(Living Well) Staying Healthy: The Real Deal
Last week, we talked about the six key drivers of personal health with Dr. Tom Frieden. But how does that factor into our conversation about the value (or not) of …
Episode #231 Culture Starts with You with Brian Carlson, VP of Patient Experience, Vanderbilt Health
“Healthcare, in my opinion, is the ultimate team sport.” I love this quote from today’s guest. And it reminds me that patient experience is not just about the patient; it …
Episode #230 Creating Opportunities for Health Through Design with Abbie Clary, Executive Director, Health for All
Can design be a determinant of health? We often think about the quality of the clinical care patients receive in our hospitals, the outcome metrics that determine funding and quality …
Episode #229 PB-What? The Role of the Pharmacy Benefit Manager in American Healthcare Today with Shawn Gremminger, President and CEO, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
Let’s talk PBM’s. What even is a P-B-M? Pharmacy benefit managers have been around since the 1960’s, although back then, they were basically claims processors. Things changed in the 80’s …
Episode #228 Lower Cost, Better Outcomes, Greater Efficiency: The Promise of Ambulatory Surgical Centers with Adnan Qureshi, Managing Director, Kaufman Hall
Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) have been around in concept for the past fifty years, but their recent explosion has caught the attention of healthcare systems and, frankly, patients. Why? Today’s …
Episode #227 Waiting for Disease is No Longer Medicine with Julie Chen, Chief Medical Officer, Radence
We’ve been talking a lot about healthspan and longevity in our recent episodes, but how do we get there? What changes would it take in the way we practice medicine …
Episode #226 Medicine That Helps People Be Healthy with Daphne Bascom, Chief Operating Officer, The Vegan Gym
Dr. Daphne Bascom earned a DPhil/PhD in physiological sciences at the University of Oxford, a medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh, and completed fellowship training in microvascular and reconstructive …
Episode #225 Extending the Health Span with Tzipi Strauss, Head of Sheba Longevity Center
In the last decade of a person’s life, we spend 7x what we spend on taking care of them in all the years that came before. SEVEN TIMES! That’s not …
Episode #224 Cognitive Decline is No Longer Inevitable with James Maskell and Dr. Kristine Burke
Without intervention, in 2050, everyone in the US population will either have Alzheimer’s disease or be caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease. That’s the state of where we’re at with …
Episode #223 Health Doesn’t Just Happen in the Hospital with Dr. Eve Cunningham, Chief Medical Officer, Cadence
“Health doesn’t just happen within the four walls of the hospital.” Or, at least, it shouldn’t have to. The work of our guest today, Dr. Eve Cunningham, and her team …