Wednesday
SESSION 38: ISSUES: PUBLISHING MDs’ RESULTS; RESEARCH TIPS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; RCTs; GUIDELINES; ACA; DISHONEST WITNESSES; VQIs AND SOCIETIES
SESSION 38 SCHEDULE
5:06 PM - 5:11 PM Preferential Funding For Primary Care vs. Specialty Care And Penalties For Readmissions (As Promoted In The ACA) Are Bad For Patients And Society And Will Not Decrease Costs
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
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5:12 PM - 5:17 PM Publishing Vascular Surgeons’ Mortality Results In The Public Press Can Be A Disaster For The Surgeon And Bad For Patient Care: The UK Experience
  Presenter(s):Ian Loftus, MD  
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5:18 PM - 5:23 PM Issues In Planning And Interpreting Small Trials: How To Make Their Data Meaningful
  Presenter(s):Charles C. Miller, PhD  
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5:24 PM - 5:29 PM How To Get Access To Population Based Datasets
  Presenter(s):Todd R. Vogel, MD, MPH  
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5:30 PM - 5:35 PM The Tyranny Of p Values: The Importance Of Knowing The Details And Flaws In The Holy Grail Of RCTs
  Presenter(s):Jerry Goldstone, MD, FACS, FRCSEd  
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5:36 PM - 5:41 PM The New SVS Practice Guidelines For Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease: Key Take Home Messages And How They Prevent Over Usage Of SFA Stents
  Presenter(s):Frank B. Pomposelli, MD / Michael S. Conte, MD  
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5:42 PM - 5:47 PM Validity Of The New SVS Lower Extremity Threatened Limb Classification System: The WIFI System (Wound Ischemia And Foot Infection): It Allows Prediction Of Poor Outcomes With CLI Treatment
  Presenter(s):Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD / Joseph L. Mills, MD  
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5:48 PM - 5:53 PM What To Do When Physician Expert Witnesses Provide False Testimony Against You
  Presenter(s):O. William Brown, MD, JD  
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5:54 PM - 5:59 PM VQI In A Community Hospital: How It Succeeded In Improving Vascular Care And Resolving Harmful Turf Issues
  Presenter(s):Tej M. Singh, MD, MBA  
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6:00 PM - 6:05 PM DEBATE: Positive Value Of VQI Initiatives
  Presenter(s):Larry W. Kraiss, MD  
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6:06 PM - 6:11 PM DEBATE: Limitations And Possible Downsides Of VQI Initiatives
  Presenter(s):Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA  
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6:12 PM - 6:17 PM How Vascular Societies Should Prevent Risk Averse Behavior Of Surgeons And Gaming The System For The Benefit Of Surgeons And To The Detriment Of Patients: Do The Societies Do It Well
  Presenter(s):Jonathan D. Beard, ChM, MEd, FRCS  
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6:18 PM - 6:25 PM Panel Discussion

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END OF SESSION 38
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