Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: John Jernigan, MD MRSA has been around for decades. Did we realize the size of the potential threat 40 years ago? Could we have done more in years past to prevent the transmissions that occur today? Dr. Bill Rutenberg discusses these questions and more with our guest, Dr. John Jernigan.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: John Jernigan, MD Our guest, Dr. John Jernigan discusses the CDC's response to MRSA with host, Dr. Bill Rutenberg. Topics included: resources available, education & training, measuring impact and measuring adhearance.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: John Jernigan, MD In an interview with host Dr. Bill Rutenberg, Dr. John Jernigan of the CDC says that MRSA is really a problem of transmission. In this segment, he discusses the 5 C's of transmission, risks and the differences between community-acquired MRSA versus hospital-acquired MRSA.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Charles Orth, Chief Fire Battalion Chief Charles Orth of Wilmette, Illinois Fire Department, as 28 year veteran of the force. Chief Orth is also the medical officer for the department, has been a paramedic for the last 26 years, and is an Illinois State Fire investigator discusses health care stories from his 28 years in the fire service.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Charles Orth, Chief Fire Battalion Chief Charles Orth of Wilmette, Illinois Fire Department, as 28 year veteran of the force. Chief Orth is also the medical officer for the department, has been a paramedic for the last 26 years, and is an Illinois State Fire investigator is discussing the EMS system,EMT's and Paramedics in the healthcare system.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Charles Orth, Chief Fire Battalion Chief Charles Orth of Wilmette, Illinois Fire Department, as 28 year veteran of the force. Chief Orth is also the medical officer for the department, has been a paramedic for the last 26 years, and is an Illinois State Fire investigator is discussing the EMS system, when did it begin and where is it going?

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: John Driscoll John Driscoll, President of the Chicago based company Alter+care, a company that plans, develops, finances and manages Wellness Centers and other healthcare facilities, discusses physician/hospital relationships.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: John Driscoll John Driscoll, President of the Chicago based company Alter+care, a company that plans, develops, finances and manages Wellness Centers and other healthcare facilities, discusses healthcare financing and alternative opportunities.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Fran Griffin, MPA Ms. Griffin, a Director at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, discusses strategies to reduce perioperative complications. She covers not only the theoretical basis for these interventions but also their implementation in the hospital setting.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Fran Griffin, MPA Ms. Griffin, a Director at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, discusses specific interventions that can be taken to prevent the spread of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infections. She also outlines practical implementation of these strategies.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Helen Caldicott, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard speaks with Dr. Helen Caldicott, Founder and President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute (NPRI), about novel solutions for addressing our global energy needs with an emphasis on our cultural preservation. Dr. Caldicott brings attention to the need for resolution, rather than just capability, from our policy makers to a...

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Helen Caldicott, MD Dr. Maurice Pickard talks with Dr. Helen Caldicott about the growing medical hazards of the modern nuclear age. Citizens don't have the luxury of time to remain ignorant, as even the very air we breath is being endangered.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Arjun Srinivasan, MD Dr. Shira Johnson interviews Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, who is a Medical Epidemiologist from the CDC in Atlanta. His work is to diagnose and to prevent outbreaks of infections in the hospital and in the community. Learn about a resistant infection caused by Acinetobacter which is prolonging ICU stays across the country. Acinetobacter species has becom...

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Arjun Srinivasan, MD Join Dr Shira Johnson as she interviews Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, a Medical Epidemiologist from the CDC in Atlanta. His job is to investigate outbreaks of infections in hospitals and communities across the country and importantly, to prevent them from occurring again. Why is resistance spreading from the community to the hospital, and are we respondi...

Host: Shira Johnson, MD Guest: Arjun Srinivasan, MD Dr. Arjun Srinivasan is a Medical Epidemiologist at the CDC in Atlanta, and his work involves diagnosing and and stopping outbreaks of infectious diseases. Join Dr. Shira Johnson as she interviews him to learn why a virulent strain of the well known MRSA microcrobe is on the rise in the community at this time. Are we effective in our approach to...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Donna Jarmusz, MA Donna Jarmusz,Vice President for Development and Strategic Initiatives of the Chicago based company Alter+care, an integrated, comprehensive consulting services company that plans, develops, finances and manages healthcare real estate assets, discusses how physicians can improve the success of their practices through Comprehensive Facility Planni...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Donna Jarmusz, MA Donna Jarmusz, vice president for development and strategic initiatives for the Chicago-based company Alter+care, an integrated comprehensive consulting services company that plans, develops, finances and manages healthcare real estate assets, discusses the concept of Wellness Centers. How are physicians helped in managing the business of wellnes...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Linda Given Welch, CNM Linda Given Welch, a certified nurse-midwife currently in clinical practice in Illinois with delivery privileges at Evanston Northwestern Hospital. Linda has a masters degree in Nursing from Rush University (Chicago) and a certificate in nurse-midwifery from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is an Instructor in Clinical Obstetrics a...

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Sabina Dambrauskas, CNMs Sabina Dambrauskas, a retired certified nurse-midwife and Instructor at the College of Nurse-Midwives at the University of Illinois at Chicago is discussing the clinical impact that a midwife can have in medical care.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Ursula Bauer, PhD Population-level controls on smoking result in more aware and motivated smokers coming to the practicing physician's office. Dr. Bauer discusses how changing the environment, changes the smoker, and how physicians can access resource which piggy-back on these changes.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Ursula Bauer, PhD Because of a perceived lack of leadership at the Federal level, several states and communities have taken the lead in public health policy and smoking. Dr. Bauer shares with us the experience of New York state and how this impacts both smokers and non-smokers.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Gregory Gilbert, MD In the event of a flu pandemic, Dr. Gregory Gilbert, an Emergency Medicine Specialist at Stanford University, suggests it may make sense to keep people with suspected flu out of the ER, while triaging them to the care they need. He discusses the concept of "drive-thru" triage and how it might be adapted to community hospitals.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Gregory Gilbert, MD What would happen at your ER if a quarter of the staff were sick, and hundreds of people began streaming in with a highly infectious and potentially lethal influenza. Dr. Gregory Gilbert, an Emergency Medicine specialist at Stanford University, discusses the role physicians play in helping their hospital's disaster planning.

Host: Paul Raeburn Guest: John McCain Republican contender Sen. John McCain discusses his healthcare reform proposals at length--in his own words.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Bill Crounse, MD Our guest, Dr. Bill Crounse, Senior Director, Microsoft Worldwide Health talks with host Larry Kaskel about 5 emerging trends in healthcare technology. How will these trends affect you in your role as a healthcare provider?