Beyond Clinical Medicine Podcast

With the opioid epidemic in America showing troubling trends, such as a steep rise in the number of opioid-related deaths during the pandemic, healthcare professionals face increased challenges to develop better opioid prescribing habits while maintaining quality care. On this episode of the Beyond Clinical Medicine Podcast, Dr. Robert Strauss, Chief Medical Training Officer, interviews Dr. Nathan Schlicher, Regional Medical Director of Quality Assurance and Associate Director of Litigation Support. Dr. Schlicher is the clinical lead for the Better Prescribing, Better Treatment program, a collaborative effort in Washington state to promote clinician-driven guidelines for improved opioid prescribing techniques.
 
Learn more about the Better Prescribing, Better Treatment program: https://wsma.org/better-prescribing
 
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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the necessity of accessible, adaptable healthcare options. Telemedicine played a vital role throughout in ensuring the well-being of patients during isolation and quarantine. While telemedicine's benefits were spotlighted during crisis, its role in healthcare delivery is here to stay. On this episode, Dr. Robert Strauss, Chief Medical Training Officer, speaks with Dr. Joseph Chow, President, TeamHealth VirtualCare and Ambulatory Care, Medical Director, AccessNurse, about the future of telemedicine.
 
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On February 14, 2018, a former student entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, with a gun, killing 17 individuals and injuring more than a dozen more. One of the victims was 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff, daughter of Dr. Ilan Alhadeff, a hospital medicine physician. Through the unthinkable, Dr. Alhadeff and his family have become advocates and change-makers in school safety, founding Make Our Schools Safe and actively passing safety legislation in Alyssa's memory. In this episode, Dr. Rob Strauss speaks with Dr. Alhadeff about persisting through unimaginable tragedy and creating the change needed in the world.
 
Learn more about Make Our Schools Safe: https://makeourschoolssafe.org/
Learn more about Alyssa's Law: https://makeourschoolssafe.org/alyssas-law/

Continuing our series on work-life integration, Dr. Robert Strauss interviews Dr. Elisabeth Chapaton-Rivard, who spends her days caring for the sickest and most vulnerable patients in the hospital as a critical care physician. When faced with her own health issues during the height of the pandemic, she tapped into her inner strength and used her long-standing coping skills to prioritize her wellness while continuing to face the unrelenting challenges of the pandemic.

Clinicians continue to experience record-high rates of burnout and extreme stress, making wellness strategies more important now than ever. In our latest episode, Dr. Robert Strauss, Chief Medical Training Officer, speaks with Dr. David Mucci, an emergency medicine physician in Connecticut. Through the stresses of the pandemic, Dr. Mucci found a unique way to relieve stress and burnout - writing a fantastical young adult novel. 

Clinician burnout is a top-of-mind issue, as healthcare workers have been pushed to the brink personally and professionally during the pandemic. One way we're helping combat burnout is sharing stories of clinicians finding their joy. In our latest Beyond Clinical Medicine episode, Dr. J Mack Slaughter, Emergency Medicine Physician, talks with guest host Dr. Heather Owen, Chief Clinical Officer, Emergency Medicine, about how he's combined his love of music, content creation and medicine to share his happiness and talents with others.

During Patient Safety Awareness Week 2022, Dr. Heather Owen, Chief Clinical Officer, Emergency Medicine, guest hosts the podcast, joined by Dr. Peter Antevy, Emergency Medicine Physician. Early in his career, Dr. Antevy recognized a non-fatal clinical error. After grappling with the error and identifying gaps in dosage process, he decided to make lasting change that continues to improve patient safety today. Listen to the full episode to hear the full story. 
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Will there be too many or too few emergency physicians in 2030? What factors, like clinician burnout, will affect these predictions? In the latest episode of the podcast, Dr. Rob Strauss, Chief Medical Training Officer, speaks with Dr. Mark Rosenberg, immediate past president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, about the emergency medicine workforce.
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The COVID-19 pandemic remains a vital public health concern, with the emergence and evolution of the Omicron variant globally. In this episode, Dr. Rob Strauss, Chief Medical Training Officer, speaks with Dr. David Hogan, Vice President of Educational Development and Chair, TeamHealth Emerging Infectious Disease Taskforce, about the state of the pandemic and its development.
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In this #BeyondClinicalMedicine podcast, Dr. Rob Strauss continues the conversation regarding implicit bias in healthcare with guests Dr. Stan Thompson, MD, MHA, FACEP, Chief Clinical Officer, LifePoint Group and Chair of the TeamHealth Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program and Dr. Khadeja Haye, MD, MBA, FACOG­, National Medical Director, OB/GYN. The doctors discuss how bias leads to healthcare disparities specifically in minority groups. These disparities have led to distrust in those groups which had implications on healthcare delivery particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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