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LSUHSC MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS

February 10, 2012

12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Medical Education Building, Lecture Room A
1901 Perdido Street, 1st Floor

Health Quality: Idle Chatter or Real Paradigm Shift?

Dwayne A. Thomas, M.D., M.M.M.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Health Quality and Patient Safety
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be better able to:
1.  Identify the essential components of health care reform
2.  Become familiar with the evidence that shows that positive quality outcomes
     aren’t directly proportional to high resource utilization
3.  Familiarize the learner with the potential impact of bias and revenue generation
     on clinical decision making

2011 Overall Objectives:
1.  Optimize use of both technology and physical examination for best patient
     care and quality control
2.  Apply appropriate quality control measures to improve patient care
     and to meet new regulatory benchmarks
3.  Heighten awareness of potential iatrogenic factors contributing to patient 
     morbidity
4.  Consider emerging data from current medical research developing 
     patient treatment plans 

 

Target Audience: The primary target audience for this CME activity is faculty, residents, students, invited guests and other healthcare professionals practicing in the LSU Health System, LSU affiliated hospitals and communities within the State of Louisiana for whom this is within the current or potential scope of professional activities. The purpose of this activity is to promote improvements in healthcare in Louisiana.  

Accreditation: The Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement: The Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 Disclosure: LSUSOMNO ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. Faculty, planners or anyone in a position to control content are required to disclose to participants any financial relationships they may have had with commercial interests within the last 12 months, including in-kind donations. A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. Disclosure of financial relationships must be made during the planning stages of the activity, and all relationships thus disclosed are communicated to the audience prior to the activity. Faculty are also required to disclose any discussion of off-label and/or investigational uses of drugs and devices in their presentations. 

 Past Topics & Speakers 

Date	Title	Author
02/03/12	Psychological Stress and Asthma Risk: Clinical and Molecular Approaches to Identifying Individual Susceptibility	Gailen D. Marshall, Jr, MD
01/27/12	The Patient Safety Movement: Origins to Current State	Thomas Knight, MD
01/20/12	Health Care Reform: Changing Times or Time for Change	Najy Masri, M.D.
01/13/12	Chronic Diarrhea: A Common Diagnostic Dilemma	Daniel Raines, M.D.
010512	Of Hypnos and Morpheus: Hormones and Sleep	Gabriel Uwaifo, MD
12/30/11	Holiday
2/23/11	Holiday
12/16/11	Pneumocystis – Down But Not Out	Judd Shellito, MD
12/9/11	The Evolution and Ecology of the Cholera Bacillus in Aquatic Habitats	Gary Schoolnik, MD
12/2/11	Comprehensive Geriatrics Assessment	Charles Cefalu, MD
11/25/11	Holiday
11/18/11	Cancer Treatment in the Era of Personalized Cancer Medicine	Jill Gilbert, MD
11/11/11	Crisis in Standard of Care	James Aiken, MD
11/04/11	Percutaneous Revascularization: Well Beyond the Coronaries	Elias Hanna, MD
10/28/11	The Future of Medical Education	Robert Eubanks, MD
10/21/11	Simulation Nation: Mannequins Are People Too!	Paul Thien, MD
10/14/11	Challenges of Clinical Assessment and Clinical Trial Design in Connective Tissue Disease Interstitial Lung Diseases (CTD-ILD): Lessons Learned from Scleroderma Pulmonary Fibrosis	Lesley Saketkoo, MD, MPH
10/7/11	Clinical Reasoning: a Persistent Necessity	Gustavo R. Heudebert, MD
09/30/11	Hypertension in the Elderly: Deconstructing the 2011 ACCF/AHA Expert Consensus	Efrain Reisin, MD
09/23/11	Is the Physical Exam Obsolete?	Charles Sanders, MD
09/16/01	Endosonography	Stephen W. Landreneau, MD
09/09/11	Prognostic and Predictive Markers in Early Stage Breast Cancer; What the Internist Needs to Know	Chris Theodossiu, MD
09/02/11	The Role of the Genitourinary Tract Microbiota  in Health and Disease	David Martin, MD
08/26/11	Preventive Medicine	Nicole Giambrone, MD
08/19/11	Untangling the “Heavy” Cardiovascular Burden of Obesityand the “Obesity Pradox”	Carl J. Lavie, MD
08/12/11	When to Squeeze and How Much? Evidence Based Vasopressor Use	Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD
08/05/11	Lumbar Spinal Stenosis	Stephen Kishner, MD
07/29/11	Prevention and Management of Bacterial Infections in Hemodialysis	Kenneth Abreo, MD
07/22/11	Improving Patient Safety: Major Emphasis on Patient Handoffs	Jorge Martinez, MD, JD
07/15/11	Cultural Competence and Diversity in Health Care	Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr., Ph.D.
07/08/11	Recognizing High-Risk Syncope	Paul LeLorier, MD
07/04/11	HOLIDAY