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Your Practice Made Perfect is a free podcast series where industry professionals discuss current issues and provide advice for today's practicing medical professionals. Our discussions cover everything from medical legislature to inspiring stories about addiction recovery. You won't want to miss an episode.

Episode Archive: Clinical

Episode 145: Talking Telemedicine
Mar 22, 2024

Join us in this episode where we talk all things telemedicine with our in-house virtual visit expert, Michael Cash. We step back a few years to talk about the effect the pandemic had on telemedicine, discuss where virtual medicine stands now, and Michael shares common questions he gets and tips to make telemedicine work for you.

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Episode 144: Behavioral Health with a Behavior Expert
Feb 16, 2024

Join us as we talk with long time behavioral psychiatrist Dr. Craig Clark about a broad range of information including the effects of the pandemic on behavioral health, some of the challenges we are still seeing, and even the stimulant shortage. Dr. Clark has many years in the field and several nuggets of wisdom to share that can apply to all practicing providers in today's world of medicine - don't miss this one!

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Episode 136: That One Time We Forgot a Kid
May 10, 2023

When you're balancing a thousand things between work and family - there's a chance you might just forget a kid. Tune in to this episode where we get personal with Dr. Katrina Hood, a dedicated pediatrician who is married to a physician and has raised three healthy and successful kids while seemingly juggling it all with grace. Dr. Hood shares some insight and tips for maintaining that balance when it seems like the responsibilities are never-ending, and your family and your patients both deserve your undivided attention.

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Episode 129: Self-Care in a Time of Great Burnout
Sep 16, 2022

Discover, cope, and dig your way out - it can be a hamster wheel many healthcare providers find themselves in when it comes to burnout. Given the especially hectic times in today's medical world, we felt it appropriate to revisit some past conversations with physicians who both specialized in burnout, and lived through their own burnout experiences. Join us as we recap some helpful tips and advice for overcoming that long-term stress reaction that results in feeling burnt out.

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Episode 125: Addiction Knows No Boundaries
May 20, 2022

Addiction can find its way into anyone's life. In this episode, we revisit prior conversations we've had with multiple physicians on the topic of addiction. We highlight conversations with Dr. Bob, Dr. Stephen Lloyd, and Dr. Rett Blake on the many layers of this disease.

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Episode 124: Physician Well-Being and Pandemic Burnout
Apr 22, 2022

Now more than ever, physicians need to focus on their own well-being and stress management. To guide our conversation, we speak with Dr. Charlene Dewey about best approaches and prevention advice for dealing with mental health in the midst of a pandemic.

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Episode 105: Passing the Torch
Oct 23, 2020

J. Baugh sits down with Dr. Greg Hood to talk about mentoring medical students. They discuss the responsibilities and joys of guiding the next generation of medical workers and give you a few tips on being the best mentor possible.

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Episode 097: Understanding the Direct Primary Care Practice Model
Jun 26, 2020

Dr. Charles Marable joins J. Baugh to talk about Direct Primary Care, including the benefits and challenges, as well as resources for physicians considering this non-traditional practice model.

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Episode 094: A Multimodal Approach to Pain Management
May 15, 2020

Dr. John McGraw and J. Baugh discuss the HHS Pain Management Best Practices Task Force and its efforts to address the opioid crisis with evidence-based conclusions surrounding pain management.

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Episode 093: Answers for Physicians During COVID-19
Apr 24, 2020

These unprecedented times have all healthcare professionals looking for answers. We’ve assembled a panel of some of SVMIC’s best experts in their respective fields to cover some of the most frequently asked questions from our members. We discuss everything from Telemedicine coverage to managing a small business during this crisis. If you have a question about practicing medicine during COVID-19, there’s a good chance someone else has the same one. Tune in today and learn more.

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Episode 091: Talking to Your Insurance Carrier
Mar 20, 2020

Charmy Shrode joins J. Baugh to dive into some of today’s malpractice insurance issues like practicing outside of your specialty, the impact the opioid crisis is having on malpractice insurance, telemedicine, and more.

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Episode 090: The Renaissance Woman
Mar 06, 2020

Dr. Nancy Shipley sits down with J. Baugh to talk tackling fear, achieving balance, and being a Renaissance woman, which for her starts with identifying her values and making sure everything she does fits within those values.

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Episode 089: HR Issues: The Biggest Trouble Spot
Feb 21, 2020

In the third and final part of their HR discussion, Scott Hickman and J. Baugh go over the importance of honesty and performance improvement in employee reviews, onboarding and off-boarding, and wage issues.

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Episode 088: HR Issues: Compensation Laws and Workplace Harassment
Feb 07, 2020

Scott Hickman and J. Baugh continue their HR discussion, this time with a focus on employment classification and the impact on pay, comp time, and the Family Medical Leave Act as well as how to address harassment in the workplace.

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Episode 087: HR Issues: Doing Your Homework
Jan 24, 2020

Attorneys Scott Hickman and J. Baugh discuss common HR issues that come up in practices, including the importance of enlisting a professional on the front end with compliance questions, and essential elements to include in a personnel manual.

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Episode 086: Destroying Physician Burnout
Jan 10, 2020

Dr. Betty-Ann Svendsen shares her own personal experience surrounding physician burnout with J. Baugh, including its very real impact on her personal life. Svendsen shares how she was able to destroy burnout by making herself a priority and putting more focus on work-life balance.

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Episode 084: Quality Testing
Dec 06, 2019

Anne Pontius joins J. Baugh to discuss operating an in-office laboratory. Anne weighs out the pros and cons of doing your own testing in-house versus using a commercial laboratory.

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Episode 080: When Healthcare Goes Virtual
Oct 25, 2019

Dr. Richard Moses sits down with host Brian Fortenberry to discuss telemedicine and telehealth, the legalities of practicing across state lines, and how to go about doing so if you wish to work in multiple states.

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Episode 075: Out of Breath and Time
Sep 06, 2019

Editor and founder of MedMalReviewer.com, Eric Funk, returns with Brian Fortenberry to review a malpractice case of a 31-year-old male who couldn’t receive a CT scan for physical reasons and got a misdiagnosis of bronchitis that resulted in a tragic outcome.

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Episode 065: With Great Power Comes Professional Responsibility
Jun 14, 2019

Dr. Scott Fowler and Brian Fortenberry examine the personal topic of professionalism in the medical industry, and a doctor’s covenant with society. Dr. Fowler explains how the practice of medicine is not a business but a calling.

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Episode 063: Addiction, Abuse, and Misuse
May 31, 2019

Dr. Rett Blake joins Brian Fortenberry to discuss the many angles of the opioid crisis. Dr. Blake explains abuse vs. misuse, the symptoms of addiction, the reason people are overdosing and how to prevent it.

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Episode 058: It’s All About Attitude
Apr 12, 2019

Dr. Rebekah Bernard rejoins the podcast to continue discussing her book The Rock Star Doctors Guide: Change Your Thinking, Improve Your Life. She discusses the three A’s of patient care, as well as some key points from the book on how to be a rockstar physician for your patients.

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Episode 057: Mental Health for Health Experts
Apr 05, 2019

Dr. Rebekah Bernard, who literally wrote the book on physician burnout, joins host Brian Fortenberry to discuss a few key points from her book, "The Rock Star Doctors Guide: Change Your Thinking, Improve Your Life".

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Episode 051: Keeping Calm in the Courtroom
Feb 15, 2019

Dr. Jill Huntley-Taylor and Brian Fortenberry break down the process of preparing medical professionals for trial and eliminating surprises while going through the process. Huntley-Taylor discusses how to gather information, what jurors expect from the medical professional, and what kind of attitude to bring into the courtroom.

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Episode 050: Prescribing Opioids During an Epidemic
Feb 08, 2019

Dr. Greg Mancini joins Brian Fortenberry to discuss opioids and narcotics and what could have caused the crisis. Mancini discusses the complications and side effects of the drug, as well as alternatives the medical community could utilize to control the issue without compromising patient care.

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Episode 046: Avoiding the Crash and Burn
Jan 04, 2019

Dr. Dike Drummond of The Happy MD speaks with Brian Fortenberry about physician burnout. Understanding burnout is not that simple, and Dr. Drummond helps doctors navigate circumstances that can lead to this state. He shares some practical tips on prevention and how to get out of the rut.

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Episode 044: A Hard Pill to Swallow
Dec 07, 2018

Along with host Brian Fortenberry, Dr. Stephen Loyd discusses his intimate struggle with opioid addiction. For three years, Dr. Loyd was addicted to painkillers while working as a physician. In one hand, he had everything anyone would want in life. In the other, a handful of pills. He discusses how finding the Tennessee Medical Foundation helped get him out of addiction.

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Episode 041: Controlling Controlled Substances
Nov 09, 2018

Brian Fortenberry and Dr. Walter Fitzgerald discuss opioids, prescriptions, and all issues that come with it. Dr. Fitzgerald brings his experience as both an attorney and a pharmacist to the discussion, covering everything from new laws regarding prescriptions to safely disposing of extra pills.

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Episode 040: Closing the Gap
Nov 02, 2018

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 037: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Oct 12, 2018

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 033: Pain Points
Sep 14, 2018

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 029: The Hypertension is Rising
Aug 17, 2018

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 025: Navigating Care to Comfort
Jul 20, 2018

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.

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Episode 023: Treatment Pains
Jul 06, 2018

Host Brian Fortenberry chats with Pain Medicine Physician, Dr. Rhett Blake about the newer guidelines that relate to doctors providing pain treatment. Together, they cover the nationwide Opioid epidemic, where it’s rampant, and what’s been done at the national and local level.

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Episode 022: Talk it Out
Jun 29, 2018

Host Brian Fortenberry and experienced claims attorney and risk reduction expert, Shelly Weatherly, talk about how to stay out of legal hot water amidst the stress and responsibility of patient care combined with the possibility of a lawsuit. Hear how clear communication and investing in the doctor-patient relationship can make all the difference.

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Episode 011: No Pain Is The Game
Apr 13, 2018

In this week’s episode, we look at developments with pain management and pain medication with a specialist and medical expert. Dr. Blake discusses the Opioid epidemic as a national crisis, better and more appropriate treatments, and how physicians should approach patients struggling with pain.

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Episode 003: The Ins and Outs of Malpractice Policies
Feb 01, 2018

Brian Fortenberry interviews Charmy Shrode, VP of Underwriting at SVMIC. Ms. Shrode explains the key differences between traditional insurance policies and malpractice insurance, the legal differences from state-to-state, and why medical professionals should prepare for the worse.

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Episode 004: Confessions of a Recovering Addict
Feb 01, 2018

In this powerful episode, Dr. Bob shares his personal story with Brian. Dr. Bob has struggled with alcohol and drug addictions since his early youth all the way through medical school and well into his practice.

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