This episode of the award-winning podcast examines the importance of risk adjustment. Dr. Tomas Villanueva leads the discussion on the impact of this crucial aspect of documentation that can affect hospital outcomes.

Moderator:

Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM

Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality

Vizient

Guest:

Erica Braun, MS, RN, CCDS

Senior Consulting Director, Clinical Documentation Improvement

Vizient

Show Notes:

[01:29] Defining risk adjustment – maintaining an apples to apples comparison

[02:41] Capturing comorbid conditions to the highest level of specificity

[04:08] Capturing the low-hanging fruit

[05:47] Case mix index issues

[07:44] Severity of illness and risk of mortality

[08:52] Addressing query fatigue

Resources:

To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com

Erica Braun’s email: erica.braun@vizientinc.com

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Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) has seen a lot of innovations, but there is still the conventional gold standard. On this episode of our award-winning podcast, Dr. Tomas Villanueva welcomes Dr. Aziz Aadam to discuss the need for early colorectal cancer (CRC) detection, and the options available to patients.

Moderator:

Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM

Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality

Vizient

Guest:

Abdul Aziz Aadam, MD

Interventional Gastroenterologist

Director, Interventional Endoscopy

Medical Director, International Patient Services

Northwestern Medicine

Show Notes:

[01:05] CRC screening options

[02:40] Colonoscopy advantages and disadvantages

[03:35] Virtual colonoscopies

[04:14] Artificial intelligence enhancement

[04:54] Improvements in the future

[07:10] No tests are foolproof

[07:50] Need to improve access

Resources:

To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com

Dr. Aadam’s email: abdul.aadam@northwestern.edu

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In this episode of the award-winning podcast Dr. Tomas Villanueva welcomes Dr. Aziz Aadam to discuss the need for early colorectal cancer (CRC) detection, which drastically increases the rate of survival, and how improvements in CRC screening are giving patients better options.

Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality Vizient

Guest: Abdul Aziz Aadam, MD Interventional Gastroenterologist Director, Interventional Endoscopy Medical Director, International Patient Services Northwestern Medicine

Show Notes:

[01:11] Endoscopic submucosal dissection

[02:10] Prevalence of colorectal cancer

[02:38] Risk factors

[05:10] Reason for the need of early detection

[06:35] Challenges for screening

[07:56] Rise in younger patients

[09:11] Screening of the elderly

[09:54] Increasing screening rates

[11:09] Additional screening options

Links | Resources:

To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com

Dr. Aadam’s email: abdul.aadam@northwestern.edu

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