Your Practice Made Perfect
Support, Protection and Advice for Practicing Medical Professionals
About the show
Conversations, interviews, and advice for today's practicing medical professionals brought to you by SVMIC's J. Baugh and guests. Learn more at SVMIC.com.
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Episodes
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Episode 040: Closing the Gap
November 2nd, 2018 | Season 1 | 20 mins 11 secs
care management, clinical, insurance, malpractice, narus health
Michael Burcham, CEO of Narus Health, talks with Brian Fortenberry about care management. Michael discusses finding the gaps between payer, physician, patient, and hospital, improving those gaps, and giving stakeholders a better experience. He also discusses changing the experience that people have, so that instead of healthcare happening to them, it works for them.
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Episode 039: From Witness to Defendant
October 26th, 2018 | 15 mins 53 secs
closed claim, insurance, malpractice, medical
Dan Himmelberg, SVMIC Assistant Vice President of Claims, and Brian Fortenberry discuss a closed claim in which a patient suffered an aneurysm after having an appendectomy. The patient's surgeon, who had been an expert witness in other cases, was taken to court himself, where he defended his care of the patient during over 8 years of legal proceedings.
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Episode 038: Doing It Right and Getting It Wrong
October 19th, 2018 | 12 mins 1 sec
closed claim, insurance, malpractice, medical
In this closed claim review, a hike up a steep ravine sent William to the hospital with a “weird feeling” in his back. After his symptoms subsided and he was discharged, he passed away of an aortic dissection. Host Brian Fortenberry and SVMIC attorney Judy Reneau discuss the doctor’s defense and how William's symptoms did not lead to the underlying problem.
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Episode 037: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
October 12th, 2018 | 20 mins 28 secs
healthcare, insurance, malpractice, medical
Surgeon Dr. Bruce Ramshaw and Brian Fortenberry discuss problems in healthcare and how new models for healthcare based on systems and data science could be applied. Dr. Ramshaw’s goal is to learn the real structural reasons that the global healthcare system is failing and what can be done to fix it.
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Episode 036: The Best Defense is a Good Offense
October 5th, 2018 | 26 mins 27 secs
insurance, malpractice, medical, testimony
Brian Fortenberry and attorney Wendy Longmire dig into the legal services that SVMIC provides. They discuss depositions, how to properly prepare physicians for testimony, and how mutually beneficial it is for a defendant to really become engaged in their own defense.
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Episode 035: Fear Factor
September 28th, 2018 | 11 mins 39 secs
closed claim, legal, medical, surgery
Host Brian Fortenberry and attorney Jamie Wyatt discuss a closed claim case in which everyone in an operating room, except for the surgeon, was sued due to the complications experienced by the patient post-surgery. They explore this "no talking policy" implemented by the surgeon, and how it created a hostile work environment and a very adverse outcome.
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Episode 034: The Impact of Preconceived Notions
September 21st, 2018 | 11 mins 40 secs
addiction, closed claim, medical
Attorney Tim Behan and Brian Fortenberry discuss how the depersonalization and dissociation from a well-known patient can help provide more effective treatment. In this closed claim review, a 40-year-old woman with drug-seeking behavior is left with neurological damage due to assumptions made about her condition.
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Episode 033: Pain Points
September 14th, 2018 | 23 mins 20 secs
disease, medical, pain, treatment
Brian Fortenberry talks to Dr. Stephanie Vanterpool, Director of Comprehensive Pain Services at University of Tennessee Medical Center and Medical Director of the University Center for Pain Management. They discuss targeted pain treatment options and how pain is a symptom of an underlying condition.
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Episode 032: The Malpractice Essentials
September 7th, 2018 | 28 mins 2 secs
insurance, malpractice, medical
Jim Smith, with 36 years of experience in the medical professional liability insurance business, helps us understand medical insurance and what it means to be a part of a mutual insurance company. Join host Brian Fortenberry as they break down MPL and all that goes with it.
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Episode 031: The Case of the Black Box Warning
August 31st, 2018 | 12 mins 15 secs
closed claim, complications, malpractice, medical
In this closed claim case, attorney Stephanie Deupree and host Brian Fortenberry examine a very tragic outcome that began with a man's fall from a six-foot ladder while trying to complete a home improvement project. A medication unfamiliar to the physicians prescribed for pain relief resulted in the man's death.
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Episode 030: The Importance of Belonging
August 24th, 2018 | 16 mins 26 secs
community, doctor, membership, networking, physician
Dr. John Lytle, former President of Arkansas Orthopedics Society, discusses the importance of a physician's involvement in associations, membership groups, and committees. He talks to host Brian Fortenberry about being a part of the local community as well as taking care of other people in your profession.
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Episode 029: The Hypertension is Rising
August 17th, 2018 | 21 mins 14 secs
clinical, doctor, hypertension, medical
Join host Brian Fortenberry and Dr. Elise Schriver as they talk about pulmonary hypertension, its five clinical classes, and how it is being reported more and more on echocardiograms and CT scans. Dr. Schriver is the Associate Clinical Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and the Director of the UT Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic in Knoxville.
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Episode 028: Don’t Leave the Rest Unwritten
August 10th, 2018 | 20 mins 15 secs
closed claim, complications, malpractice, medical
In this closed claim review, Ken Rucker, Vice President of Claims for SVMIC, and host Brian Fortenberry discuss how easy it is to let the daily workload negatively impact the quality of medical documentation. Details forgotten can be hard to defend, especially when Dr. Andrew’s early discharge led to a patient's death one week later.
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Episode 027: No One is Too Good
August 3rd, 2018 | 15 mins 47 secs
doctor, management, medical, practice
A lifelong medical practice executive, Tom Stearns shares the wisdom he’s learned over the years as a manager and leader. With host Brian Fortenberry, they explore the role of a manager in a medical practice and how they should be standing behind their employees in a role of support, instead of cracking the whip.
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Episode 026: Care Off the Record
July 27th, 2018 | 9 mins 36 secs
closed claim, complications, medical
Brian Fortenberry details and discusses a closed claim case with Claims Attorney, Zynthia Howse. Together, they review the fallout from a female infant’s routine “Well Baby” visit after the care providers failed to administer a vaccination and did not accurately document it in the medical charts.
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Episode 025: Navigating Care to Comfort
July 20th, 2018 | 17 mins 30 secs
clinical, death, malpractice, policies
When treating someone at the end of their life, a doctor has more to consider than curing or healing a patient. General Internist, Dr. Daniel Ely, chats with Brian Fortenberry about what goes into palliative care, advanced care planning, and comfort at the end of life.