Yale Practice Archive
November/December 2009-October 2007
Nov./Dec. 2009
- YMG celebrates increased revenues, rising patient satisfaction, and a growing reputation
- Clinical excellence award goes to pulmonologist
- Awards spotlight compliance and patient satisfaction
October 2009
- Public affairs team promotes clinical and research advances
- Physician at Work: Jean Bolognia, MD: A dermatologist uses her eyes to spot disease
- Media hungry for medical news from faculty
Sept. 2009
- Expert in MS research named to lead Department of Neurology
- Physician at Work: Walter Longo, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgery: Knowing when not to operate
- 45 YMG physicians among New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors”
- YMG to study clinical space needs
- Pediatric programs among nation’s best
- CME programs receive national acclaim
- Obstetrical unit improves outcomes
- YMG, YNHH set to select EMR system
July/August 2009
- Board of Governors forms committees to oversee YMG practices
- Physician at Work: C. Robert Bernardino, MD, Ophthalmology: Droopy eyelids, bulging eyes, and double vision
June 2009
- Clinicians and staff review EMR systems
- Physician at Work: Kristaps J. Keggi, MD, From Latvia to Yale and back
May 2009
- Contract settlement benefits both unions and Yale Medical Group practices
- Physician at Work: Julie Ann Sosa, MD, Endocrinology, genetics, and surgery keep one surgeon busy
- Bump rates improve at Yale Medical Group
April 2009
- YMG elects new board of governors; Lockwood chosen as chair
- Physician at Work: Joanne Weidhaas, MD: An oncologist looks for ways to improve quality of life
- New electronic system makes protocol submission more efficient
Mar. 2009
- Appointment a boon for Yale Cancer Center, YNHH, Smilow Cancer Hospital and YMG
- Physician at Work: Lyndsay Harris, MD: A translational approach to breast cancer
- Digestive Diseases encourages colonoscopy to prevent cancer
February 2009
- YMG specialists support student-run HAVEN Free Clinic
- Physician at Work: Shirley M. McCarthy, MD, PhD: A radiologist who enjoys the diagnostic side of medicine
- YMG initiates study of electronic medical record needs
January 2009
- New application makes pathology reports more accessible
- Physician at Work: Jennifer McNiff, MD: A pathologist studies the "common and the rare"
- Physicians receive first PQRI bonuses
November/December 2008
- After 200 years CSMS and Yale rekindle their relationship
- Physician at Work: Kathleen Connell, MD: Treating the condition, probing the genetics
- Reception welcomes new clinical faculty to YMG
October 2008
- Smilow Cancer Hospital on schedule for 2009 opening
- Physician at Work: Marie Robert - the pathologist as detective
- Radiology staff initiate safety change
September 2008
- When it helps to say “I’m sorry.” YMG is taking steps to ensure that patients and families receive full disclosure about unintended outcomes
- Physician at Work: Preserving eyesight in the most vulnerable patients
July/August 2008
- How to be a leader in academic medicine, one surgeon’s prescription: Sukru Emre describes how he builds a team, motivates his staff and reaches common goals
- Physician at Work: Richard N. Formica Jr. MD, a doctor for all hours
June 2008
- First annual meeting celebrates the evolution of Yale Medical Group
- Therapeutic radiologist wins first clinical excellence award
- Awards to top scorers in Press-Ganey surveys
May 2008
- YMG finds a new CMO close to home
- Physician at Work: Clarence T. Sasaki, MD
- First Yale Medical Group Annual Meeting
- Medical Error Disclosure Training for CME Credit
April 2008
- Art, Science and Business Acumen
- Physician at Work: John Huang, MD
- New policy on prescription practices
March 2008
- YMG Hits Milestone Score in Patient Satisfaction
- Good service depends on small things that loom large
- Eye Center staff do the right thing
- Practice building symposium slated for April
February 2008
- Digestive Diseases Savors a New Home
- Physician at Work: John Leventhal, MD
- Yale CME provides new state-mandated courses
November/December 2007
- YMG, YNHH welcome new clinical faculty
- Physician at Work: Linda Mayes, MD
- United Way Final Push
October 2007
- Finding autism’s earliest clues
- Physician at Work: Richard S. Bercik
- Managed Care Fair
