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KOL Knockout™: Cancer Pain Management Edition

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2023/12/05

Host: Pranshu Mohindra, MDGuest: Melissa Teply, MD Guest: Judith Paice, PhD, RN Guest: Fionnuala Crowley, MD This enduring program of the live-virtual symposium will focus on the challenges of managing cancer pain using the Evolve KOL Knockout™ case-based format. The key opinion leaders (KOLs) will be challenged by the host/moderator to diagnose and manage patient scenarios with varying levels of difficulty. Learners will vote on the winner of each case presentation round

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What to Know About the No Surprises Act

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2021/12/21

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: Emily Carroll, JD, MSW The No Surprises Act aims to protect consumers from surprise medical bills. But how exactly does it go about doing that, and what’s the current status of its implementation? Joining Dr. Charles Turck to share progress and challenges associated with the No Surprises Act is Ms. Emily Carroll, a senior legislative attorney for the American Medical Association's Advocacy Resource Center.

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Changing the Conversation in Palliative & Hospice Care

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2018/09/05

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Palliative and hospice care both have very important roles in healthcare, but unfortunately, they are often overlooked as resources. Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Chief Medical Officer of Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice Dr. Stephen Goldfine, who offers his perspective on the stigma surrounding these two areas of healthcare and recommendations on how to make the conversation easier for you and your patients.

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In Shock: One Doctor's Journey from Death to Recovery...

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2018/01/26

Host: John Russell, MD As a young critical care physician, Dr. Rana Awdish was transfigured from a doctor into a critically ill patient in an instant. This transposition, coincidentally timed at the end of her medical training, instantly laid bare the vast chasm between the conventional practice of medicine and the stark reality of the prostrate patient. Host Dr. John Russell chats with Dr. Rana Awdish about this transformation and how she came to understand the fatal flaws in her

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The Benefits of In-Home Palliative Care

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2017/06/08

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Evan Rubin, DO Palliative care patients who received in-home, interdisciplinary care could be less likely to need emergency room visits or get admitted to the hospital than those receiving more standard home care. On today’s program, host Dr. Jennifer Caudle will be joined by Dr. Evan Rubin, an internal medicine doctor with Visiting Physician Services, to focus on this unique model for palliative care, how it can improve the quality of life for

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End-of-Life Care: A Physician's Guide to Helping...

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2017/03/24

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO The burden of deciding end-of-life care often falls on family and friends when patients are no longer able to make decisions regarding their own care. What do physicians need to know when guiding families through these tough situations? Host Dr. Jennifer Caudle is joined by Dr. Marianne Holler, Medical Director of Hospice and Palliative Programs for the VNA Health Group of New Jersey. They talk about what physicians can do to aid families when faced with

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Study Compares Health Care Usage, Cost in Developed...

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2016/01/26

[Read the Article] To some, end of life care in the United States is considered resource intensive, expensive, and inattentive to patients' needs. So how does the United States compare to other countries? A new study examined several health care measures at the end of life for cancer patients in five European countries, Canada and the United States.Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine compared the health care experience for cancer patients older than

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Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way...

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2014/07/23

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Host Dr. Maurice Pickard welcomes award-winning journalist Katy Butler. In her book, Knocking on Heaven's Door, she speaks for the twenty-four million Americans who are helping their parents through their final years. Ms. Butler's memoir and investigation reports on the modern complications of technology, medicine, and business toward the process of dying.Knocking on Heaven's Doorhelps encourage readers to have the difficult conversations with loved ones that

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Focusing on Comfort in Caring for Patients with...

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2011/04/12

Host: Eric Tangalos, MD Guest: Tena Alonzo, MA How can creating a more positive emotional experience for patients with dementia or Alzheimer's diminish behavior issues and improve quality of life? Tena Alonzo, director of research and co-director of the Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia program at Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix, discusses a common-sense approach to creating a comforting environment for those with dementia and Alzheimer's, which focuses on meeting each patient's

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Updated Guidelines for Brain Death and the Impact on...

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2011/02/23

Host: Anthony Alessi, MD Guest: Eelco Wijdicks, MD, PhD The American Academy of Neurology released new guidelines for determining brain death in adults, providing a step-by-step process for making this decision consistent among hospitals in the United States. One major departure in these guidelines is the recommendation of a single exam, rather than multiple exams occurring at several-hour intervals. How does this change impact organ donation following brain death? Dr. Eelco

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Improving Access to Controlled Substances in...

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2011/01/24

Guest: Matthew Wayne, MD, CMD Host: Eric Tangalos, MD Regulations regarding nurses as prescribing agents of physicians in long-term care facilities are more restrictive than in the hospital setting, because controlled substance licenses are not currently approved for nursing homes in most states. These restrictions can make it challenging for long-term care patients to receive timely access to narcotics. Dr. Matthew Wayne, medical director, geriatric medicine, University Hospital

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Palliative Care in Late-Stage Disease and Hospice

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2011/01/07

Guest: Peter Winn, MD, CMD Host: Eric Tangalos, MD With palliative and hospice care, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. What differentiates these two types of care and how can physicians decide which approach to palliative or hospice care is best for each patient?Dr. Peter Winn, professor in the department of family medicine at Oklahoma University School of Medicine in Oklahoma City, discusses various types of care at the end of life, and outlines conditions that might require

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Knowing the Facts: Advance Directives and End-of-Life...

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2011/01/07

Guest: Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD Host: Eric Tangalos, MD "Advance directive" is an umbrella term that encompasses end-of-life documents, including a living will and durable power of attorney for healthcare. Such documents can be scary for many patients, and as such, advance directives are not very common among the general US population. Yet these documents can be powerful tools in ensuring patients receive the type of care they desire. What do physicians need to know about advance

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Pets, Culture Change and Compassion in Long-Term Care

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2010/07/13

Guest: David Dosa, MD, MPH Host: Eric Tangalos, MD Long-term care facilities that include pets as residents are finding that fuzzy friends offer not only companionship to their human residents, but also comfort at the end of life. Dr. David Dosa,geriatrician and health services researcher at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and author of Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat,shares his stories about a nursing home cat named Oscar with an

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New Frontiers and Challenges for Alzheimer's Drugs

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2010/05/19

Guest: William Thies, PhD Host: Bruce Japsen Some 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, with more cases sure to develop as the baby boomer generation ages. New potential discoveries are on the horizon. But, as Dr. William Thies, chief medical and scientific officer for the national office of the Alzheimer's Association, tells host Bruce Japsen, significant challenges and obstacles also lie ahead for these potential ground-breaking discoveries.

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The Challenges to Pain Management in Geriatric Patients

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2010/01/21

Guest: Sean Morrison, MD Host: Porter Storey, MD What is the best treatment for our geriatric patients in pain? Do the hazards of analgesics outweigh the harm of being of pain for these patients? Dr. Sean Morrison joins host Dr. Porter Storey to explore pain's implications, treatment options, and red flags when treating geriatric patients. Series Produced In Cooperation With Sponsored By

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Palliative Care's Role in Treatment of the Seriously Ill

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2010/01/21

Guest: Russell K. Portenoy, MD Host: Porter Storey, MD More than half of the United States’ large hospitals have a palliative care team. What constitutes good palliative care? How do specialist palliative care and generalist care differ? Tune in for an exploration of the best practices in the treatment of patients with serious or life-threatening illness, with host Dr. Porter Storey and Dr. Russell Portenoy,chairman of the department of pain medicine and palliative care at

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Religious Issues Affecting End of Life Care

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2010/01/21

Guest: Richard Payne, MD Host: Porter Storey, MD Our patients' religious and spiritual beliefs must guide our care of them at end of life. Dr. Richard Payne, director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, tells host Dr. Porter Storey that the patients' conception of pain and end of life will shape how patients and their families will view these experiences. They also discuss how clinicians might navigate medical decisions in the context of culturally-determined beliefs

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A Compassionate Presence: Reiki as Alternative Pain...

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2009/12/04

Host: Eric Tangalos, MD Guest: Harold Bob, MD, CMD If you were told there was a method of reducing pain that was low- or no cost, not harmful, and effective, would you be interested in learning more? Nothing can replace evidence-based medicine, but the human connection between physician and patient can go a long way to reducing patients' pain and suffering. How can Reiki and other alternative healing methods complement conventional evidence-based medicine? Dr. Harold Bob, managing

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Real Issues in End of Life Care

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2009/09/21

Guest: Ira Byock, MD Host: Martin Samuels, MD Does discussion of end-of-life issue have to devolve into questions about physician-assisted suicide or so-called death panels? Joining host Dr. Martin Samuels is Dr. Ira Byock, director of palliative medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcok Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. They discuss why this area of medicine is so important, how to better instruct medical students in the field, and the role of compassion in end-of-life care.

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