Category: Past Articles
The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2019
by Payal Sharma, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CBN Ms. Sharma is a doctoral student at Yale University School of Nursing and Nurse Practitioner in General Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Abstract: This policy brief aims to […]
New Year, Same Epidemic: How Clinicians Can Resolve to Make Obesity Management a Key Practice in 2020
by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA, DABOM Dr. Primack is Medical Bariatrician/Certified Medical Obesity Specialist/Co-medical Director, Scottsdale Weight Loss Center PLLC, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and President of the Obesity Medicine Association. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: Craig Primack is President of the Obesity Medicine Association. Bariatric Times. 2020;17(1):18–19. Every new year, millions of […]
The Top Three Things to Know about the Top Three Risk Management Issues
by Charles D. Cash, JD, LLM Mr. Cash is Assistant Vice President at PRMS, Inc. in Arlington, Virginia. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Answers in this column are provided by PRMS, Inc. (www.prms.com), a manager of medical […]
Readers’ Choice: The Most-viewed Articles of 2019
These 10 articles were accessed most often on www.bariatrictimes.com in 2019. Weight Bias Among Healthcare Providers: We Have Met the Enemy and it is US—Nursing Accredited by Paul Davidson, PhD, and Pamela R. Davis, RN, BSN, CBN, MBA Integrated Health Continuing Education Published: March 2019 “But Everything Is Supposed to Get Better After Bariatric Surgery!” […]
News and Notes from the December 2019 Issue of BT
by John M. Morton, MD, MPH, MHA, FACS, FASMBS, ABOM Clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Vice-Chair of Quality and Division Chief of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Dear Friends and Readers, The year 2019 seemed to go by so quickly! ObesityWeek […]
The Field of Obesity Medicine Made Great Strides in 2019
by Christopher D. Still, DO, FACN, FACP Co-Clinical Editor of Bariatric Times; Medical Director for the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, and Director for Geisinger Obesity Research Institute at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. Dear Colleagues: As we conclude 2019 and look toward 2020, I would like to reflect on the year in […]
Hematological Considerations after Bariatric Surgery—Nursing Accredited
This is a complimentary continuing education activity for nurses. Earn 1.0 Contact Hour. Course Instructions To access post-test, visit http://tinyurl.com/BTCE-Core4Part2-Nursing to access the post-test (This activity is approved for nurses only). Participants must read the designated article and take, submit, and pass the post-test by December 1, 2020. Participants must answer at least 70% of […]
Patient Perception of Surgical Preparation and Recovery Following Bariatric Surgery: A Phenomenological Study
by Karen Schulz, RN, MSN, CBN; Esther I. Bernhofer, PhD, RN-BC, CPE; Mary Ellen Satava, RN, BSN; Camille Ross, RN, BSN; Beth Janssen, RN, CBN; Beth Ianello, RN, BSN; and Diane Kompan, RN, BSN Ms. Schulz is Nurse Manager, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute; Ms. Satava is Data Registry Coordinator, Enterprise Quality and Patient Safety; and […]
Preventing Burnout by Keeping Sane at Work
by Carl Pesta, DO, FASMBS Dr. Pesta is with McLaren Macomb Hospital in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2020;17(1):19. Hey! Stop it. You’re killing yourself! Have you ever thought about why you’re tired all the […]
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