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The SROA Soundboard podcast brings together healthcare leaders, administrators, and industry experts to discuss leadership, operations, workforce trends, and the evolving landscape of radiation oncology. New episodes offer insights and ideas to help administrators lead their teams and organizations more effectively.
Follow the podcast for new episodes and insights from across the oncology community.
To learn more about SROA and connect with fellow administrators, visit sroa.org.
Episodes
Dec 16, 2020
Dec 16, 2020
15 min
Dr. Malika Siker joins SROA Soundboard, SROA's podcast series to share about equity, diversity, and inclusiveness in radiation oncology. Dr. Siker is an Associate Dean for Student Inclusion and Diversity and an Associate Professor for Radiation Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Siker presented at SROA's 2020 Annual Meeting.
In this episode, you'll hear about:
- Structural racism (0:29)
- Improving equity, diversity, and inclusion (1:09)
- How Dr. Siker became passionate about diversity (2:06)
- Adapting to different environments (3:05)
- Implicit bias (3:58)
- How health equity can improve in Rad Onc (5:58)
- Suggested key resources (7:14)
- Strategies for administrators (8:50)
- Example of how to discuss with staff (9:39)
- Bias training for administrators (11:00)
- Offering patients to share their experiences (11:55)
- Long-term changes to improve diversity, inclusion, and health equity (12:41)
- Additional comments from Dr. Siker (15:00)
Oct 23, 2020
Oct 23, 2020
8 min
Tonya Terry and Debra Corbin join SROA Soundboard - a podcast for SROA to share their experience with the SROA Mentor Match Program. Tonya and Debra participated in the speed mentoring session at the SROA 2019 Annual Meeting. As a result, Tonya and Debra decided they would be a good fit for mentorship and entered into a year-long mentorship.
In this episode you'll hear about:
Why speed mentoring? (0:24)
How they matched (1:09)
How often they met (2:47)
Benefits as a mentee (4:21)
Benefits as a mentor (5:07)
Continuing the mentor/mentee relationship (5:55)
Why everyone should participate in SROA mentor match (6:57)
What are you waiting for? Join SROA's Mentor Match Program!
Oct 12, 2020
Oct 12, 2020
6 min
SROA President Brenda Marie Palo and President-Elect, Debra Corbin join SROA Soundboard-- a podcast for SROA to share why they are excited for the SROA Virtual Annual Meeting and what you can look forward to during the virtual meeting.
In this episode, you'll hear about:
Why "Navigating the Future" is the theme of the meeting (0:37)
Which speakers and sessions they are looking forward to (1:26)
Why this year is especially important to attend (2:34)
Networking opportunities (3:51)
How the meeting will set you up for success for 2021 (4:33)
Ways to get involved with SROA (5:06)
Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020
11 min
Amber Cox joins SROA Soundboard, SROA's podcast series. Amber Cox is a board-certified clinical hypnotist and founder of Maine Hypnosis Center and Integrative Health Solutions. Cox shares how cancer patients can benefit from hypnosis to help alleviate chronic pain, fear, stress, and trauma.
In this episode, you'll hear about
How Cox became an expert (0:30)
How hypnosis is evidence-based (1:36)
Is it used in cancer care (3:23)
Can it help a cancer patient (4:14)
How to find Cox (5:17)
Finding a hypnotist (5:45)
Insurance coverage for hypnosis (6:33)
Hypnosis while in treatment (8:21)
Hypnosis while in the treatment room (8:33)
Why hypnosis should be encouraged (9:08)
Sessions and techniques (10:08)
Aug 31, 2020
Aug 31, 2020
10 min
Eric LoMonaco, Director of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at Community Hospital in the Monterey Peninsula. LoMonaco joins SROA Soundboard - a podcast for SROA to discuss how he improved patient experience at Community Hospital.
LoMononco presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting.
In this episode you'll hear about:
- How consumerism is changing
- What patient experience means
- Excellence 24/7
- Changes implemented to improve patient experience
- Staff response to changes
- How long to start to make changes
- Effects on other departments
- Tips to healthcare leaders
Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020
10 min
Sam Mazin is the founder and CTO of RefleXion Medical. Mazin joined SROA Soundboard, a podcast for SROA to discuss biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) technology for radiation oncology. Mazin was a speaker at the 2019 SROA Annual Meeting.
In this episode you'll hear about:
- How biology-guided radiotherapy technology works (0:22)
- Potential of the technology (0:53)
- FDA approval (1:52)
- Special shielding or space considerations (2:53)
- Interface and treatment planning (3:24)
- Patient flow (4:13)
- Unique staffing requirements (5:06)
- Clinical data and early adopters (5:56)
- Reimbursement and ROI (6:33)
- Keeping this technology outside the bundle (7:37)
- Interface with immunotherapy (8:07)
- What decision-makers should know (9:25)
Jun 25, 2020
Jun 25, 2020
13 min
Axel Wirth is the chief security strategist at MedCrypt Inc. A San Diego based company that provides proactive security for healthcare technology. Wirth joins SROA Soundboard - a podcast for SROA to discuss the increased use of telehealth and the cybersecurity risks associated with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this episode you'll hear about:
- Increased cybersecurity risks with increased telehealth (0:30)
- Common mistakes of data privacy and security (2:00)
- Data security on the patient privacy side (2:54)
- Managing data on patients personal device (4:07)
- How administrators can plan for a data security breach (5:26)
- Renegotiation telehealth contracts (6:24)
- Telehealth providers ready for increased use (8:02)
- Increase in telehealth providers in the marketplace (9:06)
- Increased rigor for telehealth providers (10:12)
- Tips for administrators for telehealth services (10:42)
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
13 min
Molly Patt is the radiation oncology department administrator at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center. Patt joins SROA to share her experience of implementing a visual management board that is utilized within her department by Patient Service Specialists. Pratt discusses what the visual management board is used for, how her staff is able to use the information, how the team was able to implement workflow processes that are successful and how weekly huddles have empowered staff.
Patt was a poster presenter and this podcast was recorded at the 2019 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
In this episode, you will hear about
- Concept of weekly huddles (0:26)
- Staff's response to weekly huddles (3:02)
- How long it took staff to have fun with the huddles (4:24)
- Improvements in operational outcomes (5:19)
- Different responsibilities of staff in weekly huddles (6:50)
- Advice to administrators (8:17)
- What the visual board looks like (9:46)
- How huddles work (10:26)
- Feedback from staff (11:01)
- Some improvements for the huddles (12:05)
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 23, 2020
33 min
Workplace burnout is a pressing issue that has received widespread media attention, and the pandemic has only made it worse.
Jennifer Moss uses academic research, case studies and data to discuss workplace burnout with SROA, while talking about workplace burnout for healthcare workers during the pandemic.
Jennifer is an international public speaker, a workplace happiness expert and an award-winning author. Jennifer writes on HR-related issues such as burnout and workplace happiness for Harvard Business Review, SHRM, and Forbes. She is the best-selling and award-winning author of "Unlocking Happiness At Work."
In this episode you'll hear about:
- Researching and studying burnout (0:29)
- Why it's taken so long to give burnout attention (1:40)
- WHO classification of burnout (3:30)
- How administrators can help employees with burnout during the pandemic (5:18)
- Creative solutions to burnout (8:27)
- How the pandemic will shift the conversation about burnout (12:16)
- Burnout pebbles (15:25)
- Micro projects to tackle burnout (20:22)
- How to effectively approach burnout with employees (24:29)
- Rethinking Burnout and new insights (27:47)
- Release date of the next book (32:37)
Apr 2, 2020
Apr 2, 2020
15 min
Dr. Bisham Chera is the Associate Chair of Clinical Operations and Improvement, Director of Patient Safety and Quality in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Chera discusses the precautions, screening processes, and patient care steps in his department, and at UNC hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this episode, you'll hear about:
- Actions taken by UNC during the pandemic (0.28)
- Patient prescreening measures (2:23)
- Test results for COVID-19 (4:40)
- Sanitation practices in radiation oncology (5:39)
- Shortage of PPE and patient education (7:23)
- How the pandemic will improve telehealth for radiation oncology (9:40)
- Safety and quality changes in radiation oncology from the pandemic (12:07)
- Advice to help get through this pandemic (13:14)