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Detective Work: SpyGlass System Provides Gastroenterologists with Improved Biopsies, Better Visualization
When gastroenterologists at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Ocean Springs Hospital on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, or the VA Hospital in Jackson have patients that need to be evaluated and diagnosed for conditions such as gallstones, suspected malignancies, bile duct strictures and cystic lesions, they can perform a cholangioscopy procedure with the new SpyGlass Direct Visualization System.
LYNNE JETER |
HEALTHCARE LEADER SPOTLIGHT: Mary Currier, MD, MPH
State Health Officer, Mississippi State Department of Health
Mary Currier started off the New Year on a high note.
After spending most of her career with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH)—initially serving as a staff physician for the prenatal care, family planning, STD and pediatrics programs, and as state epidemiologist from 1993 to 2003, and again from 2007 to 2009—the Mississippi State Board of Health unanimously scrapped plans to conduct a nationwide search to fill the post and named her to a 6-year term as state health officer on Jan. 13.
LYNNE JETER and MARCEA NEITMAN |
Electronic Confetti: Advantage E-Cycling Properly Disposes of Technology-Stored Medical Records
On a typical workday, Tim Earley dispatches an Advantage E-Cycling mobile shred truck to a hospital or medical office, with a 6,600-pound, 50-horsepower, 4-shaft shredder in tow. Before the AE crew departs the site, a 29-inch-by-27-inch cutting chamber—the centerpiece of patent-protected machinery—will shred electronics at the rate of 1,000 pounds of metal and plastic per hour, with office staff witnessing the demolition.
JULIO GONZALEZ, MD, with LYNNE JETER |
Medical Entrepreneurs: How to Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Why did you become a physician?
This question gets to the heart of your life’s work. This same question could be asked of any occupation. In medicine, it’s particularly compelling because of the long road of training required to practice this profession. I’ve heard many physicians say they wouldn’t pursue this career path if they could do it again. They point to longer hours, less pay, burdensome regulations, liability, et cetera. Even though the compensation can be good, the stress is omnipresent. In addition to stress related to patient care, there’s also stress involved in operating a medical practice. The results of these stressors leave many physicians at the brink of burnout.
MARTIN WILLOUGHBY |
Recoupment of Federal Healthcare Dollars: Different Approaches
A Comparison of the Medicaid and Medicare Recovery Audits
While the words "fraud and abuse" may have diminished in use, they have been replaced with the latest catch phrases "improper payments" and "recovery audits." Both Medicare and Medicaid are active in their efforts to remain true to their agency’s survival during this financial crisis through the audit processes.
BETTY HATTEN |
The Invisible Employee
You know the drill. You get to the office early—well before rush hour—to get some work done. As soon as 8 o’clock arrives, you’ll be sidetracked with phones ringing, obligatory greetings infused with side commentaries about what happened on American Idol, and always—an employee issue. The rest of the day is tied up trying to check off your lengthy to-do list. Too many alligators; not enough marshmallows!
HAROLD INGRAM |
| Best Business Practices Focus |
Fibromyalgia: A Disease Without a Medical Home
"Ideally, It Would Be Neurology," Expert Says
Rae Marie Gleason, executive director of the National Fibromyalgia Association, said the tendency still exists among physicians to view fibromyalgia as “an illness of whining women who really could get better if they just wanted to.” Yet, Gleason’s job gets easier every day, as an abundance of research ties those patients’ complaints to brain activity – or lack thereof.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Healthcare Real Estate Outlook
Looking for Silver Linings in Cloudy Skies
Turn on the television; open any paper, and it’s clear the American housing market has been in a freefall for more than a year. For the most part, the commercial sectors have followed suit.
Cindy Sanders |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: James "Jimmy" Keeton, MD
Keeton Takes Medical Center Reins at Challenging Time
For the past eight months, James "Jimmy" Keeton, MD, had been dutifully filing away a set of issues to be tackled by whoever would be named the next vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
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