Beyond Clinical Medicine Podcast

Implicit bias in healthcare is a critical area that demands our collective attention. In this #BeyondClinicalMedicine podcast, Dr. Rob Strauss welcomes guests Dr. Stan Thompson, MD, MHA, FACEP, Chief Clinical Officer, LifePoint Group and Chair of the TeamHealth Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program, with Dr. Khadeja Haye, MD, MBA, FACOG­, National Medical Director, OB/GYN, for a two part series discussing when implicit bias begins, what it is, and how to recognize it in all aspects of healthcare.

The latest #BeyondClinicalMedicine episode discusses putting individual wellness strategies into practice and engaging teams in active stress management. Dr. Robert Strauss, Chief Medical Training Officer, is joined by guest host Dr. Heather Owen, Chief Clinical Officer of TeamHealth Emergency Medicine, and guests Dr. Ryan Allen, Facility Medical Director, and Dr. Jasper Smits, Clinical Psychologist.

Join Leif Murphy, TeamHealth CEO, as he sits down with Dr. Rob Strauss in the latest edition of the Beyond Clinical Medicine podcast. In this episode, Taking on UnitedHealthcare - Behind the Fight to Protect our Healthcare Heroes, Murphy details the lawsuit against United and why TeamHealth decided to take on the insurance giant on behalf of clinicians nationwide. Murphy notes the jury sent a strong message to United finding in favor of the TeamHealth plaintiffs and subsequently awarding $60 million in punitive damages, “ I believe the message that came from the jury is very significant and very clear, which is you cannot use unfair payment practices without facing a consequence.”

Misinformation has raged during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, continuous changes to public health guidance have made it increasingly difficult to keep up with current and trusted advice on how to navigate the pandemic. In this episode of Beyond Clinical Medicine, Dr. David Hogan gains insight into the topic with Dr. Meg FitzGerald an adjunct associate professor with the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and a private equity investor. Dr. FitzGerald discusses how to know an information source can be trusted and why it’s so important for public health entities to be consistent and clear in their communication.

Opioid misuse and addiction have devastating consequences for our communities. It is a serious national crisis, and caring for patients with substance use disorder is one of the greatest challenges of any emergency clinician. In this #BeyondClinicalMedicine podcast, Dr. Randal Dabbs, TeamHealth Co-Founder, President of Practice Development and Chair of the TeamHealth Substance Use Work Group, dives into this important topic with a physician who has helped meet the challenge head on through the implementation of recovery coaching programs and the usage of buprenorphine in the emergency department. Dr. Brandt Williamson, TeamHealth Emergency Medicine physician at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia, discusses the implementation of effective opioid treatment techniques and the positive impacts it has made in his community.

2020 has been a turbulent, challenging year for everyone, but especially for clinicians fighting on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. This #BeyondClinicalMedicine  podcast takes a look at some of the unique stressors clinicians are currently facing, and explores techniques for how to thrive in this environment. Dr. Ijeoma Akunyili,  TeamHealth Regional Medical Director Northeast Group, discusses this topic with Dr. Exequiel Hernandez, the Max and Bernice Garchik Family Presidential Associate Professor at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Hernandez shares information clinicians should consider about resilience fatigue, the benefits of humble leadership and how scenario planning and other techniques can benefit clinicians during this unsettling time. 

The topic of diversity and inclusion is not a simple topic, and it has deep implications across our society. In this #BeyondClinicalMedicine podcast Dr. Rob Strauss gains insights on many aspects of diversity and inclusion from a clinical perspective from Dr. Stan Thompson, TeamHealth Chief Clinical Officer for LifePoint Group and Chair of TeamHealth's Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Dr. Thompson shares information clinicians should consider about unconscious and implicit bias, leadership issues and other ways that these issues can impact patient care. 
 

Many clinicians have experienced the trauma of the opioid epidemic either in their professional or personal lives.  As a result, tremendous efforts have gone into understanding the appropriate utilization of opioids for acute and chronic pain, as well as education into the addiction of opioids and the role clinicians play through prescribing habits.
In this #BeyondClinicalMedicine podcast, Dr. Randal Dabbs, TeamHealth Co-Founder, President of Practice Development and Chair of the TeamHealth Substance Use Work Group is joined by Dr. Marilyn McLeod, System Medical Director for Baptist Health of Memphis. Dr. McLeod discusses an initiative she helped create several years ago for the purpose of improving opioid use in her facilities called “Opioid Light.”

Recently, Dr. Jody Crane, TeamHealth Chief Medical Officer, spoke with Dr. Jose Fernandez-Duarte, System Medical Director, Memorial Healthcare System, Southeast Group, about how the system’s hospital medicine teams in Southeast Florida have continued to manage the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, even in the midst of skyrocketing case numbers. The discussion on this podcast will share what Dr. Fernandez-Duarte's team learned as patients significantly increased from the original wave and how they have navigated being at the current global epicenter.

The #COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis that is testing the leadership skills of clinicians across our healthcare industry. This episode of #BeyondClinicalMedicine takes a deep dive into what crisis leadership skills are most important for clinicians throughout the country during this time of coronavirus. Listen in on this timely discussion between Dr. Richard Juman, National Director of Psychological Services at TeamHealth and Dr. Heather Owens, TeamHealth Chief Clinical Officer of Emergency Medicine. Please listen and share with other clinical leaders who may benefit from this conversation.