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Listen to James Campbell, MD, discuss the importance of involving patients in quality improvement projects. The interview will provide insight on how to get started, ways to approach patients to participate, and strategies to keep them engaged. Resources on this and other topics are available at www. Cardi-OH.org.

Listen to Kathleen Dungan, MD, MPH, Noha Elnagar, MD, MSBS, PA-C, and Mohammad Shalabe, MD, MSBS, PA-C, discuss how telehealth can be optimized to obtain glucose monitoring data for patients with type 2 diabetes who require insulin. The interview will focus on patients who are insulin-requiring due to broader availability and coverage of testing supplies and greater evidence for efficacy in terms...

Listen to Marilee Clemons, PharmD, and Dean Bricker, MD, define the differences between medication side effects and adverse events, discuss the importance of reviewing this information with patients, and describe conversation techniques to engage patients in discussions about their treatment. Resources on this and other topics are available at www. Cardi-OH.org.

Listen to Anuradha Viswanathan, MBBS, Ryan Farrell, MD, and Rose Gubitosi-Klug, MD, PhD, discuss the presentation of youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) and compare the disease course to other types of diabetes, including type 1 diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), and T2D in adults. The interview will cover risk factors for developing youth-onset T2D, current treatment approaches,...

Listen to Sharon Watts, DNP, FNP-BC, CDCES, discuss how Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) can be a viable alternative to individual, face-to-face appointments for patients with diabetes. The interview will address common questions and concerns about SMAs including patient outcomes, provider uptake and satisfaction, confidentiality, reimbursement, and barriers to success. Resources on this and oth...

Listen to Kathleen Dungan, MD, MPH, offer key insights about diabetes diagnosis, treatment, and management for primary care clinicians. The interview will address diagnostic challenges, glucose monitoring, clinical inertia and disease progression, self-management education and support, team-based care, and initiating and titrating insulin in the patient with diabetes. Resources on this and other t...

Listen to David Aron, MD, MS, and Mary Julius, RDN, LD, CDCES, discuss hypoglycemia in the patient with diabetes. The podcast will address the frequency and consequences of this adverse condition, identify key risk factors, and describe practical management strategies for prevention and treatment when it does occur. Resources on this and other topics are available at www. Cardi-OH.org.

Listen to Shanna Stryker, MD, MPH, discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected patients’ use of substances, particularly alcohol, and how to approach the assessment and treatment of these conditions. The interview will also address the interface between substance use disorder and co-morbidities including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Resources on this and other topics are available at ww...

Listen to Shirley Moore, PhD, RN, discuss best practices for physical activity in patients with a mobility disability. Resources on this and other topics are available at www. Cardi-OH.org.

Listen to L. Austin Fredrickson, MD, and Madhuri Medarametla, MD, discuss the unique health care needs of rural communities including special considerations for providing telehealth services. The interview will focus specifically on cardiovascular and diabetes health as well as behavioral health. Drs. Fredrickson and Medarametla practice medicine in Salem and Ashtabula, Ohio, respectively. Resourc...

Listen to Susan Fuehrer, MBA, discuss the important role health care systems and clinicians can play in addressing social determinants of health to improve outcomes. The interview highlights the comprehensive, data-driven approach of the Institute for H.O.P.E. at The MetroHealth System to link patients to community resources and includes a special focus on the importance of connectedness in the ti...

Listen to Eileen Seeholzer, MD, MS, discuss chronic disease prevention and management in the context of COVID-19 and social isolation. The interview addresses the challenges patients experience to engage in and successfully achieve a healthy lifestyle, and suggests helpful tools and resources for clinicians to use in talking with their patients. Resources on this and other topics are available at...

Listen to Karen Bailey, MS, RD, LD, CDE, talk about Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) and address why, when, and how providers can use it to benefit patients with diabetes. The interview highlights the successful, established clinical care programming for patients with diabetes offered by the Diabetes Institute at Ohio University. Resources on this and other topics are availab...

Listen to Michael Holliday, MD, discuss the importance of creating a climate of psychological safety in the health care setting. With roots in organizational psychology and studied in multiple sectors, psychological safety has been a key focus of patient safety initiatives; supporting a "speak up" culture in order to reduce medical errors, promote teamwork, and retain an engaged clinical workforce...

Listen to Marilee Clemons, PharmD, BCACP, Sarah Aldrich, PharmD, BCACP, and Nicholas Horen, MD, FACP, discuss medication adherence in primary care with a special focus on care delivered via telemedicine. The panel will identify strategies to improve medication adherence and discuss the important role of pharmacists in the care of patients with chronic conditions. Resources on this and other topics...

Listen to Joshua Joseph, MD, FAHA, discuss important findings from clinical trials on the impact of disparities on health outcomes. The conversation includes a special feature on the unique considerations of Covid-19 and disparities at 39:50. Resources on this and other topics are available at www. Cardi-OH.org.

Listen to Randy Wexler, MD, MPH, and Shalina Nair, MD, MBA, discuss their experiences successfully launching telehealth at The Ohio State University to manage patients' health remotely. The interview specifically addresses telehealth for hypertension management and issues of health disparities in their patient population. Resources on this and other topics are available at www. Cardi-OH.org.

Listen to Mamle Anim, MD share lessons learned from Five Rivers Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Dayton, Ohio with demonstrated success implementing quality improvement initiatives. Five Rivers Medical Surgical Health Center participated in the MEDTAPP Hypertension Quality Improvement Project and demonstrated improved blood pressure control for its African American patients....

The first in a series of quality improvement education podcasts designed for primary care practice teams. Listen to Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD addressing the quadruple aim in health care. Resources on this and other topics are available at www. Cardi-OH.org.