Medscape Pediatrics Podcast
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Podcast Description
Latest medical news and features from Medscape Pediatrics
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Smile! Your Handwashing Is on Candid Camera | Can video monitoring of handwashing, with feedback to staff, improve the abysmally low hand-hygiene compliance rates? | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PCORI: What Is It? How Does It Work? The Director Explains | Dr. Joseph Selby, head of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, tells Dr. Eli Adashi what this newly created institute is all about. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Which Complementary and Alternative Therapies Merit Study? | Paul A. Offit, MD, believes that NCCAM should reconsider funding studies of therapies that "border on mysticism" and focus on research based on sound biologic principles. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weight of the Nation: A Review of the HBO Series | Sandra Fryhofer, MD, reviews Weight of the Nation, an HBO series that provides a comprehensive and transformative picture of obesity in America. | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keeping Patients Safe From Infection in Outpatient Settings | In the absence of accreditation, patient safety is largely a matter of trust in ambulatory care settings. Joseph Perz of the CDC explains. | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keeping Patients Safe From Infection in Outpatient Settings | In the absence of accreditation, patient safety is largely a matter of trust in ambulatory care settings. Joseph Perz of the CDC explains. | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'? | A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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EHR: Forget Billing and Go for the Registry | Bob Morrow, MD, a family physician in the Bronx, has had a lot of experience with EHRs and now advocates a registry-based system. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What You Might Have Missed From AAPOS | Dr. Monte Mills takes a quick tour of the most interesting topics from this year's American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) meeting in San Antonio. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Exercise for Any Patient, Every Patient | The Exercise is Medicine initiative will help you incorporate physical activity counseling and recommendations into the briefest of healthcare encounters. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Doc Takes Issue With Public Views of EMR | Comments posted to a New York Times article about electronic medical records prompt Dr. Bruce Cheson to assess the pros and cons of EMRs. | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The ACA and the Supreme Court: What Are the Scenarios? | Stuart Altman, PhD, of Brandeis University, talks with Eli Y. Adashi, MD, about US healthcare reform and the upcoming Supreme Court hearings on the Affordable Care Act. | 3/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Guidance on ADHD for Clinicians | New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics aid in the multidisciplinary management of ADHD in children of all ages. | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Increases the Risk for Persistent MRSA After Decolonization? | A new study looks at the relationship between combined low-level mupirocin and genotypic chlorhexidine resistance and persistent MRSA. William R. Jarvis, MD, comments. | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Listeria: Food Poisoning's Rare but Deadly Germ | Refresh your knowledge of the high risk patients, and the high risk foods associated with listeriosis, in this update from the CDC. | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tracking Healthcare Variability: Is More Care Better Care? | It has been more than 4 decades since Dr. John Wennberg first identified healthcare disparities across the United States and found that more care doesn't necessarily mean better care. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Oral Acyclovir in Newborns With HSV Beneficial? | Commentary on this F1000 study discusses the effects of oral acyclovir suppression on neurodevelopment in the newborn with herpes simplex virus. | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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EMR: Efficiency Mauled Repeatedly | Dr. John Marshall says that his efficiency as a clinician is undermined as he spends more and more time entering data into the EMR with less and less administrative support. Is there a way out? | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Influenza: It's Not Too Late to Vaccinate! | A recommendation from you is the most important factor in a patient's decision to have a flu shot. | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Healthcare Gone Missing: The State of the Union Address | Henry R. Black, MD, and Roxana Mehran, MD, talked with Medscape after the 2012 State of the Union address about why healthcare was missing and what that portends. | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform | Dr. Elliott Fisher of the Dartmouth Institute discusses the ins and out of ACOs and more. | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When Staph Won't Go Away: Recurrent Boils | When skin and soft tissue infections due to MRSA won't go away, what is the clinician to do? Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, comments. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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HRSA's Wakefield on CHCs, ACOs and Strengthening the Health Workforce | Community health centers may already be ahead of the curve when it comes to care coordination, strengthening the healthcare workforce and the implementation of ACOs under the Affordable Care Act. | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Closer Look at Suicide and Antidepressants | Dr. Peter Yellowlees reviews a study examining the association between antidepressants and suicidality. Should the black box warning be directed toward patients of all ages? | 12/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to Find and Cut Wasted Time From Each Patient Visit | Doctors can speed up the patient visit without rushing or sacrificing quality. This lets a physician see more patients each day. Here's how to analyze the patient visit workflow. | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Hating Your Nose Pathologic? | Patients seek rhinoplasty because they dislike the shape or size or their noses. But is this pathologic? | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Should Gay Doctors Reveal Their Orientation to Patients? | A religious radio host recently exhorted parents to avoid gay doctors. An ethics expert talks about patients’ right to select their physicians and doctors’ rights to be open about their lives. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Three Challenges That ICD-10 Brings to Doctors | ICD-10 will have a huge impact on physicians' daily lives and revenue. It's important to make the transition smooth and be ready, or the practice could end up losing significant money when billing. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stopping the Hospital Spread of Gram-Negative Bacilli | With the bottom of the beta-lactam barrel clearly visible, these strategies to halt transmission are imperative. | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boosting Profits: How to Increase Staff Efficiency | Sometimes the wrong staff members are inadvertently doing the wrong things. Hidden office inefficiencies can cost a practice money. Here's how to solve that problem. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Small Practices Can Prosper Even Now - Here's How | Despite challenges to small- and medium-sized practices, there are ways to tap into the unique advantages of smaller practices and ask yourself questions that can bolster your profits. | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Diabetes in Young Adults: New Guidelines | Pediatric patients with diabetes who are transitioning to adult care are particularly vulnerable, says Dr. Anne Peters, who co-chaired a committee that produced new clinical guidelines for these "emerging adults." | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Immunization in Teens: Good News, Bad News | Paul Offit, MD, asks why we are "raising a generation of girls who are susceptible to cervical cancer even when we have the technology to prevent it." | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mucormycosis: When to Think Fungal Infection | An outbreak of mucormycosis occurred after the recent tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri. Would you have diagnosed these infections? | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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$$$$ Reward if Bachmann Proves Vaccine Causes 'Retardation' | Bioethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, offers $10,000 if GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann proves that taking the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has led to "retardation," as she recently claimed. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Influenza Vaccine: Guidelines for Those With Egg Allergy | Vaccine expert Paul A. Offit, MD, describes the new guidelines for influenza vaccine in those with egg allergy. Learn more here. | 9/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Evaluating Hyperpyrexia During a Very Hot Summer | During an unusually hot summer, how can the clinician differentiate hyperthermia from a fever of infection? Do the old guidelines hold? | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use | New guidelines from the CDC will help providers counsel patients on appropriate contraceptive method choices. | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Concierge Practice: Unjust for Patients and Doctors Alike | Concierge medicine is gaining in popularity, and physicians claim that doctors are entitled to practice the way they want and patients enjoy this. Ethics expert Art Caplan, PhD, says it's an unfair arrangement. | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Growing Concern in US Children | Dr. Robert Findling discusses the alarming rise in the prevalence of developmental disabilities in US children and the resulting strain on health and education resources. | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Treating Mental Health Conditions in Military Families | Dr. Elspeth Ritchie discusses mental health conditions commonly seen in military personnel and their families while suggesting appropriate interventions. | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can Congress Pass Federal Tort Reform? | Eli Y. Adashi talks to Congressman Phil Gingrey, MD, who expresses his strong support of tort reform and his opposition to the Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements of the Affordable Care Act. | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Sustainable Growth Rate -- What Happens Now? | Senator Tom Coburn describes the future of Medicare reimbursements and comments on other issues of concern for physicians, such as tort reform and the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act. | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Consumer Medication Information: One Page Fits All | Sandra Fryhofer, MD, talks about the new initiative for putting consumer drug information into a single document. | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Preventive Care: Finally Covered, Says Don Berwick | Donald M. Berwick, MD, of CMS talks about what is now being covered for preventive care under the Affordable Care Act and where you can find more information. | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Senator Coburn on Medicaid: Let the Market Decide | Tom Coburn, one of 3 physicians in the US Senate, discusses the realities of Medicaid in today's healthcare system and the struggles faced by healthcare providers and patients. | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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E-Prescribe by January -- Here's How | Donald M. Berwick, MD, of the CMS provides specific advice and resources for implementing e-prescribing into your practice. | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bumps in the Night: When Bed Bugs Bite | Bedbugs are certainly a creepy nuisance, but can their bites transmit disease? Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, offers his thoughts. | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The New USDA Plate Icon: Serving It to Your Patients | -- | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Episodes |
