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The Importance of Patient Communications (Summer 2007)
Tony Volpe, MD, Associate Medical Director/Medical Director of Professional Liability and Risk Management
The underlying impetus for many medical malpractice claims is failed communication. This communication “failure” may occur at many levels
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Surgical Options to Treat Obesity- Related Diseases (Summer 2007)
Stephan R. Myers, MD FCS, Medical Director, Fresh Start Bariatrics at Riverside
New surgical technologies have been shown to be highly effective in treating the co-morbidities associated with obesity.
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Health Literacy Problem Contributes to Poor Health (Summer 2007)
Robert Thompson, MD FACP, Associate Medical Director/Medical Director of Clinical Quality Improvement
There is an advanced country that has major literacy problems.
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Informed Consent (Spring 2007)
By: Tony Volpe, MD, Associate Medical Director/Medical Director of Professional Liability and Risk Management
The concept of "consent" and "informed consent" are two separate entities. Consent is given by a patient when he or she signs a form (e.g., records release) or verbally agrees to a treatment. Informed Consent is shared decision making by the patient and the physician that involves communication and documentation of the treatment to be rendered.
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Our "new" Epidemic (Spring 2007)
Robert Thompson, MD FACP, Associate Medical Director/Medical Director of Clinical Quality Improvement
The epidemic of overweight and obesity has been present and is ever-worsening over the past 30 to 40 years.
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Latex Allergy -- In Your Office? (Winter 2007)
Robert Thompson, MD FACP, Associate Medical Director/Medical Director of Clinical Quality Improvement
It is commonly assumed that latex allergy or sensitivity is only a problem for hospital workers and other "sensitive" individuals.
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Renal Disease and Diabetes (Fall 2006)
Cynda Brause, RN
Diabetes has become the most common single cause of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States due to the facts that 1) diabetes, in particular type 2, is increasing in prevalence; 2) diabetes patients now live longer; and 3) patients with diabetic ESRD are now being accepted for treatment in ESRD programs where formerly they had been excluded.
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Medication Errors: IOM Report (Fall 2006)
Since 1996, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has embarked on studies and publications related to the quality of medical care delivered to consumers in this country. Prior reports have produced much discussion, both in the medical community and the country at large. The most recent report published by the Institute of Medicine is in regard to medication errors (Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series).
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Tobacco Cessation Program (Summer 2006)
Cynda Brause, RN and Tom Houston, MD
Tobacco use is the leading cause of death in the US and Ohio, claiming about 440,000 lives each year across the country and almost 19,000 Ohioans annually.
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Avian Flu Resources for Physician Practices (Summer 2006)
MGO Editorial Staff
With Avian influenza A (H5N1) continuing to spread, particularly in Southeast Asia and parts of Europe, federal, state, and local governments along with hospitals in the United States are now fully engaged in pandemic preparedness planning. Most certainly the history of the 1918 flu gives these efforts a sense of urgency.
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Do you know your ABCD's of Skin Cancer Detection? (Spring 2006)
Robert Rau, MD, Dermatologist and Cynda Brause, RN, Quality Improvement Administrator
May is Skin Cancer Detection Month. The incidence of skin cancer is increasing by epidemic proportions with most skin cancers being preventable. Sun exposure remains the most important risk factor for all skin neoplasms.
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MGO Plans to Return to Negotiations with Payers (Winter 2006)
Created in 1994 to help physicians deal with the "new" business of managed care, The Medical Group of Ohio is currently working to respond to new challenges within the health care arena. One primary need is to change the contracting model to one that will provide a better mechanism for obtaining fair reimbursement for MGO physicians.
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