Highlights Archive: July 2023

Medication Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

Dr. Colleen Keough discusses pharmaceutical treatment options for patients with a substance abuse disorder, particularly alcohol and opioid use disorders. She focuses on practice recommendations for general internists, and includes resources for screening tools and overdose prevention. 

CME credit available

Featured Grand Rounds

Family Caregivers: An Essential but Often Invisible Part of the Care Team

Dr. Hoda Badr discusses the vital impact of family caregivers in the heath care system, and the lack of preparation and guidance that can cause hardship. She shares her research on implementing a pilot program in which caregivers and patients were provided with intervention manuals and participated in weekly calls with a trained interventionist.

CME credit available

Featured Grand Rounds

Specialist Palliative Care in End-Stage Liver Disease

Dr. Astrid Grouls discusses palliative care for patients with end-stage liver disease, as well as the barriers for its utilization in this patient population.

CME credit available

Featured Grand Rounds

Disability Pride Month

Dr. Lisa Meeks discusses the challenges that patients and learners with disabilities face due to harmful stereotypes, lack of access, and lack of inclusion. She shares trends and best practices to address these barriers to care and education.

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World Hepatitis Awareness Month

Dr. Norah Terrault discusses current trends in epidemiology and treatments for alcohol-associated hepatitis. She reviews findings from her research in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis as an indication for liver transplant.

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Impact of Correctional Health on Population Health

Dr. Arpit Rao discusses synthetic lethality as a treatment mechanism for prostate cancer, indications for PARP inhibitor therapies, clinical trials involving novel PARP inhibitors, and how to deliver high quality care after these drugs have been integrated into routine clinical practice.

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Healthcare Economics

In this two-part video presentation, (Healthcare Economics - Who Pays and Healthcare Economics - Cost of Care & Value), it will review the components of insurance, the different insurance models available in the US, and the common ethical issues around healthcare costs and strategies to best manage them.

CME and Ethics credit available

On-Demand Activities You May Have Missed

Update on Hyperparathyroidism

Dr. Feibi Zheng discusses primary hyperparathyroidism, the most common cause of hypercalcemia in the outpatient setting, for which many patients do not receive adequate workup. Dr. Zheng reviews the diagnostic criteria and surgical indications for this disorder.

CME credit available

On-Demand Activities You May Have Missed

Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure: Evidence Driving the Guidelines

At the CommonSpirit Health Physician Enterprise Symposium Dr. Joseph Rogers discusses the advances in heart failure management and identifies strategies for how to integrate the primary care provider into the decision pathway.

CME credit available

On-Demand Activities You May Have Missed

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Symposium 2023

This conference covers the pathophysiology of pulmonary vein stenosis and the challenges regarding the modes of optimal diagnosis & treatment. The rational of the diagnosis & treatment will be provided.

September 22 - 23, 2023 | CME credit available

Upcoming Conference