Modern Practice Podcast

This episode of our award-winning podcast concludes our discussion on a new approach for medical groups in this time of drastic change. Only those models undergoing change will succeed.   Host: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Performance Improvement Consulting Vizient   Guest: Michael Strilesky Senior Principal, Care Delivery Transformation Strategy Consulting Vizient   Sh...

All the drastic changes occurring in healthcare, particularly in the way it is delivered, necessitate corresponding changes in how we structure medical groups. This episode of our award-winning podcast continues the discussion on the need for a new strategy for medical groups, and an expert returns to consider what that strategy might be.   Host: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Princ...

The huge flurry of changes in how we deliver healthcare have brought into question the viability of the conventional medical group model, whether it’s sustainable and gives us a competitive advantage or whether we need to invest in something else. On the next three episodes of this award-winning podcast, an expert joins Tomas to consider the future of medical group practices.   Host: Tomas Villanu...

On this final episode of a three-part series, Tomas finishes his discussion with two experts on high-reliability organizations who examine the crucial role of learning areas in the success of top performers. High-performing organizations take care of not only their patients but their staff and indeed enable staff to be at their best.   Host: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal,...

On this episode, Tomas continues his discussion with two expert guests about learning areas and how they are proving effective and essential in developing high-reliability organizations.   Host: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Performance Improvement Consulting Vizient   Guests: Suzanne Miller, MSN, RN Senior Consulting Director, Reliability and Management Systems Vizient...

Learning areas have become an effective aspect of high-reliability organizations in healthcare. Employing floor or departmental huddles as the focal point for these learning areas, the experience of the huddles has been augmented and reinforced by bulletin boards and whiteboards. Even more effective is the newest wrinkle in the experience – LENS (Learning & Engagement System) boards, which are...

The healthcare workforce is in a state of crisis: shortages of healthcare workers, rampant burnout, schedules in flux and outbreaks of violence in the workplace. On this episode, Tomas continues his discussion with a leading expert on the healthcare workforce on steps organizations can take to alleviate this crisis. Host: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Clinical Operations...

Before the Covid outbreak, the healthcare workforce was already in a state of crisis. Covid made it much worse. On this new series of our award-winning podcast, we examine the varied causes behind workforce challenges and shortages of nurses, physicians and other related disciplines. We’ll also explore steps we can take to alleviate this crisis. Joining is us a leading workforce expert to provide...

On this episode, Dr. Tomas Villanueva and a leading clinical documentation expert finish their discussion on the need to correctly document everything involving spial surgery. Spinal surgery represents a complex challenge for documentation specialists and clinicians alike, and this episode will clear up what is needed to be successful in coding and documenting these procedures.   Host: Tomas Villa...

On this episode, Dr. Tomas Villanueva continues his discussion with a leading clinical documentation expert on the need to correctly document everything involving spial surgery. Spinal surgery represents a complex challenge for documentation specialists and clinicians alike.   Host: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality Vizient   Guest: Rachel Mac...

Spinal surgery represents a complex challenge for clinical documentation. Difficult to code and representing query situations that can be demanding, this is the area of focus for this episode of Modern Practice. Joining Dr. Tomas Villanueva is a leading expert returning to the podcast to talk about the challenges of spinal surgery documentation.   Host: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senio...

Years of medical school, residency and fellowships have proven to do little in teaching physicians how to care for themselves. Physician burnout is at an all-time high. On this episode, a physician who is a leading expert on physician stress discusses how to improve mental fitness in those who’ve given their lives to the care of others.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Pr...

This episode of our award-winning podcast continues the discussion on why mental fitness is so crucial for physicians and other clinicians today and yet is a concept that physicians still tend to avoid or downplay. Physician training and medical school have not helped. Join us for this gritty discussion.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal Clinical Operations and Q...

Though physicians spend years in medical school, residency and fellowships to learn how to care for patients, they spend little time learning how to care for themselves. Physician burnout, leading to physician turnover, is skyrocketing. On this episode, a physician who is a  leading expert on physician stress, having gone through that stress herself, discusses how to improve mental fitness in thos...

On this episode of our award-winning podcast, Dr. Tomas Villanueva concludes his discussion on how organizations can approach quality metrics today – what metrics to choose and how to apply them.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Performance Improvement Consulting Vizient   Guest: Rick May, MD Senior Principal, Consulting Solutions Vizient   Show Notes: [00:38]...

On this episode of our award-winning podcast, Dr. Tomas Villanueva continues his discussion on how organizations can approach quality metrics today – what metrics to choose and how to apply them.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Performance Improvement Consulting Vizient   Guest: Rick May, MD Senior Principal, Consulting Solutions Vizient   Show Notes: [00:54]...

Concerning quality measures in healthcare organizations, a common complaint is, “I've got so many people looking over my shoulder, pulling our data in, ranking me, rating me, everything else, and there is no way I can keep track of literally the hundreds of metrics for which we’re accountable.”   On this episode of our award-winning podcast, Dr. Tomas Villanueva welcomes back a leading quality exp...

This episode of the award-winning podcast examines the importance of risk adjustment. Dr. Tomas Villanueva leads the discussion on the impact of this crucial aspect of documentation that can affect hospital outcomes.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality Vizient   Guest: Erica Braun, MS, RN, CCDS Senior Consulting Director, Clinical D...

Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) has seen a lot of innovations, but there is still the conventional gold standard. On this episode of our award-winning podcast, Dr. Tomas Villanueva welcomes Dr. Aziz Aadam to discuss the need for early colorectal cancer (CRC) detection, and the options available to patients.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Clinical Operat...

In this episode of the award-winning podcast Dr. Tomas Villanueva welcomes Dr. Aziz Aadam to discuss the need for early colorectal cancer (CRC) detection, which drastically increases the rate of survival, and how improvements in CRC screening are giving patients better options.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality Vizient   Guest: Ab...

On this episode, we continue our discussion on preventing surgical smoke in the OR.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Performance Improvement Consulting Vizient   Guest: Rachel Medina, BSBA Senior Category Manager, Surgical Services Vizient   Show Notes: [00:29] Regulation and legislation around surgical smoke [03:04] Best practices [04:09] Sustaining efforts on...

The daily smoke produced in an operating room is the equivalent of 27-30 cigarettes, and the OR staff breathes this in five days a week. When tools in the OR cut and cauterize human tissue, they generate a plume of smoke containing toxic chemicals, carcinogens, malignant cells and viruses. Surgical smoke can cause a host of conditions, anything from headaches and sore throat to lung disease and lu...

On this episode of our award-winning podcast, we finish our feature on an organization that has made huge strides in reducing Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) throughout health system. We will discuss the phenomenal results of the initiative so far and what is planned for the near future at Sanford Health.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal Clinical Operations and...

On this episode of Modern Practice, we continue highlighting an organization that has made huge strides in reducing Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) throughout health system.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal Clinical Operations and Quality Vizient   Guests: Rachel Leyk, RN, CMSRN, CPHQ Improvement Advisor Quality and Safety – Fargo Sanford Health   Devendranath...

This episode of our award-winning podcast continues the success story of how Sanford Health has reduced PSIs through a concerted, multifaceted effort throughout the organization. Tomas interviews members of the clinical team that guided the way.   Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality Vizient   Guests: Rachel Leyk, RN, CMSRN, CPHQ Impro...