevin Hutchinson
Kevin Hutchinson serves on the federal Health Information Technology Standards Panel, advising President Barack Obama's national coordinator for health IT, Dr. David Blumenthal, on the development and use of health information interoperability standards. Hutchinson is CEO of Prematics, an e-prescribing and care communications service provider. (Source: Healthcare IT News Podcasts)
Source: Healthcare IT News Podcasts - May 12, 2010 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain,Chip Means Tags: Barack Obama David Blumenthal Industry News information technology Kevin Hutchinson Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
This week's audio news summary features coverage of an interview with AAFP President Lori Heim, M.D., about the Academy's priorities and goals for the coming year; news of the launch of first lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign to combat childhood obesity; a story on the release of an annual report by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute that outlines the top 10 health issues for 2010; notification that the AAFP is offering new resources to help members prepare for the changeover to the clinical modification of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision -- better known as ICD-10; and not...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - February 12, 2010 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Jan. 29, 2010
This week's audio news summary features coverage of a response from AAFP President Lori Heim, M.D., to President Obama's State of the Union address; a statement from the FDA alerting physicians to a new contraindication for the prescription weight-loss drug sibutramine hydrochloride; a report detailing obstacles to physicians' use of care management tools to treat chronic diseases; and a story that highlights a family physician's success with his organization's electronic health record system. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - January 29, 2010 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, October 9, 2009
This week's audio news summary features a story about AAFP leaders' participation in a White House health care reform meeting during which they met privately with President Obama; an announcement about the release of millions of dollars in recovery act funds to alleviate primary care workforce shortages and expand the use of health information technology; an update on the distribution of vaccine against the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus and new coding information for vaccine administrators; notification from the FDA about a change in heparin manufacturing standards that likely will decrease the potency of the anticoagulan...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - October 9, 2009 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
President Obama Visit to NIH - Recovery To Discovery
Video PodcastPresented by: President Barack Obama and HHS Secretary Kathleen SebeliusAired date: 9/30/2009 11:00:00 AM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - September 30, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts
President Obama Visit to NIH - Recovery To Discovery
Audio PodcastPresented by: President Barack Obama and HHS Secretary Kathleen SebeliusAired date: 9/30/2009 11:00:00 AM Eastern Time (Source: Videocast Podcasts)
Source: Videocast Podcasts - September 30, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: National Institutes of Health Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Sept 25, 2009
This week's audio news summary features a story detailing the Academy's comments on a health reform bill unveiled by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chair of the Senate Finance Committee; an account of congressional testimony given by AAFP Board Chair Jim King, M.D., in which he warns that illness caused by the H1N1 virus could overwhelm the nation's health care system and hit family physicians in solo and small practices especially hard; an update about H1N1 immunization issues, including concerns that many health care workers will not get the vaccine; and news of an announcement from the Obama administration that it has design...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - September 25, 2009 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, July 17, 2009
-- This week's audio news summary features coverage of President Obama's announcement that he has selected Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., an FP from Alabama, as his nominee for U.S. surgeon general; an account of congressional testimony given by AAFP President-elect Lori Heim, M.D., about the need to increase the nation's primary care workforce; an update on the Academy's efforts to maintain fairness and transparency in payers' physician performance programs; word of an FDA decision to require label changes for products that contain the analgesic propoxyphene; and a story on an announcement from the CDC about a new Web-ba...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - July 17, 2009 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
Episode #2: Dissecting "the cost conundrum": McAllen, Gawande, Obama, and healthcare reform in the US
Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - Drs Eric Topol and Paul Teirstein from Scripps (STRI) review the latest cardiology news and events in this freewheeling, unconventional exchange. (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - June 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts
Episode #2: Dissecting "the cost conundrum": McAllen, Gawande, Obama, and healthcare reform in the US
The media is buzzing with discussions of Dr Atul Gawande's article in the New Yorker magazine, which looks at the astounding healthcare costs in the town of McAllen, TX. How did this "outlier" capture the attention of the nation and fuel the debate for healthcare reform? Is the debate fair and balanced or rather tainted by journalistic hyperbole? (Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show)
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - June 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, June 19, 2009
This week's audio news summary features a story about President Obama's appearance at the annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates; coverage of AMA delegates' consideration of a Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs report dealing with commercial support of CME activities; an advisory from the FDA warning consumers to stop using ZICAM intranasal products; a notice about FDA's approval of the first injectable form of ibuprofen; and an announcement from CMS that additional physicians could qualify for 2007 PQRI bonuses. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - June 19, 2009 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
Newsmaker Interview: Sean Walker
Sean Walker is a director in the healthcare group at McGladrey Capital Markets, LLC, a middle-market-focused investment bank. In this interview with Healthcare IT News Contributing Editor Richard Pizzi, Walker discusses the economics of the healthcare industry under the Obama administration and how the investment community will be affected. The discussion touches on topics such as healthcare IT and the outsourcing of physician services. (Source: Healthcare IT News Podcasts)
Source: Healthcare IT News Podcasts - March 26, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Healthcare Finance News Industry News investment bank McGladrey Capital Markets LLC Sean Walker Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Self relevance and the reality-fictional blur
There is a new study in PLOS One that argues that we make reality-fictional distinction on the basis of how personally relevant the event in question is. To be fair, the study focuses on fictional, famous or familiar (friends and family) entities like Cinderella, Obama or our mother and based on the fact that these are arranged in increasing order of personal relevance, as well as represent fictional and real characters, tries to show that one of the means by which we try to distinguish fictional from real characters is by the degree of personal relevance these characters are able to invoke in us.
The authors build upon t...
Source: The Mouse Trap - March 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Sandy G Source Type: podcasts
Dr. A Show 72: Octuplets - Feb 01,2009
The Night Shift with Dr. A and co-host Kat from The Llanview Lowdown talk about a variety of topics including the week's medically related news including the California Octuplets, Bioidentical Hormones, and also discussion of the aftermath of Dr. A Show 71. We'll also try to figure out how $400 million funding for STD prevention will stimulate the US economy and if receiving $200,000 from health care advocacy groups will be seen as a potential conflict of interest and may affect the Senate confirmation of President Obama's pick to reside over the Department of Health and Human Services, the federal agency controlling the U...
Source: Doctor Anonymous Live - January 31, 2009 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Doctor Anonymous Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts
Listen to The Lancet: 31 January
Todd Zwillich discusses the choice of Tom Daschle as US Secretary of Health and Human Services in the new Obama government. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - January 30, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
A Diabetes Drama for President Obama
Michael Dansinger, MD, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, composes a poem that sets priorities for President Obama. (Source: Medscape Journal of Medicine)
Source: Medscape Journal of Medicine - January 30, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MDGeorge D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts
ANN Weekly Podcast - Friday, Jan 16, 2009
This week's audio news summary features the CDC's release of the 2009 immunization schedules for children, adolescents and adults; highlights an interview with AAFP President Ted Epperly, M.D., about the Academy's priorities for 2009; reports on the confirmation hearing of HHS-Secretary designate Tom Daschle; and summarizes the AAFP's outreach to President-elect Barack Obama. (Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now)
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - January 16, 2009 Category: Practice Management Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
TWiV #13 - Top 10 virology stories of 2008
Vincent and Alan talk about President-elect Obama’s choices for his science advisors, SARS sensationalism, a new enteric picornavirus, and the top 10 virology stories of 2008.
Obama’s science advisors (Yahoo story) CDC RSS feed on influenza PNAS paper on a new enteric picornavirus
TWiV’s top 10 virology stories of 2008:
1. Nobel Prize in Medicine to Montagnier, Barré-Sinoussi, and zur Hausen 2. AIDS elite controllers partly explained 3. Cancellation of PAVE HIV-1 vaccine trial 4. Gut homing receptor for HIV-1 5. New Ebola strain 6. New mosquito virus 7. How mosquitoes surviv...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 28, 2008 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV #13 - Top 10 virology stories of 2008
Vincent and Alan talk about President-elect Obama's choices for his science advisors, SARS sensationalism, a new enteric picornavirus, and the top 10 virology stories of 2008. (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 28, 2008 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Science Source Type: podcasts
Beyond a Dying Private Health Insurance Industry: A Hidden Solution in Plain View
John Geyman, MD, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Washington, explains what will happen when the American health insurance industry dies. (Source: Medscape Journal of Medicine)
Source: Medscape Journal of Medicine - October 24, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MDGeorge D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts
The Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Plans: Choices for the Nation
Karen Davis, PhD, President of The Commonwealth Fund in New York, discusses the fundamental differences between Obama and McCain plans. (Source: Medscape Journal of Medicine)
Source: Medscape Journal of Medicine - October 13, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MDGeorge D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts
Urban Native American Health
(Source: MedlinePlus: NLM Director's Comments)
Source: MedlinePlus: NLM Director's Comments - November 20, 2007 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: National Library of Medicine Source Type: podcasts
The Addiction Treatment Workforce: Where We Are, Why We’re Here, and Where We Need to Be
Host: Ivette Torres, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Invited Panelists: Dr. H. Westley Clark, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, Executive Director, The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC);
Martin Waukazoo, Executive Director, Native American Health Center; Dr. Michael Flaherty, ...
Source: Recovery Month Webcast Trailers - August 1, 2006 Category: Addiction Authors: SAMHSA Source Type: podcasts
The Journey to American Health System Reform -- Are We There Yet?
Bill Silberg, Senior Vice President for Communications and Publishing at the Commonwealth Fund, comments on the tipping point in American healthcare reform. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - June 12, 2006 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Bill Silberg Source Type: podcasts
