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Grand Rounds November
Passport Health Names Vice Presidents To Lead New Corporate Division
Vanderbilt University Awarded $40 Million for Clinical and Translational Research
Physicians at Heightened Risk of Having to Close Practices
BlueCross Names Roy Vaughn Director of Communications, Gregg Wins National Honor
Bone & Joint Clinic Adds Joint Replacement Specialist
Expansion of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Takes First Step
New Saint Thomas Heart Mid-State Cardiology, The Heart Group Unite with STHS
Vanderbilt Nurses Elected to National Posts
In the Community: Awards, Honors, Reconition
Dr. Sonali Sheth Joins Mental Health Cooperative
Emdeon Business Services Announces New Dental Eligibility Payers
SeniorMetrix Names Vice President, Operations
Saint Thomas Names Jerry Kearney VP of Mission Services
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Researcher to Lead Collaborative Study on Possible Link Between ADHD Medication and Heart Risk for Children
HCA Announces Retirement Of Far West Division President Tom May
Pediatrician Training Program To Aid Autism Diagnosis In Toddlers
Cogent’s Russell Holman Co-edits New Manual On Hospital Medicine
November 2007
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A Bite of the Big Apple
More than 70 delegates took on New York movers and shakers when Nashville’s Leadership Health Care group made its first foray into the world of Wall Street September 19-20.
They came away with a new appreciation for the workings of the nation’s financial capital and newfound insight into what makes that world of high-stakes finance function at the top level.
KELLY PRICE |
Eskind Diabetes Center Searches for Clues to Type 1 Diabetes
With so much energy and research going into the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes — by far the most prevalent form of the disease in America — the clinicians at Vanderbilt’s Eskind Diabetes Center want to make sure that healthcare providers don’t lose sight of the lifelong battle faced by those diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D).
CINDY SANDERS |
Baptist Arsenal Fights Diabetic Wounds
Any time a patient has a chronic, systemic disease, physicians know they must be prepared to fight on a number of fronts. Certainly this is true of diabetics who also often face cardiovascular complications such as hypertension, vision impairment, neuropathy and wounds that just won’t heal.
CINDY SANDERS |
Mergers and Acquisitions Conference: Deal or No Deal?
What’s on the horizon for healthcare companies in terms of mergers and acquisitions (M&A)? How will they adjust their business plans to deal with the approaching tsunami of baby boomers entering Medicare, the growing legions who can’t afford health insurance and a paradigm shift from disease management to health management?
KELLY PRICE |
Hospitalist Movement Gaining Ground Nationally, Locally
In an era of medical specialties and sub-specialties, a growing number of acute care facilities and primary care physicians are opting to rely on those that specialize in hospital medicine.
Advocates of this model cite quality, convenience, cost efficiency and patient-centered care among the pluses of relinquishing control of inpatient stays to a hospitalist.
CINDY SANDERS |
Laying the Groundwork
You must walk before you can run.
The Tennessee Center for Diabetes Prevention, which celebrates its first anniversary this month, has taken the old adage to heart in awarding $335,000 in Project Diabetes planning grants to seven programs across the state.
CINDY SANDERS |
Stapling Device Seals the Success of Closed-Chest Heart Surgery
When Dr. Louis A. Brunsting and his team performed a closed-chest cardiac bypass at Centennial Medical Center in late August, it was unlike any heart-vessel bypass they had done before — or that any other surgeon in Tennessee had done before. In fact, the surgery had been performed only one other time, just a few days earlier, at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, Va.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Power Play
There’s no mistaking that Tennessee ranks high in the world of healthcare, and Modern Healthcare magazine recently added to the state’s acclaim by including four healthcare power players from the state on its “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare” list.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
How to Negotiate Managed Care Contracts
Negotiation of managed care contracts is one of the most critical and complicated financial issues facing physicians and other healthcare providers. It requires arriving at the bargaining table prepared so that problems can be identified and turned into opportunities. To be successful, there are ten essential items that should be addressed before and during negotiations with the managed care organization (MCO).
SARA S. LANKFORD, CPA |
“Mother May I” Marketing
In September, it was announced that the five largest orthopedic device manufacturers had signed deferred prosecution agreements with the United States Department of Justice and agreed to pay over $350 million in fines. In October, Bristol- Myers Squibb announced a settlement with the government and the payment of a fine of over $500 million.
RICHARD G. COWART |
Diabetes Incidence Rates and Employer-Paid Costs
Diabetes is a major concern for employers.
Research out of Harvard Medical School has shown that diabetics have absenteeism and “presenteeism” (i.e., impaired while at work) rates in excess of other, healthier employees: annual excesses total 6.4 days absenteeism and 7.3 days presenteeism. Combined, that sums to 14 work days (nearly three work weeks) per diabetic per year in lost productivity.
ADAM LONG, PHD |
Dr. Trey Lee Monitors Multiple Surgeries to Help Avoid Nerve Damage
Imagine trying to keep up with six football games at once, with statistics for all the games popping up simultaneously on your computer monitor. Welcome to Dr. George “Trey” Lee’s professional life, only Lee doesn’t monitor gridiron games this way. He monitors surgeries.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Technology Improves Home Health Safety, Efficiency and Care
From electronic health records to sleeker, lightweight instruments to monitor patients’ vitals, technology is changing the face of home healthcare. In Middle Tennessee, home health providers are adopting high-tech advances and adapting them to improve patient care.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
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