Episode 23 Updates on Monkeypox

09/25/22 • 24 min

In this episode, host Jessica Swain talks to Margaret Worth, infection preventionist and quality specialists at Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, and Morgan Kuhnly, infection preventionist at Dartmouth Health, to give updated information on Monkeypox. The team is also joined by Dr. Aalok Khole who is an infectious diseases physician at Cheshire Medical Center and physician lead for the hospital epidemiology and anti-microbial stewardship program to help anwer common clinical questions around Monkeypox.

Monkeypox cases are declining nationally which has led to government officials being cautiously optimistic that we can works towards elimination of the virus in the United States. In the meantime, we need to remain vigilant and continue to isolate and vaccinate close contacts of infected individuals which should help end the current outbreak of the disease.

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Episode 22 Healthcare Legislation and You

Looking at health through the lens of political determinants means analysing how different ideological positions, institutions, processes, and interests, affect health within different political systems and cultures and at different levels of governance.

In this episode, we talk to Matthew Houde, System Vice President of Government Relations at Dartmouth Health, and Courtney Tanner, Director of Government Relations at Dartmouth Health. Matthew and Courtney walks us through political determinants of health, the 2022 executive and legislative activity, and how healthcare staff can engage in this advocacy space

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Episode 24 Screening colonoscopy. Is it worth it?

There's ongoing debate as to whether some preventative screenings are helpful in the general population because of risk associated with doing procedures and unnecessary treatment leading to higher healthcare costs. A recent study from Poland, Norway, and Sweden showing a relatively similar risk of death from colorectal cancer between screened and unscreened populations highlights this dilemma.

We are joined by Dr. Audrey Calderwood, a gastroenterologist at Dartmouth in Lebanon. She is the director of the Comprehensive Gastroenterology Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Dartmouth Institute for Health and Policy and Clinical Practice. Her passions from both a clinical and research perspective is colorectal cancer prevention. She will walk us through some of the higlights of the study which we hope will help our listeners make an informed decision.

The information shared in this episode is meant for medical education and should not be considered as medical advice.