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November Grand Rounds
Major Study Reinforces The Power Of Medtronic Device For Better Diabetes ManagementMINNEAPOLIS — Results of the largest ever Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) study were published online today by the New England Journal of Medicine. The study demonstrated that Personal CGM therapy significantly reduced the average blood glucose levels (A1c) of adult patients with type 1 diabetes, validating the growing body of clinical evidence in support of Personal CGM therapy and its ability to substantially improve diabetes management and glucose control. Studies have shown that reducing A1c can result in reduced risk of long term side effects associated with diabetes, including blindness and kidney disease. Medtronic currently markets the world s only integrated diabetes management system that combines Personal CGM with insulin pump therapy, the MiniMed Paradigm® REAL Time System. Medtronic also offers a unique stand alone Personal CGM device – the Guardian® REAL Time System. The multicenter, 322 patient trial, funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), found that after six months adults using Personal CGM realized a statistically significant 0.53 percent absolute reduction in A1c as compared to the control group. All patients in the study experienced statistically significant absolute reductions in A1c levels ranging from 0.5 to 0.7 percent when Personal CGM was used at least six days a week. Moreover, improvements in A1c occurred without an increase in severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Healthy Memphis Common Table Executive DirectorHealthy Memphis Common Table welcomes Reneé S. Frazier, FACHE, MHSA, as its first executive director, effective January 12, 2009. Ms. Frazier is relocating to Collierville, Tennessee from Pittsburgh, PA. She will be working with Common Table leadership throughout the fall in preparation for expanded Mid-South health improvement activities in 2009. Before joining the Healthy Memphis Common Table, Ms. Frazier served as the regional senior vice president and executive officer of VHA Pennsylvania, an area office of VHA Inc., a national hospital alliance of more than 2,200 health care organizations across the U. S. VHA is the nation's largest hospital and health care group-buying organization with over $22 billion in sales. VHA also provides services to members in the areas of clinical performance improvement networks, benchmarking and supply chain analytics. The VHA Pennsylvania office serves 38 member-hospital organizations with $1.1 billion in sales. Before joining VHA Pennsylvania, Ms. Frazier was vice president of corporate strategic planning for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland (CareFirst, Inc.), where she was responsible for corporate-wide planning and strategic acquisitions. She has also served as vice president for managed care consulting and health management resources, and as chief operating officer for Lutheran Health Care Corporation. She has been the regional operations manager of a for-profit ambulatory chain. State of Tennessee Grant Helps Baptist Rehab-Germantown Launch Prediabetes ProgramA Project Diabetes implementation grant from the Tennessee Center for Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement has enabled Baptist Rehabilitation-Germantown to offer a program aimed at preventing diabetes by teaching healthy lifestyle habits. From Oct. 7 through Dec. 18, community members diagnosed with prediabetes are invited to meet every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6 to 7 p.m. at Baptist Rehab-Germantown, located at 2100 Exeter Road. Each participant must have a physician referral to participate in the program. During the 2007 fiscal year, the Tennessee Center for Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement gave more than $2 million in grant to health providers across the state. Funding will be used to help prevent and treat patients with diabetes. Gov. Phil Bredesen launched Project Diabetes in 2006. Project Diabetes is a statewide initiative focusing on education, prevention and treatment programs for diabetes and obesity. Fundamental goals of Project Diabetes include reducing the prevalence of overweight and obesity across the state to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes, educating the public about health issues linked to diabetes, and promoting community partnerships to identify and solve regional health problems related to obesity and diabetes. Methodist Hospitals Excel in Chest Pain CareMEMPHIS — Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is the first hospital system inMemphis to achieve the designation of Accredited Chest Pain Centers with Percutaneous Intervention (PCI) at multiple locations. The accreditation awarded by the Society of Chest Pain Centers to Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown, Methodist North, Methodist South, and Methodist University hospitals brings high-level cardiac care to patients in all corners of our community which is vitally important when treating heart attacks because every second counts when medical professionals are working to save heart muscle. To receive this accreditation Chest Pain Centers must demonstrate expertise in several key areas including:
Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty, Ph.D., Elected to Institute of MedicineMEMPHIS — Peter Doherty, Ph.D., of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a prestigious branch of the National Academy of Sciences. Doherty, who holds the Michael F. Tamer Chair of Biomedical Research, is among 65 new members of the IOM, raising the total membership to 1,736. Members are elected through a highly selective process that recognizes people who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care and public health. Current active members elect new members from among candidates nominated for their professional achievement and commitment to service. An unusual diversity of talent is assured by the IOM's charter, which stipulates that at least one-quarter of the membership be selected from outside the health professions, from such fields as the natural, social and behavioral sciences, as well as law, administration, engineering and the humanities. With their election, members make a commitment to volunteer a significant amount of time as members of IOM committees, which engage in a broad range of studies on health policy issues. Doherty won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1996 with Rolf M. Zinkernagel, M.D. The immunologists' experiments revolutionized the field by explaining the mechanism of T-cell recognition in cell-mediated immunity. They discovered T cells simultaneously recognize MHC self-protein and a foreign antigen on the surface of virally infected cells. School-Based Program Aims to Fight Childhood ObesityMEMPHIS — Obesity is one of the greatest challenges facing American children. More than 40 percent of children are overweight or obese. A new study by researchers, physicians and educators at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center is testing how innovative school-based activities can affect children's health. The study is organized by Le Bonheur Healthy Schools, which provides nurses to schools in West Tennessee, and The Children's Foundation Research Center at Le Bonheur. The obesity prevention pilot program began in August with 4th grade students at two Tipton County elementary schools. Children at both schools - Munford and Brighton -received free health screenings which included height, weight, body mass index, blood pressure, blood glucose and total cholesterol. The health screening will be repeated at the end of the school year. Both groups of 4th grade students also receive special in-classroom education taught by Le Bonheur staff. Weekly a Le Bonheur educator teaches the curriculum Eat Well and Keep Moving. Curriculum includes healthy food choices, increasing physical activity and reducing time in front of the television or computer. A family fun night will be held four times during the school year to encourage the entire family to be physically active together by playing games, exercising and learning good health behaviors. The real test of the research study will be the role the school nurse plays in coaching children who are overweight or obese. At Munford Elementary, the students whose health screenings identified the child as overweight or obese will receive special twice monthly motivational sessions - one session will be one-on-one with the school nurse and the second session with a group of peers. Dr. Sara Stender and Dr. George Burghen are working hand-in-hand with the school nurse to help deliver effective messages. Dr. Mike Christensen and Dr. Dennis Black of the CFRC are leading the research efforts. Dr. Laura Detti has joined Kutteh Ke Fertility Associates of Memphis, PLLC as a Reproductive Endocrinologist.Dr. Detti, a native of Italy, attended medical school at the University of Florence. She performed clinical research on early pregnancy imaging and implantation at the University of Mississippi, Jackson and at Yale University. Dr. Detti completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and went on to complete a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Wayne State University in Detroit in 2007. Dr. Detti comes to Memphis from Detroit where she was on the faculty in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology. She is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Board Eligible in Reproductive Endocrinology. She is Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee. UT Medical Group, Inc. Taps Linda Martin as Vice President of Corporate ComplianceMEMPHIS — Linda Martin has joined UT Medical Group, Inc. as Vice President of Corporate Compliance. Martin was previously Director of Compliance and Corporate Integrity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She earned her undergraduate degree in economics from Northeastern University in Boston and received a master's degree in business administration from Emory University Goizueta School of Business. Martin is certified in health care compliance and has over 25 years of experience in health care administration, academic medical center compliance, government regulatory operations, and research compliance. Antiques Oriented Exhibit-Medical Foundation FundraisingAfter a year of extensive on-site field research in uncharted territory, an antiques oriented exhibition entitled "The Three Stars of Tennessee–With A Focus On Western Tennessee" will include as its historical base displays of representative Tennessee Indian and Tennessee-related Civil War artifacts as well as archival documents and objects associated with frontier and antebellum Tennessee history including the three Tennessee U.S. presidents. Portraits, a full figured silhouette, and remarkable early photographs by a pioneering West Tennessee camerawoman will document our Tennessee forebears who lived in these early times. The core of the exhibition though, will consist of extensive displays of eighteenth and nineteenth century Tennessee-made decorative arts including furniture, textiles, metals, pottery, and also folk art, musical instruments, miniature objects, gentlemen's antiques, etc. including tools and documents associated with their production and producers. The displays will include several representative vignettes of these objects made in East and Middle Tennessee but will focus primarily on pioneering displays of these objects made throughout almost all of the counties of Western Tennessee. Some objects will be on loan from State and regional museums and private collections, but most of these will be graciously on loan from homes of old, long-time Western Tennessee families and thus never publicly seen before. A full-color, illustrated scholarly catalog exploring both the historical, architecture-interiors setting for these objects as well as the artifacts on display will be available. The exhibition is one of a series of charitable fundraisers being held this fall by the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation. The exhibition will run from November 1st through the 26th at the renovated 1903 Carnegie Center for the Arts and History, 305 E. College Street at N. Church Street in historic downtown Jackson, Tennessee from 10:00am to 6:00pm Monday through Saturday and 1:00pm to 6:00pm on Sunday. A series of related Tennessee history, antiques and foods related lectures by authorities are scheduled to compliment the exhibition. A black-tie gala preview party on October 30th with Honorary Chairman, Jon Meacham, Editor of Newsweek and author of the soon to be released "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" will recreate the evening of September 18, 1825 when General Andrew Jackson and wife Rachel were grandly feted on their only visit together to the Tennessee town named in his honor. Call 731-425-3275 or email ray@lambuth.edu for further information. Dr. Larry Ray, Professor of art and Dean of the College of Arts & Communications at Lambuth University serves as curator of this exhibit. Contact the Jackson-Madison County Visitors Bureau at either 731-425-8333 or 1-800-498-4748 for accommodation, restaurant, and other practical information. Extensive information will also be available at the exhibition desk about dining and antiquing venues in Jackson and region, as well as about a multitude of historic homes and sites in West Tennessee. West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation Announces Gala EventsThe Appetizer: The Third annual Regions/Regions Morgan Keegan Trust Patron's Party on Friday evening, November 21, 2008 promises to be an exciting night filled with sevens. There will be seven of Jackson's loveliest homes hosting this event including: Dr. and Mrs. James Barker; Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Hayes; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Smith; Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Teer; Mrs. Hewitt Tomlin, Jr.; The Norton/Walden Home; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Woodside There will also be seven executive chefs from across the southeast courtesy of Sodexo USA. This year's event will be elegant, unique, and limited to only 200 persons. Each home will host 28 guests with a four-course gourmet meal, artistically prepared on site by their corporate master chefs. Each course will be expertly paired with fine wines provided by the featured vintner Chalk Hill Winery. This black tie affair has been a sell out every year and promises not to disappoint. Our guests will be dazzled with fine wine, fabulous food, and an elegant setting, stated Co-Chairperson Judy Parks. This will be a unique experience for Jackson and a magical evening, said Co-Chairman Bobby Walden. After dinner all guests will be invited to the home of Carl and Alice Kirkland for a private party featuring decadent desserts, coffee, and a private performance by the lead singer of Restless Heart, Larry Stewart. All proceeds will be divided between the Health and Healing Clinic and the Ayers Children's Medical Center. Tickets can be purchased for $777 a couple or $400 per person by calling the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation office at 731-984-2142. The Main Course: The West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation's 19th Annual Charity Gala will be held Nov. 22, at the Jackson Fairgrounds Park. This year's event is "Hot Roses and Cool Nights—A Tennessee Garden Party." The Jackson Fairgrounds will be gloriously transformed into a romantic garden by West Tennessee's top landscape designers who will dazzle with their unique creations of garden sculptures, bubbling fountains, and foliage designs. This year's event will also include a cocktail reception sponsored by ING and a silent auction. All proceeds from the Charity Gala will benefit the Health & Healing Clinic and Ayers Children's Medical Center. The Health & Healing Clinic provides healthcare for the working uninsured of Madison County and Ayers Children's Medical Center provides healthcare for West Tennessee's children. Tickets are on sale now for $250 each or tables of eight for $2,000. For more information about the Gala, call the Foundation office at 731-984-2142. Tickets or tables can also be purchased on line at www.wthfoundation.org/gala Tags:NoneBookmark:
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