This week we continue our Homerun Slides series from Dr. Stanley Schwartz with an in-depth look at the possibilities for aggressively treating pre-diabetes and results from some of the trials pursuing this approach….
Read More »Therapy of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Update, Part 2
In this week’s set of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we delve into the current state of type 2 diabetes treatment further with a closer examination of clinical trial results including the ACCORD trial. With the recent re-approval of Avandia by the FDA, these results are worth taking …
Read More »Therapy of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Update, Part 1
This week, we have an update for you on Dr. Stanley Schwartz’s slides series on the state of diabetes in the U.S. This set covers topics including: a brief overview of the "Natural History of Diabetes," the "Ominous Octet," and "Why Bother to Treat Aggressively."…
Read More »Basic Review of Cystic Fibrosis, Part 3 of 3
With this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we wrap up our short series on cystic fibrosis with slides covering guidelines for treatment as well as some promising new therapies….
Read More »Basic Review of Cystic Fibrosis, Part 2 of 3
This week we continue our special presentation on Cystic Fibrosis with Part 2 of this Homerun Slides series’ topics including Diagnostic Criteria, Treatment and Survival, and Pulmonary Treatments….
Read More »Basic Review of Cystic Fibrosis, Part 1 of 3
This week, we take a departure from our coverage of diabetes to address another very important and life-threatening disease. Our intern, Afshaun Haniff, has pulled together this excellent presentation for you on cystic fibrosis. This first set of slides covers the basic genetics of cystic fibrosis, its pathophysiology, and …
Read More »Provider Evolution, Part 5 of 5
In this week’s Homerun Slides, we wrap up our series on Provier Evolution with a comparison of the PCMH and ACO models and then an example of how the two can be bundled to work within one system….
Read More »Provider Evolution, Part 4 of 5
In this week’s Homerun Slides, we give you several examples of Accountable Care Organizations with different approaches to implementing the ACO principals….
Read More »Provider Evolution, Part 3 of 5
With this week’s Homerun Slides, we have one more example of a PCMH (Patient-Centere Medical Home) Case Study for you, and then we explore Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) with an examination of the basic system and a look at the NCQA ACO Standards and Measures….
Read More »Provider Evolution, Part 2 of 5
In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue our exploration of Provider Evolution with a focus on Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) including a case study on SEPA’s (South East Pennsylvania) PCMH implementation.
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