This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and Cristy talk with with Dr. Saranya Loehrer, head of the North America Region of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, about how occasionally breaking the rules just might result in better healthcare.
Please tune in! The show will air:
WCHL 97.9 FM
- Saturday, July 29, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
- Sunday, July 30, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
- Monday, July 31, at 6 p.m.
KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM
- Sunday, July 23, at 7 a.m.
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Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository
- Research That Matters (min 0-9:29) Hospital Entertainment System Helps Ease Kids’ Anxiety Before Surgery; Down With 8 A.M. Classes: Undergrads Learn Better Later In The Day; Tranexamic Acid Reduces Maternal Deaths From Bleeding After Childbirth; The Placebo Effect Can Mend a Broken Heart Too
- Conversations with Dr. Saranya Loehrer (min 9:29-30:48)
- House Calls (min 30:48-40:00) I have an arrhythmia that hasn’t been resolved with a beta blocker, a calcium channel blocker or 3 ablations. I’m in my early 30s so my electrophysiologist (EP) is hesitant to put me on flecainide? A friend suggested magnesium oxide. What should I do?; I’m 65 and six years ago I was diagnosed with psoriasis due to drinking too much alcohol and being overweight. I stopped drinking, lost weight and this year my doctor said my liver had improved. I’m sharing this so listeners can benefit from my story.; I’ve had kidney failure, am on dialysis and hope to have a transplant. When I was evaluated, I said I had a glass of wine a day and was disqualified. What do you think?
- Research that Matters
- Hospital Entertainment System Helps Ease Kids’ Anxiety Before Surgery
- Down With 8 A.M. Classes: Undergrads Learn Better Later In The Day
- Tranexamic Acid Reduces Maternal Deaths From Bleeding After Childbirth
- The Placebo Effect Can Mend a Broken Heart Too
- Conversations with Dr. Saranya Loehrer
- Dr. Loehrer’s article: Breaking the Rules for Better Care
- Dr. Loehrer at IHI
- Institute for Health Improvement, North America
- House Calls
- I have an arrhythmia that hasn’t been resolved with a beta blocker, a calcium channel blocker or 3 ablations. I’m in my early 30s so my electrophysiologist (EP) is hesitant to put me on flecainide? A friend suggested magnesium oxide. What should I do?
- I’m 65 and six years ago I was diagnosed with psoriasis due to drinking too much alcohol and being overweight. I stopped drinking, lost weight and this year my doctor said my liver had improved. I’m sharing this so listeners can benefit from my story.
- I’ve had kidney failure, am on dialysis and hope to have a transplant. When I was evaluated, I said I had a glass of wine a day and was disqualified. What do you think?