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Marc Manger (UCLA CSP 80-82) named “super doctor” by Phoenix medical professionals for his outstanding work as a diagnostic radiologist. More than 8.600 Phoenix doctors were surveyed. Doctors are asked to submit their nominees based on one question: “If you needed medical care in one of the following specialties, which doctor would you choose?"
http://www.ahwatukee.com/community_focus/neighbors/article_d457ac6e-4f5e-11e1-bca1-0019bb2963f4.html
Clinical Scholar community partner Sagali Ali, who worked with Crista Johnson (Michigan CSP 05-08) on a CBPR project with the Somali refugee community, honored at the White House as a Champion of Change. The White House honored 14 leaders in American Diaspora communities with roots in theHorn of Africa as Champions of Change. These leaders are helping to build stronger neighborhoods in communities across the country, and are working to mobilize networks across borders to address global challenges.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/champions
Alyna Chien (Chicago CSP 04-06) publishes article examining pay for performance in physician organizations located in lower socio-economic areas in the Journal of General Internal Medicine; December 13, 2011. The article, “Do Physician Organizations Located in Lower Socioeconomic Status Areas Score Lower on Pay-for-Performance Measures?” finds physician organizations' performance scores in a major pay for performance program vary by the socioeconomic status of the areas in which their practice sites are located. Pay for performance programs that do not account for this are likely to pay higher bonuses to physician organizations in higher socioeconomic status areas, thus increasing the resource gap betweenthese physician organizations and physician organizations in lower socio-economic areas.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p212v136335v8662/
Rebekah Gee (Penn CSP 06-09) publishes article addressing the gap in medical education leadership training in The Lancet: Vol. 379 No. 9813 p e25. The article, “IAMP tackles a void in medical education: leadership,” discusses the initial effort to remedy the leadership training gap in medical education by the Inter Academy Medical Panel (IAMP)Young Physician Leaders (YPL) program. Dr. Gee is the only physician from the United States to serve on the inaugural IAMP YPL programheld during the third World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120201/Effort-to-address-void-in-worldwide-medical-education.aspx
Raina Merchant (Penn 07-10) discusses innovative method to map life-saving defibrillators in a RWJF Human Capital Blog. Known as MyHeartMap Challenge, the pilot program developed by Dr. Merchant uses social media and social networking tools to gather critical public health data and create searchable maps of Philadelphia’s AEDs that can be used by health professionals and the general public.
http://blog.rwjf.org/humancapital/2012/01/31/myheartmap-challenge-mapping-life-saving-defibrillators-in-philadelphia/
Anthony Lehman (UCLA CSP 79-81) appointed as the new senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In his new role, Dr. Lehman — professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry — will work closely with the University of Maryland Medical Center, the University of Maryland Medical System, the Baltimore VA Medical Center and the medical school’s faculty practice plan to strengthen the School of Medicine’s clinical affairs efforts.
http://somvweb.som.umaryland.edu/absolutenm/templates/?a=1723
Rebekah Gee (Penn CSP 06-09) weighs in on Louisiana’s attempt to reduce premature births by 8% in the next two years. Known as The Louisiana Birth Outcomes Initiative, the program focuses on finding solutions to the state's poor birth outcomes. According to Gee, there's been a practice by doctors and patientsaround the state to deliver babies early, based on the doctor's and patient's convenience rather than the physical readiness of the baby and mother.
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20120116/NEWS01/201160321/
?odyssey=mod_sectionstories
Margaret Gourlay (UNC CSP 02-04) talks to NPR about her latest study on older women and frequency of bone scan
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The bone-thinning disease called osteoporosis is a big problem for women past menopause. It causes painful spine fractures and broken hips that plunge many women into a final downward spiral.
So it seemed to make sense to monitor older women's bones on a regular basis to see when they need to start taking drugs that prevent bone loss and fractures. Since Medicare will pay for a bone-density scan every two years, that's what many women have been getting.
But a new study says it's not necessary for perhaps half of women over 67.
These women show no bone loss, or very little, on their first bone density scan. For them, the study says, it's not necessary to do another scan for 15 years.
For women whose initial bone scan shows a moderate level of bone loss, the study indicates another scan in five years. And for those with pronounced bone thinning – but not yet at a level considered osteoporosis – scanning should be done once a year to predict when a fracture may be imminent and drug therapy should begin.
The study appears in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Margaret Gourlay of the University of North Carolina, who led the study, told Shots her team didn't expect older women with normal or near-normal bone density would take so long to develop osteoporosis. Of the 5,000 women in the study, half were in this low-risk group at the age of 67.
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Justin Fox (Yale CSP 10-12), Cary Gross (JHU CSP 97-99), and others discuss older patient experiences in the mammography decision-making process. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(1):62-64.
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Health Services Research publishes articles by RWJF Clinical Scholars alumni as part of a special issue on "Bridging the Gap between Research and Health Policy" featuring articles by current and former RWJF Clinical Scholars. Print edition to be pub in Feb 2012.
Building a Bridge to Somewhere Better: Linking Health Care Research and Health Policy
From Research to Health Policy Impact
Health Insurance Can Increase Pediatric Asthma Diagnosis, Treatment
State-Level Variations in Racial Health Disparities
Translating Evidence-Based Research In to Health Care Practice
"Does This Doctor Speak My Language?"
Is Patient Safety Improving? National Trends in Patient Safety Indicators: 1998–2007
A Policy Impact Analysis of the Mandatory NCAA Sickle Cell Trait Screening Program
Physician Practices and Readiness for Medical Home Reforms: Policy, Pitfalls, and Possibilities
Physician Social Networks and Variation in Prostate Cancer Treatment in Three Cities
Interpretation Systems Important for Emergency Department Care
Expanding the Safety-Net of Specialty Care for the Uninsured: A Case Study
Kelly Kyanko (Yale CSP 09-11) co-authors study that points to use of out of network services by women more than men as a possible factor in higher health care costs (pending publication).
http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/25213-Use-out--network-services-may-explain-higher-health-care-costs-for-women.html
Zachary Meisel (Penn CSP 08-11) writes a weekly blog The Medical Insider in Time.com
Links:
12/30/11 - Should Your Doctor Be Napping on the Job?
http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/30/should-your-doctor-be-napping-on-the-job
11/15/11 - Can Doctors Have Work-Life Balance? Medical Students Discuss
http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/15/can-doctors-have-work-life-
balance-medical-students-discuss/
8/29/11 - Why You Don’t Want to Get Sick on a Saturday
http://ideas.time.com/2011/08/29/why-you-dont-want-to-get-sick-on-a-saturday/
Click here to read other Time Medical Insider articles written by Dr. Zachary Meisel >>
Donna Zulman (Michigan CSP 08-11 VA Scholar) authors an article in Annals of Internal Medicine on patient interest in sharing their electronic health information.
Press Release:
http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2011/december/phr.html
Yahoo! News:
http://news.yahoo.com/survey-finds-va-patients-favor-sharing-health-information-170003131.html
Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/19/us-records-idUSTRE7BI22I20111219
Kara Odom Walker (UCLA CSP 07-10), Arleen Brown (UCLA CSP 96-98), Robin Clarke (UCLA CSP), and Gery Ryan publish report studying the impact of hospital safety net closures on primary care physicians in Annals of Family Medicine: November/December 2011 vol. 9 no. 6 496-503. The study, “Effect of Closure of a Local Safety-Net Hospital on Primary Care Physicians’ Perceptions of Their Role in Patient Care,” found physicians in close proximity to the closed hospital—even those practicing in nonunderserved settings—reported difficulty getting their patients needed care that extended beyond the anticipated loss of inpatient services.
Annals of Family Medicine:
http://www.annfammed.org/content/9/6/496.full
Health LeadersMedia:
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/COM-274039/How-SafetyNet-Hospital-Closings-Affect-PCPs.html
Alicia I. Arbaje, MD, MPH (JHU 03-05) was interviewed for the RWJF Human Capital Blog on "Navigating Care Across Settings: The Role of Caregivers"
http://blog.rwjf.org/humancapital/2011/12/13/navigating-care-across-settings-the-role-of-caregivers/
Raina Merchant (Penn CSP 07-10) leads study on early withdrawal of care among cardiac arrest patients published in Critical Care Medicine, 10 November 2011 doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182372f93. The study, “Timing of Neuroprognostication in Postcardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia,” finds physicians may be making premature predictions about which patients are not likely to survive following cardiac arrest – and even withdrawing care -- before the window in which comatose patients who have received therapeutic hypothermia are most likely to wake up.
Critical Care Medicine:
http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/publishahead/Timing_of_
neuroprognostication_in_postcardiac.98175.aspx
HealthCanal:
http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/23329-Withdrawal-Care
-Among-Cardiac-Arrest-Patients-Treated-with-Therapeutic-Hypothermia-May-
Occur-Too-Soon-Penn-Researchers-Report.html
Zach Meisel (Penn CSP 08-11) and Jason Karlawish publish study in JAMA arguing for the value of personal narrative when evaluating evidence. The study, “Narrative vs. Evidence-Based Medicine—And, Not Or,” urges guideline developers and regulatory scientists to recognize, adapt, and deploy narrative to explain the science of guidelines to patients and families, health care professionals, and policy makers to promote their optimal understanding, uptake, and use.
JAMA:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/306/18/2022.full
RWJF.org:
http://blog.rwjf.org/humancapital/2011/11/21/narratives-to-promote-evidence/
Vijay Singh (Michigan CSP 07-10) and Katherine Gold (Michigan CSP 05-07) co-author study on the risk of suicide among pregnant women and new mothers in General Hospital Psychiatry. Increased screening of pregnant women and new mothers for major depression and conflicts with intimate partners may help identify women at risk for suicide.
General Hospital Psychiatry:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163834311003069
HealthCanal:
http://www.healthcanal.com/pregnancy-childbirth/23964-Health-care-providers-should-alert-risk-suicide-among-pregnant-women-and-new-mothers.html
Camilla Sasson (Michigan CSP 07-10) leads study finding cardiac arrest survival rates at home or at work have remained virtually unchanged over 30 years. This was the first study to look at the associations between five clinical variables and overall survival from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Circulation:
http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/
CMIO:
http://www.cmio.net/index.php?article=19909&option=com_articles&publication=&view
=portals
Kate Goodrich (Yale CSP 08-10) is featured in The Hospitalist discussing her path to a health policy career. In the article, “She’s Found Her Calling” Dr. Goodrich discusses how her experience as a hospitalist and with the Clinical Scholars program has helped build a solid foundation for health policy work at the federal level.
http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/1409001/Shes_Found_Her_Calling.html
Karin Rhodes (JHU CSP 95-97) receives the American Public Health Association's Student Assembly Public Health Mentoring Award. A teacher at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, researcher and physician in the emergency department at the University's hospital, Rhodes was nominated by a group of graduate students who had worked with her over a period of five years.
RWJF.org
http://www.rwjf.org/humancapital/product.jsp?id=73535
Gates Foundation Names Dr. Christopher Elias (Washington CSP 88-90) to Lead Expanded Global Development Program
PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gates-foundation-names-dr-christopher-elias-to-lead-expanded-global-development-program-132933048.html
PR Newswire UK
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=338139
Stacy Lindau (Chicago CSP 00-02) and team publish article on the health benefits of low-income mothers moving to lower poverty areas in The New England Journal of Medicine, 2011; 365:1509-1519. The study, “Neighborhoods, Obesity, and Diabetes — A Randomized Social Experiment,” used data from a social experiment to assess the association of randomly assigned variation in neighborhood conditions with obesity and diabetes.
New England Journal of Medicine:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1103216
EurekAlert:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uoc-mpw101411.php
Katherine Gold (Michigan CSP 05-07) heads study on women’s use of Internet forums to cope with pregnancy loss to be published in Women’s Health Issues, 2011; DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.07.006. The study, “Internet Message Boards for Pregnancy Loss: Who’s On-Line and Why,” surveyed more than 1,000 women on 18 message boards. The study found only half of women surveyed were within their first year of loss after pregnancy and only 2% of African American women used the internet message boards.
ScienceDaily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020024834.htm
Lisa Diamond (Yale CSP 06-08), Elizabeth Jacobs (Chicago CSP 96-98), and team publish study examining how physicians characterize their skills in a second language in Health Services Research, 27 Oct. 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01338.x. The study, “’Does This Doctor Speak My Language?’ Improving the Characterization of Physician Non-English Language Skills,” examines how physicians at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation describe their language skills under the old categorization system versus a newly adapted version of the Interagency Language Roundtable.
Health Behavior News Service:
http://www.cfah.org/hbns/archives/getDocument.cfm?documentID=22445
Jane Jue (Penn CSP 08-11) and Josh Metlay (Penn CSPCo-Director) evaluate the prevalence and use of college web-based health resources in Preventing Chronic Disease: 2011;8(6): A138. The study, “Web-Based Health Resources at US Colleges: Early Patterns and Missed Opportunities in Preventive Health,” found 60% of colleges provided some web-based health resources, most commonly around topics of mental health and general health. The report highlights the lack of online resources around nutrition, physical activity and tobacco cessation.
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2011/nov/10_0236.htm
James Tulsky (UCSF CSP 91-93) elected to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR). The NACNR is the principal advisory board for the National Institute of NursingResearch (NINR).
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2011/ninr-17.htm
Tom Boyce (UNC CSP 74-76), Sharon Inouye (Yale CSP 87-89), and Barbara Vickrey (UCLA CSP 88-90) were recently elected as new members to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. The ClinicalScholars program now has 42 alumni who have been inducted into the IOM.
http://www.iom.edu/Global/News%20Announcements/2011-New-Members.aspx
Jeremiah Schuur (Yale CSP 2007) and Arjun Venkatesh (Yale CSP 2012) in studying hand hygiene of healthcare workers in the emergency department found certain care situations, including bed location and type of healthcare worker performing care, resulted in poorer hand hygiene practice. The study was reported in the November issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the Journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Click here to read the press release >>
Jeremiah Schuur (Yale CSP 2007) and Arjun Venkatesh (Yale CSP 2012) author study showing national use of observation care for emergency department patients on the rise.
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