Publications

Dr. Bolhack’s Professional Publications

  • Scott M. Bolhack, MD, CMD, FACP, FAAP, MBA; Shirley Grant, LPN; Barbara Viggiano, RN; Paige Hector, MSW “How and Why Quality Improvement Programs are Developing at a Growing Rate” Assisted Living Consult November / December 2006
  • Scott Matthew Bolhack, MD, CMD, FACP, FAAP, CEO TLC HEALTHCARE™ COMPANIES “Experts’ Roundtable” Assisted Living Consult September / October 2006
  • Scott Matthew Bolhack, MD, CMD, FACP, FAAP CEO, TLC HEALTHCARE™ COMPANIES “Experts’ Roundtable” Assisted Living Consult July/August 2006
  • Scott M. Bolhack, MD, CMD, FACP, FAAP; Shirley Grant, LPN; and Barbara Viggiano, RN “Proactive Care Plan Meetings for Residents with Dementia” Assisted Living Consult May / June 2006
  • Scott Matthew Bolhack, MD; Shirley Grant. LPN; Barbara Viggiano, RN “Suspected Sexual Abuse Cases in Dementia Patients in Assisted Living Facilities” Assisted Living Consult March / April 2006
  • Ken Terry with quotes by Salvatore S. Volpe, MD and Scott M. Bolhack, MD “Where do med-peds fit?” Medical Economics April 8, 2005
  • Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGF, CMD and Scott M. Bolhack, MD, CMD “Networking the Assisted Living Facility with the Community.” Assisted Living Consult January/February 2005
  • OWM My Scope of Practice “Making House Calls Wherever the Patient Calls Home” Ostomy Wound Management October 2004, Vol. 50, Issue 10
  • Scott Matthew Bolhack, MD. Letter To The Editor Annals of Internal Medicine May 18, 2004
  • Poehlman GS, Larsen LC, Bolhack SM, Earnest DL. “A new look at an old complaint: the diagnosis and treatment of chronic epigastric pain. JCOM 2(4): 7-18, 1995
  • Bolhack SM. Photoclinics: Rickets in a 7-year-old child Consultant 1992
  • Bolhack SM. Letters to Editor: Selenium deficiency and cardiomyopathy JPEN 14:433, 1990

Medical Non-Professional Publications

  • Bolhack SM. Post Hospital Rehabilitation in Nursing Homes: Subacute Care AZ Cares Arizona Health Care Association Resource Guide 2003 Edition
  • Bolhack SM. The Future of Primary Care for Seniors. Tucson HealthStyle 4(1): 2, 1997
  • Bolhack SM. Breast Cancer Detection. Tucson HealthStyle 3(4): 8, 1996
  • Bolhack SM. Hospice: Caring vs. Curing. Tucson HealthStyle 3(4): 11, 1996
  • Bolhack SM. The Future of Primary Care Medicine. Executive Wellness 96 December 1996
  • Bolhack SM. New Vaccine Approved for Children. Tucson HealthStyle
  • 2(3):6, 1996
  • Bolhack SM. Disability insurance a basis for financial security. New Practice Planning 11: 1 1993

Scientific Posters and Research

  • April 28 – May 1, 2007
    Scott M. Bolhack, MD, MBA, CMD, FACP, FAAP; Barbara Viggiano, RN, WCC, Paige Hector, LMSW, Mountain View Care Center, Tucson, AZ “How Much Time Does Wound Care Take? A Time Study” Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, Tampa, Florida
  • March 29 – April 1, 2007
    Bolhack, S; Grant, S; Viggiano, B; Smith, M “Awake in Their Rooms: The Real Fall Danger Zone” American Medical Directors Association 30th Annual Symposium, Hollywood, Florida
  • April 30 – May 3, 2006
    Scott Bolhack MD, CMD, FACP, FAAP; Barbara Viggiano, RN “The Variability of Treatment Orders for Wound Care in Home Health” 19th Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Medical Research Forum, San Antonio, Texas
  • April 30 – May 3, 2006
    Scott M. Bolhack, MD, CMD, FACP, FAAP; Barbara Viggiano, RN “Lack of Standardization in Home Health Wound Care” 19th Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Medical Research Forum, San Antonio, Texas
  • March 16 – 19, 2006
    Scott Bolhack, MD, CMD; Catalina Care Center; TLC HealthCare™ Quality Improvement Organization, Inc., All of Tucson, Arizona “Pain Management: A Process to Meet the Challenge” AMDA 29th Annual symposium, Dallas, Texas
  • October 23-26, 2005
    Scott M. Bolhack, MD, CMD; Barbara Viggiano, RN; Shirley Grant, LPN; TLC Wound Care services, Inc.; TLC HealthCare™ Pain and Palliative Medicine Services, Inc.; all of TLC HealthCare™ Companies, Inc., Tucson, Arizona “Shifting the Paradigm for Palliative Wounds: Using a Pain and Palliative Medicine Practice in Collaboration with a Wound Team” 20th Anniversary Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • October 23-26. 2005
    Scott M. Bolhack, MD, CMD; Barbara Viggiano, RN; Shirley Grant, LPN; TLC Medical Consulting Group, LLC; TLC HealthCare™ Quality Improvement Organization, Inc.; TLC Wound Care Services, Inc.; all of TLC HealthCare™ Companies, Inc, Tucson, Arizona “Differentiating the Sub-Acute vs Long-Term Care Pressure Ulcers in a Skilled Nursing Facility: The First Step in the Quality Improvement Process” 20th Anniversary Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • April 21-24, 2005
    Scott M. Bolhack, MD, CMD; Shirley Grant, LPN; Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans; all of TLC HealthCare Companies, Tucson, Arizona; Devon Gables Healthcare Center, Tucson, Arizona “Incidence of Pressure Ulcers in Acute Care vs. Long-Term Care; What the Data Shows!” Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Medical Research Forum, San Diego, California
  • March 17-20, 2005 Scott Bolhack, MD, CMD; Barbara Viggiano, RN; Shirley Grant, LPN Tucson, Arizona “Monthly QA Meetings Decrease the Number of Deficiencies During Survey” AMDA 2005 Annual Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • February 25–26, 2005 Scott Bolhack, Shirley Grant, Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, Devon Gables HealthCare Center “Incidence of Pressure Ulcers in Acute Care vs. Long-Term Care: What the Data Shows?” National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel 9th National Conference, Tampa, Florida
  • January 19-23, 2005
    Scott Matthew Bolhack, Debra Dielman, Shirley Grant, “Prevalence of Analgesic Use Among Elderly Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Residents Who Are Routinely Prescribed Psychotropic Medications”, Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • September 30 – October 3, 2004 Bolhack SM, Smith M, Grant S, (Kennedy-Evans K. presenting) “Implementation Packet for AMDA CPGs “Pressure Ulcers” and “Pressure Ulcer Therapy Companion”: Creating the Tool” 19th Annual Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care, Phoenix, Arizona
  • March 4 – 7, 2004
    Bolhack SM, Gardner ME, Smith MS, Chao L. “Monitoring Anticoagulation Therapy in a Subacute Unit” AMDA 2004 Annual Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona

Invited Lectures:

  • March 31, 2007 (approved for presentation)
    “Progressing from Quality Assurance to Quality Improvement: The Medical Director’s Role in Transforming Care” – American Medical Directors Association Annual Symposium, Hollywood, Florida, March 29 – April 1, 2007
  • August 23, 2006
    “Pain Management in the Skilled Nursing Facility: The Quality Improvement Perspective” – Arizona Health Care Association 2006 Annual Conference and Trade Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • November 3, 2005
    “The Nutrition Waltz: Can the Physician Learn How to Dance?” Nutrition Alliance Annual Conference (Tools for Success), Mesa, Arizona
  • August 31, 2005
    Scott M. Bolhack, MD, CMD, FACP, FAAP; Barbara Viggiano, RN; Shirley Grant, LPN; “Meeting the Challenges of Wound Care in the Long term Care setting” – Arizona Health Care Association 2005 Annual Conference and Trade Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • April 23, 2005
    Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, RN, CS, FNP; Scott M. Bolhack, MD, CMD, FACP; “The Challenge of Wound Care in the Long-Term Care Setting” – The 18th Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, San Diego, California
  • April 7, 2005
    “The Challenge of Wound Care in the Long-Term Care Setting” Arizona Department of Health Services, Division of Licensing Services, Office of Long Term Care Licensing Training for Arizona State Surveyors, Phoenix, Arizona
  • March 18, 2005
    Scott M. Bolhack, MD, Robert Schreiber, MD, Jeffrey Burl, MD “Post Acute Skilled Care: Achieving Best Practice Models of Care” – American Medical Directors Association 28th Annual Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • November 18, 2004
    “Pain Drug Therapy” – Arizona Gerontological Nurses Association Meeting, Tucson, Arizona
  • September 2, 2004
    Scott M. Bolhack, MD, Anna de Jesus, RD, MBA, Shirley Grant, LPN “Reengineering Processes of Documentation in Nursing Facilities: Using Nutrition at Risk (NAR) as an Example of More Efficient and Accurate Documentation” – Arizona Health Care Association Annual Conference and Trade Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • September 1, 2004
    “Subacute Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Decreasing Liability Through Best Practices and Procedures” – Arizona Health Care Association Annual Conference and Trade Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • April 25, 2004
    “Long-Term Care Medical Groups: Addressing the Needs of the Elderly” – American College of Physician Executives Spring Institute and Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • March 5, 2004
    “A Subacute Care Practice: Differentiating Your Practice from Long Term Care” – American Medical Directors Association 27th Annual Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona
  • February 21, 2004
    “Fall Issues” – Arizona Medical Directors Association Conference on Medical Liability in Long Term Care, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • February 19, 2004, and February 24, 2004
    “Strategies for Achieving Adequate Pain Control” – Health Services Advisory Group Pain and Medication Management Workshop, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
  • January 8, 2004
    “The Continuum of Care for Our Senior Population: What Happens After the Hospital” – Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona
  • December 2, 2003
    “Pressure Ulcers: AMDA Guidelines; Practical Application and Current Trends” – Cochise Aging & Social Services, Cochise Health Systems, Bisbee, Arizona
  • September 30, 2003 and October 1, 2003
    “Pressure Ulcers: AMDA Guidelines; Practical Application and Current Trends” – Health Services Advisory Group Nursing Home Quality Initiative Learning Session: Pain and Pressure Ulcer Management, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
  • August 21, 2003
    “Falls and Fall Risk: A Clinical Practice Guideline Perspective” – Arizona Health Care Association Annual Conference, Litchfield Park, Arizona
  • March 22, 2002
    “The Economic Implications of a Subacute Practice: The Provider, The Facility and The Patient” – American Medical Director’s Association 25th Annual Symposium, San Diego, California
  • June 13, 2001
    “How to Assess Level of Care for Residents in Adult Care Homes” – Council of Assisted Living Homes, General Membership Meeting, Tucson, Arizona
  • March 16, 2001
    “A Subacute Medical Practice: Hospitalists of the New Millennium” – American Medical Directors Association 2001 Annual Symposium: Quality Leadership, Quality Care, Atlanta, Georgia
  • December 5, 2000
    “The Diagnosis and Treatment of Behavioral Disturbances in Elderly Patients with Dementia” – Lecture support by Abbott Laboratories, Tucson, Arizona
  • October 16, 1996
    “The future of Marketing Health Care in Tucson” – American Marketing Association, Greater Tucson Chapter, Arizona Inn, Tucson, Arizona
  • September 14, 1995
    “Frustrations in Clinical Nutrition: Diarrhea in the Enterally-Fed Patient” – Phoenix, Arizona
  • November 12, 1994
    “Hepatic Complications of TPN” – 5th Biennial Seminar on Specialized Nutrition Support, TASPEN, Tucson, Arizona
  • February 9, 1994
    “Hepatobiliary Complications of TPN” – Nutrition Lecture Series, Tucson Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Tucson, Arizona
  • November 30, 1993
    “An Approach to Nutrition in the Hospitalized Patient” – Considerations in Critical Care: A Potpourri, St Mary’s Hospital, Tucson, Arizona
  • October 12, 1993
    “Nutrition Consultation of the Hospital Patient: A Practicing Physician’s Perspective” – Nutrition Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series for Medical Students, University of Arizona Medical School, Tucson, Arizona
  • June 11, 1993
    “Seeing Eye to Eye: Communication Between the Physician and the Dietician”, Annual Meeting of the Arizona Dietetic Association, Tucson, Arizona
  • March 10, 1993
    “Case Report of a Patient with Rickets and a Dilated Cardiomyopathy” – Nutrition Lecture Series, Tucson Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Tucson, Arizona
  • October 15, 1992
    “The Nutritional Care of the Hospitalized Patient” – Continuing Medical Education Series, Carondolet St Mary’s Hospital, Tucson, Arizona
  • April 8, 1992
    “Diarrhea and Enteral Feedings” – Visiting Professor Series, The West New Jersey Hospital System (Voorhees Division), Voorhees, New Jersey
  • March 20, 1992
    “Losing Weight: What the Entrepreneurs Don’t Tell You!” – Visiting Professor Lecture, Marlboro Psychiatric Center, Marlboro, New Jersey
  • February 5, 1992
    “Frustrations in Clinical Nutrition: Diarrhea and Enteral Feedings” – Nutrition Center Seminar Series, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • January 23, 1992
    “Nutritional Care of the Hospitalized Patient” – Medical Grand Rounds / Visiting Professor Lecture, Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly, New Jersey
  • May 29, 1991
    “A Case Report of Rickets Associated with a Dilated Cardiomyopathy” – Nutrition Center Seminar Series, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • May 9, 1991
    “Disease-Specific Feeding: Pancreatitis” – Malnutrition in the Hospitalized Patient Seminar, Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston, Massachusetts
  • April 10, 1991
    “Nutrition Support in Acute and Chronic Pancreatic Disease” – Nutrition Center Seminar Series, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania