Podcasts

The ultimate goal in using MI is to empower others in developing change talk. The more change talk that people do, the more likely they are to commit to different behaviors. This final episode covers skills to help others recognize their need for change and begin planning for action.

Listening with empathy and understanding allows others to get unstuck, clarify values, explore the pros and cons of tough decisions and open doorways to change. This episode provides easy-to-use tactics to help with the willingness to explore options and gain vaccine acceptance.

Without using the MI basic communication skills, you can miss an opportunity to help someone make a change. This episode discusses how to quickly build trust and rapport, enabling you to understand motivation and the factors making change difficult.

In this first episode, TMF QIN-QIO specialists introduce the concept of MotivationaI Interviewing (MI) and the GRACE tool, which uses nonjudgmental conversation to help someone understand their own “why” for making a change.

In this short audio podcast, TMF's Russell Kohl, MD, chief medical officer and chief operating officer, Clifford Moy, MD, behavioral health medical director, and Melinda Quinn, quality improvement specialist, discuss vaccines as well as some of the hesitancy and resistance some people have. It is an enlightening Q&A that provides important medical perspectives.

We know that when you get a vaccination, it stimulates the production of antibodies. Vaccinations help train our bodies to defend against infectious agents. Listen to this podcast with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF, to learn more.

What is herd immunity or community immunity? Both phrases mean the same thing. The strategy behind the phrases is to make sure there are enough people in the community who are either not able to catch a disease or not able to spread the disease so that the disease dies out. Listen to this podcast with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF, to learn more.

How does the body defend against infections? How can vaccines improve immunity? Listen to this podcast with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF, to learn more.

Listen to this podcast from the week of Nov. 1, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, to learn who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot and which booster shot individuals can get.

Listen to this podcast from the week of Nov. 1, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, as he discusses the science and studies leading to the emergency authorization use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 pediatric vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 years old.

Listen to this podcast from the week of Aug. 30, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute. Dr. Kohl explains what viral variants are, how they respond to vaccines, and why getting vaccinated and wearing masks are both still important protective measures to follow to help protect yourself and others from being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.

Listen to this podcast from the week of Aug. 30, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute. Dr. Kohl explains the process the drug manufacturer, Pfizer/BioNTech, followed to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2021 for its COVID-19 vaccine.

Listen to this recording from the week of Aug. 16, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, to learn what has changed with the COVID-19 vaccine and why booster shots are now being recommended.

Listen to this recording from the week of Aug. 16, 2021, with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute. Dr. Kohl gives an update on what states in the TMF region have experiened with the surge of the delta variant, the status of COVID-19 vaccinations, deaths and a look at vaccination rates among medical personnel in nursing homes.

Listen to this podcast with Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Lindsay Botsford, MD, the market medical director for Iora Health in Houston, a clinical associate professor of the Department of Clinical Science at the University of Houston College of Medicine, as they discuss the side effects of opioid use and substance use disorders.

Listen to this podcast with Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Lindsay Botsford, MD, the market medical director for Iora Health in Houston, a clinical associate professor of the Department of Clinical Science at the University of Houston College of Medicine, as they discuss risk and pain management.

Listen to this podcast with Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Lindsay Botsford, MD, the market medical director for Iora Health in Houston, a clinical associate professor of the Department of Clinical Science at the University of Houston College of Medicine, as they discuss examples of short- and long-term opioid treatments, pain measurement and side effects of opioids.

Listen to this podcast with Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute and Lindsay Botsford, MD, the market medical director for Iora Health in Houston, a clinical associate professor of the Department of Clinical Science at the University of Houston College of Medicine, as they discuss non-medication treatments for pain.

Listen to this podcast with Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Dr. Paul Milligan, a clinical pharmacist, as they discuss opioid-induced respiratory depression.

Listen to this podcast with Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Dr. Paul Milligan, a clinical pharmacist, as they discuss multimodal pain management.

Listen to this podcast with Clifford Moy, MD, the behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute, and Dr. Paul Milligan, a clinical pharmacist, as they discuss discuss opioid safety in nursing home residents.

Listen to this first recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network’s Long-Term Care Antibiotic Stewardship podcast series to hear from Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, the chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, who discusses antibiotic stewardship and why nursing homes need it. Duration: 10:44

Listen to this second episode of the TMF Quality Innovation Network’s Long-Term Care Antibiotic Stewardship podcast series to hear Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer at TMF Health Quality Institute, discuss antibiotic prescribing and how your nursing home can get started with antibiotic stewardship. Duration: 08:14