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Clinical and Safety Outcomes Associated With Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Interview with Marc Carrier, MD, MSc, author of Clinical and Safety Outcomes Associated With Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis




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Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing

Interview with Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH, author of Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing




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Effect of a Postdischarge Virtual Ward on Readmission or Death for High-Risk Patients

Interview with Irfan A. Dhalla, MD, MSc, author of Effect of a Postdischarge Virtual Ward on Readmission or Death for High-Risk Patients




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Acupuncture for Chronic Knee Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Kim L. Bennell, PhD, author of Acupuncture for Chronic Knee Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial




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Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in US Acute Care Hospitals, May-September 2011

Interview with Shelley S. Magill, MD, PhD, author of Prevalence of Antimicrobial Use in US Acute Care Hospitals, May-September 2011




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Obstetric Quality Indicators and Morbidity

Interview with Elizabeth A Howell, MD, MPP, author of Durability of Benefits of an Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention After Discontinuation of Audit and Feedback




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Climate Change and Global Health Challenges

Interview with Jonathan A. Patz, MD, MPH, author of Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Health




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For-Profit Status and Clinical and Economic Outcomes

Interview with Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, author of Association Between Hospital Conversions to For-Profit Status and Clinical and Economic Outcomes




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Frozen Fecal Microbiota for C difficile Infection

Interview with Ilan Youngster, MD, MMSc, author of Oral, Capsulized, Frozen Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Relapsing Clostridium difficile Infection




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Inpatient STEMI and Treatment and Clinical Outcomes

Interview with George A. Stouffer, MD, author of Association of Inpatient vs Outpatient Onset of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Treatment and Clinical Outcomes




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Vascular Closure Devices vs Manual Compression

Interview with Stefanie Schulz-Schüpke, MD, author of Comparison of Vascular Closure Devices vs Manual Compression After Femoral Artery Puncture: The ISAR-CLOSURE Randomized Clinical Trial




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Preschool Full or Half Days and School Readiness

Interview with Arthur J. Reynolds, PhD, author of Association of a Full-Day vs Part-Day Preschool Intervention With School Readiness, Attendance, and Parent Involvement




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Medical Liability and Reform

Interview with Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, MPhil, author of The Medical Liability Climate and Prospects for Reform




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Treatment of Diabetes and Long-term Mortality

Interview with David M. Nathan, MD, author of Association Between 7 Years of Intensive Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes and Long-term Mortality




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Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Survival

Interview with David E. Arterburn, MD, MPH and Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD, authors of Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Survival




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Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Survival

Interview with Steven A. Narod, MD, FRCPC, author of Differences in Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Cancer-Specific Survival by Race and Ethnicity in the United States




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Measuring Surgical Outcomes

Interview with Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, author of Measuring Surgical Outcomes for Improvement: Was Codman Wrong?




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Oral Iron Supplementation After Blood Donation

Interview with Joseph E. Kiss, MD, author of Oral Iron Supplementation After Blood Donation




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Genetic Variant and Vincristine Peripheral Neuropathy in ALL

Interview with William E. Evans, PharmD, author of Association of an Inherited Genetic Variant With Vincristine-Related Peripheral Neuropathy in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia




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Housing Stability Among Homeless Adults With Mental Illness

Interview with Vicky Stergiopoulos, MD, author of Effect of Scattered-Site Housing Using Rent Supplements and Intensive Case Management on Housing Stability Among Homeless Adults With Mental Illness




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Natural History of Benign Thyroid Nodules

Interview with Sebastiano Filetti, MD, author of The Natural History of Benign Thyroid Nodules




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Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Interview with David R. Holmes Jr, MD, author of Clinical Outcomes at 1 Year Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement




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Hospital Credentialing and Privileging of Surgeons

Interview with Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH, author of Hospital Credentialing and Privileging of Surgeons: A Potential Safety Blind Spot




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Maternal Diabetes and Autism in Offspring

Interview with Anny H. Xiang, PhD, author of Association of Maternal Diabetes With Autism in Offspring




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Oral Insulin and Immune Responses in Children at Risk for Diabetes

Interview with Ezio Bonifacio, PhD, author of Effects of High-Dose Oral Insulin on Immune Responses in Children at High Risk for Type 1 Diabetes: The Pre-POINT Randomized Clinical Trial




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Oral Steroids for Acute Sciatica Due to Herniated Lumbar Disk

Interview with Harley Goldberg, DO, author of Oral Steroids for Acute Radiculopathy Due to a Herniated Lumbar Disk: A Randomized Clinical Trial




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Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction and Fracture Risk

Interview with Anne R. Cappola, MD, ScM, author of Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction and Fracture Risk: A Meta-analysis




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Outcomes for ACOs vs Traditional Medicare Fee for Service

Interview with Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, author of Association of Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations vs Traditional Medicare Fee for Service With Spending, Utilization, and Patient Experience




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Lifetime Benefits and Costs of Colorectal Cancer Screening

Interview with Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH, author of Variation in Adenoma Detection Rate and the Lifetime Benefits and Cost of Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Microsimulation Model




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Medical Marijuana for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Other Problems

Interview with Kevin P. Hill, MD, MHS, author of Medical Marijuana for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Other Medical and Psychiatric Problems: A Clinical Review, and Deepak Cyril D'Souza, MBBS, MD, author of Medical Marijuana: Is the Cart Before the Horse?




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Duration of Oral Anticoagulation After PE

Interview with Francis Couturaud, MD, PhD, author of Six Months vs Extended Oral Anticoagulation After a First Episode of Pulmonary Embolism: The PADIS-PE Randomized Clinical Trial




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Maternal Malignancy and Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

Interview with Diana W. Bianchi, MD, author of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing and Incidental Detection of Occult Maternal Malignancies




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Cardiac Survival After Bystander and First-Responder CPR Intervention

Interview with Carolina Malta Hansen, MD, author of Association of Bystander and First-Responder Intervention With Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in North Carolina, 2010-2013




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Managing Atrial Fibrillation

Edward H. Livingston, MD discusses atrial fibrillation with Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, author of Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. This review article reports that therapy for atrial fibrillation should include rate control for all patients, but maintenance of sinus rhythm with drugs or catheter ablation should be considered on an individual patient basis. Also on the program is a conversation about new technologies to facilitate screening for atrial fibrillation with Leslie Saxon, MD.




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Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Expenditures for the Medicare Population

Interview with Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, author of Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Expenditures for the Medicare Population Aged 65 Years or Older, 1999-2013




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Donald M. Berwick Reflects on Medicare at 50

Medicare at 50: Reflections From Former CMS Administrator Donald M. Berwick, MD




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Referrals From Dialysis Facilities for Kidney Transplantation

Interview with Rachel E. Patzer, PhD, MPH, author of Variation in Dialysis Facility Referral for Kidney Transplantation Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in Georgia. This population epidemiology study uses United States Renal Data System data to characterize dialysis facility–level referral for kidney transplant evaluation in Georgia, the US state with the lowest transplantation rates, and patient and facility factors associated with referral and waitlisting.






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Sex Differences in Academic Rank in US Medical Schools

Interview with Anupam Jena, MD, PhD, author of Sex Differences in Academic Rank in US Medical Schools in 2014





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DNR Status and Neurological Prognosis After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interview with Timothy Fendler, MD, MS, author of Alignment of Do-Not-Resuscitate Status With Patients’ Likelihood of Favorable Neurological Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest







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Explaining the Improved Health of the US: Mortality Trends 1969-2013

Interview with Ahmedin Jemal, DVM, PhD, author of Temporal Trends in Mortality in the United States, 1969-2013, and J. Michael McGinnis, MD, MPP, author of Mortality Trends and Signs of Health Progress. Also in this episode is a conversation with Christopher J.L. Murray, MD, DPhil, a Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington and Institute Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.