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Month: April 2016

Eric Dishman, Director of the Precision Medicine Initiative at the National Institutes of Health

Eric Dishman, Director of the Precision Medicine Initiative at the National Institutes of Health

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Eric Dishman, newly appointed Director of the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program at the National Institutes of Health which seeks to galvanize a million American volunteers to offer their electronic health information to be coalesced in a national data base that will advance research in the discovery of disease cures and prevention.

Deven McGraw, Deputy Director at HHS, Office For Civil Rights

Deven McGraw, Deputy Director at HHS, Office For Civil Rights

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Deven McGraw, Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy at the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, where she oversees compliance with HIPPA regulations governing portability of patient data, patient privacy concerns and the growing threat of health data breaches.

Genevieve Kenney, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute

Genevieve Kenney, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Genevieve Kenney, Co-Director of the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute. She discusses their long standing research on the lack of health insurance coverage for those living near the poverty line, and the positive impact of Medicaid expansion for children and adults.

Dr. Bennet Davis Visits CHC!

Dr. Bennet Davis Visits CHC!

On Thursday, March 24, 2016 Dr. Bennet Davis, the nation’s leading pain specialist, visited CHC and the Weitzman Institute for discussions surrounding the opioid epidemic, Project ECHO Pain and Project ECHO Buprenorphine. For those who don’t know, Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) is a program that provides specialty support for primary care providers seeking to gain expertise in the management of certain complex illnesses and conditions. Dr. Davis’ visit was an exciting time for CHC and the Weitzman…

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Dr. Leana Wen, Commissioner of Health for the City of Baltimore

Dr. Leana Wen, Commissioner of Health for the City of Baltimore

Dr. Leana Wen is a rising star in the national Public Health arena – and just appeared with President Obama at the national Addiction Summit in Atlanta before joining us on Conversations on Health Care. If you’re interested in innovative approaches to the opioid crisis, please listen to this week’s interview!!  This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Leana Wen, Commissioner of Health for the City of Baltimore. Dr. Wen, an emergency room physician and author…

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LGBT Q&A Session with Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH

LGBT Q&A Session with Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH

How do we improve care to members of the LGBT community? We improve care to members of the LGBT community by first making them feel welcome and respected. If we don’t create an environment that is accepting and affirming, LGBT individuals will not share with us who they are and they will not engage in ongoing care with us. We will miss opportunities to screen, identify, and manage numerous medical conditions and psychosocial circumstances that are specific to the LGBT…

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