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Interview With A Health Services Expert
Dr. Kevin Kerber interviews Dr. Ralph Sacco
Dr. Sacco talks about his leadership role in balancing the needs of neurologists, the department and other stake holders with the needs of patients. He outlines successful approaches to improving patient access to quality care, the challenges in implementing these approaches, and what he sees as the future in care delivery .
In April of 2017, Drs. Kerber and Callaghan had the chance to talk to Ralph L. Sacco, MD, MS, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine where Dr. Sacco is Chairman & Professor Department of Neurology, Director and Principal Investigator of the University of Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Executive Director Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, Miller Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health Sciences, Human Genetics, and Neurosurgery, Olemberg Family Chair in Neurological Disorders and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Science. Dr. Sacco is also the President of the American Academy of Neurology.
N A M E: Ralph L. Sacco, MD, MS, FAHA, FAAN
T I T L E: Chairman & Professor Department of Neurology; Director and Principal Investigator of the University of Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Executive Director Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute; Miller Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health Sciences, Human Genetics, and Neurosurgery; Olemberg Family Chair in Neurological Disorders; and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Science.
E D U C A T I O N: Dr. Sacco is a graduate of Cornell University and graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Medicine. He holds a master’s in epidemiology from Columbia University, School of Public Health and completed his residency training and postdoctoral training in stroke and epidemiology at New York’s Columbia Presbyterian.
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Call to Action!
An important perspective about new medical equipment in low resource countries - Dr. Omar Siddiqi, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Global Neurology Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, shares his experiences with the unforeseen negatives to innovative, medical technology in resource limited settings. He states, 'Near as I can tell, the only purpose they serve is to charge patients for a sham test.’ ”
Practice Current Newest Survey: When do you suspect autoimmune encephalitis and what is the role of antibody testing? - Neurology®: Clinical Practice has just launched a new Practice Current survey on a hot topic for all practicing neurologists worldwide - When do you suspect autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and what is the role of antibody testing? There has been growing interest recently in stressing the importance of clinically-grounded guidelines for diagnosis of AE and antibody testing may not be available in diverse settings with varying resources. Please consider joining the discussion by taking the survey on the Practice Current page.
The AAN recently offered a webinar course iNeurology: Best IT Practices covering "core functionalities of electronic health records, using health information technology to effectively report on payer programs, and identifying tools to improve patient care." An earlier course, Open Your Heart, Open Your Notes: A Guide to Patient Engagement, was offered in September in order to "familiarize practitioners with current patient engagement technology, employ tactics to enhance patient engagement and explore the OpenNotes concept of sharing medical information." If you missed either of these courses, it’s not too late to gain this useful information and earn CME by registering and viewing the recorded versions of the webinars on the AAN website. For specific questions, contact Jessica Nickrand, Program Manager, Policy and Practice Programming, at JNickrand@aan.com.
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Neurology PodcastSeptember 18, 2018 Issue