Innovations in Care Delivery

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  • Stroke in ethnic minority-serving US hospitals and Lower carotid revascularization rates
    By Amelia Boehme, MD

     

    Despite decreases in stroke mortality, the racial disparities gap in stroke risk is increasing.1,2 Race has been used as a surrogate for many factors, such as poverty, pre-existing conditions, and decreased access to health systems.3 Even after adjusting for poverty or medically underserved areas, black patients remain at higher risk of stroke, further supporting the evidence linking racial disparities, geographic disparities, and stroke.4-6

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    June 3, 2019
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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.

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    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.
    H O B B I E S: Renovating homes in NY, biking, and volunteer work.

    INTERVIEW Audio

    FUll transcript of interview

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    ​Neurology: Clinical Practice has launched their next Practice Current survey on a universally controversial topic —Practice Current: How do you manage patients with a "hot carotid"? Please consider completing the survey to add your own perspective.

    ​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.’ ”  

     

  • About The Editors

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    Editor, Innovations in Care Delivery
    Brian C. Callaghan, MD, MS
    Ann Arbor, MI

    Biography

     

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    Editor, Innovations in Care Delivery
    Kevin A. Kerber, MD, MS
    Ann Arbor MI

    Biography