Episodes
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Lee Schwamm, associate dean for digital strategy and transformation for Yale School of Medicine and chief digital health officer for Yale New Haven Health System, to discuss how AI and other digital tools can be part of fixing a broken healthcare system. Harlan reports on lightly regulated compounding pharmacies producing anti-obesity drugs; Howie gives an update on efforts by the FDA and CDC to fight bird flu.
Links:
"2023 Paul Dudley White Award: Dr. Lee Schwamm"
Yale School of Medicine | Lisa Leffert, MD
Health & Veritas | Dr. Lisa Leffert: Leading in Anesthesiology
Testimony Prepared by Dr. Lee Schwamm Submitted to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Heath
"Ambient AI Is Here, And We Are Blissfully Unaware Of It"
"Yale New Haven Health to provide AI-driven clinical documentation"
"Abridge, Mayo Clinic, And Epic Collaborate To Develop An Integrated Artificial Intelligence Documentation Solution For Nurses"
"Are You Sure Your Ozempic Is Real? Fakes Are on the Rise."
"Bill on Drug Compounding Clears Congress a Year After a Meningitis Outbreak"
CDC | H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation
"Is Bird Flu Spreading Widely to Farm Workers? A Small Study Offers Some Reassurance"
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Joshua Sharfstein, a longtime public health official in federal, state, and local government, to discuss the state of the opioid epidemic, lessons from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and our readiness for a bird flu outbreak. Harlan reports on the summer surge in COVID-19; Howie remembers his mentor Gail Wilensky, a health economist who directed Medicaid and Medicare programs and led many other organizations over a 50-year career.
Links:
COVID-19 Update
CDC: COVID Data Tracker
CDC: COVID-19 Current Wastewater Viral Activity Levels Map
âWhat to Know About COVID FLiRT Variantsâ
Joshua Sharfstein
Joshua Sharfstein: The Public Health Crisis Survival Guide: Leadership and Management in Trying Times
Joshua Sharfstein: The Opioid Epidemic: What everyone needs to knowâ
âHow Can Over-the-Counter Naloxone Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths?â
CDC: H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation
âMillions of US Children Experience Range of Long COVID EffectsâJoshua Sharfstein: âThe Role for Policy in AI-Assisted Medical Diagnosisâ
âExternal Validation of a Widely Implemented Proprietary Sepsis Prediction Model in Hospitalized PatientsââEpicâs overhaul of a flawed algorithm shows why AI oversight is a life-or-death issueâ
Podcast: âBaltimore cut infant mortality and helped moms thrive, tooâ
Remembering Gail Wilensky
âIn Remembrance Of Gail Wilenskyâ
âGail Wilensky, Former CMS Administrator, Dies at 81â
âIn Memoriam: Gail Wilensky, Renowned Health Economist & NORC Trusteeâ
Gail Wilensky: âThe Health Care Quality Improvement Initiativeâ
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate Goodrich, chief medical officer for Humana and a former Medicare staffer, to discuss the improvements in care and outcomes that result when providers are paid for each patient, not each service. Harlan looks at the challenge of payment for AI-based diagnostic tools; Howie asks if free tuition at Johns Hopkins medical school will address the real problems in medical education.
Links:
AI Diagnostic Tools
âTempus Receives U.S. FDA 510(k) Clearance for Tempus ECG-AF, an AI-based Algorithm that Identifies Patients at Increased Risk of AFibâ
âEnsight-Ai Awarded Fda's Breakthrough Device Designation For Their Ecgvision-Ttr© Technology For Early Detection Of Attr-Cardiomyopathy Imageâ
The Cardiovascular Workforce Crisis: Navigating the Present, Planning for the Future
âAmerican Medical Association Grants PLA Code to Tempus Algorithmic Test, PurISTSMâ
Kate Goodrich
Humana: Value Based Care Report
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Value Based Care
âMedicare Spending on Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Is Skyrocketingâ
Free Tuition at Johns Hopkins
âBloomberg gives $1 billion to Hopkins to make tuition free for most medical studentsâ
Johns Hopkins School Of Medicine: Tuition And Financial Aid
âFree med school tuition wonât solve the shortage of primary care physiciansâ
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Timothy Westmoreland to discuss his long career in health policy and law, and the far-reaching consequences of the Supreme Court decision overturning Chevron deference. Harlan looks at President Joe Biden's debate struggles; Howie reports on the many healthcare-related Supreme Court decisions.
Links:
The Presidential Debate
Harlan Krumholz: âDid Cold Medications Affect Biden's Debate Performance?â
CNN Presidential Debate: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, July 2, 2024
âBiden's Evolving Reasons for His Bad Debate: A Cold, Too Much Prep, Not Feeling Great and Jet Lagâ
Timothy Westmoreland
Timothy Westmoreland: âHenry Waxman, the Unsung Hero in the Fight Against AIDSâ
âLGBTQ History Month: The early days of America's AIDS crisisâ
Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute: Chevron deference
Ballotpedia: Skidmore deference
âHow the Chevron case has roiled U.S. healthcare agenciesâ
SCOTUSblog: Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
âSupreme Court appears likely to allow abortion drug to remain availableâ
The Supreme Court
âImplications for Public Health Regulation if Chevron Deference Is Overturnedâ
Supreme Court opinion: Murthy, Surgeon General, et al. v. Missouri et al
SCOTUSblog: Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute: Moyle v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Health & Veritas Ep. 77: Megan Ranney: Whatâs Next for Public Health?
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Howie and Harlan catch up on healthcare headlines, including the politics of treating gun violence as a public health crisis, the growing evidence for the dangers of artificial sweeteners, and the latest on the bird flu outbreak.
Links:
Aspen Ideas: Health 2024
Harlan Krumholz: âThe Next Era of JACCâ
"First Issue of JACC Debuts Under Harlan M. Krumholz"
"U.S. clinical trials begin for twice-yearly HIV prevention injection"
UNAIDS: 2023 Fact Sheet
Rush University System: Dr. Omar B. Lateef
"Rush Signs on as First Partner for Local Laundry Service"
âHealth Equity as a System Strategy: The Rush University Medical Center Frameworkâ
"Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis"
Surgeon Generalâs Advisory on Firearm Violence
"Surgeon General: Why Iâm Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms"
âPatient Navigation for Lung Cancer Screening at a Health Care for the Homeless Program A Randomized Clinical Trialâ
Vinay Prasad: âCT screening for lung cancer for homeless people: the new JAMA IM paperâ
Supreme Court: Murthy v. Missouri Opinion
"US supreme court allows government to request removal of misinformation on social media"
Harlan Krumholz: âWhy One Cardiologist Has Drunk His Last Diet Soda"
âXylitol is prothrombotic and associated with cardiovascular riskâ
"Is Xylitol Dangerous?"
CDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update June 21, 2024
"Michigan stands out for its aggressive bird flu response. Will other states follow its lead?"
"Finland to offer bird flu vaccinations to at-risk residents in a world first"
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Lisa Suter, a rheumatologist and the senior director of the Quality Measurement Program at Yaleâs Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation. Harlan reflects on the meaning of Juneteenth and reports on a Yale-led report card on health equity; Howie comments on Surgeon General Vivek Murthyâs call for warning labels on social media.
Links:
Juneteenth
National Museum of African American History & Culture: Juneteenth
Harlan Krumholz: âExcess Cardiovascular Mortality Among Black Americans 2000-2022: A JACC Report Cardâ
âJACC Report Card Highlights Inequities in CV Care, Death Ratesâ
Harlan Krumholz: âExcess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US, 1999-2020â
Lisa Suter
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease: Arthritis
Lisa Suter: âMedical Decision Making in Patients With Knee Pain, Meniscal Tear, and Osteoarthritisâ
Lisa Suter: âProjecting Lifetime Risk of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Total Knee Replacement in Individuals Sustaining a Complete Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear in Early Adulthoodâ
âVoices of DEI: Lisa Suter, MDâ
Harlan Krumholz: âAssociation of door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with ST elevation myocardial infarction: national cohort studyâ
Harlan Krumholz: âAssociation of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities With Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia
An Analysis of Within- and Between-Hospital Variationâ
The Surgeon General on Social Media
âSurgeon General: Why Iâm Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platformsâ
âSocial Media and Youth Mental Health: The U.S Surgeon Generalâs Advisoryâ
Kids Online Safety Act: Senator Richard Blumenthal
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Anna Reisman, a physician and writer who leads Yaleâs Program for Humanities in Medicine. They discuss the gaps in care she encountered when her developmentally disabled sister was diagnosed with cancer, and her work reviewing the âdude wallâ of portraits at Yale Medical School. Harlan asks what weâve gained from a new definition of long COVID; Howie provides an update on the spread of the H5N1 bird flu.
Links:
Defining Long COVID
âFederal Government, Clinicians, Employers, and Others Should Adopt New Definition for Long COVID to Aid in Consistent Diagnosis, Documentation, and Treatmentâ
National Academies: A Long COVID Definition
WHO: Post COVID-19 condition (Long COVID)
Anna Reisman
U.S. News: Yale University department rankings
Wikipedia: The Magic Mountain
Anna Reisman: âA doctorâs life, chronicledâ
âLife on wheelsâ (Yale School of Medicine article on the documentary Rolling)
Anna Reisman: âStandard of Careâ
âAcademic Science Rethinks All-Too-White 'Dude Walls' Of Honorâ
Wikipedia: Stanhope Bayne-Jones
âIn Memoriam: Marjorie Rosenthal, MD '95, MPH 1967â2020â
âYale Internal Medicine Residency Writersâ Workshop celebrates 20th anniversaryâ.
Bird Flu
FDA: Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
âCDC Reports A(H5N1) Ferret Study Resultsâ
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Mitesh Rao, co-founder and CEO of OMNY Health, joins Howie and Harlan to discuss his entrepreneurial journey and how his company is creating a common layer of data connecting healthcare providers and researchers. Harlan reports on a study showing how many lives could be saved by improving quality of care; Howie reflects on the health consequences that have accompanied the legalization of cannabis.
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Quality and Lives Saved
âThe business case for quality: estimating lives saved and harms avoided in a value-based purchasing modelâ
The CMS Innovation Center
NCQA: Hedis Measures
South Park: âNavigating the American Healthcare Systemâ
Mitesh Rao
OMNY Health: Connect Data to Transform Lives
âOMNY Health announces $17 Million Raise to Lead the Next Generation of Real-World Data-Driven Decision-Making and Collaboration Across Healthcareâ
Crunchbase: OMNY Health
âHow Venture Capital Worksâ
UK Biobank: Enabling Scientific Discoveries that Improve Human Health
âThe Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program: Four Decades of Training Physicians as Agents of Changeâ
HIPAA: Health Information Privacy
Yale Innovation Summit
Cannabis and Health
âJustice Department Submits Proposed Regulation to Reschedule Marijuanaâ
âChanges in self-reported cannabis use in the United States from 1979 to 2022â
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
âCannabis and Psychosis: Recent Epidemiological Findings Continuing the âCausality Debateââ
âHigh-potency marijuana highlights the risk of cannabis-induced psychiatric disordersâ
Marijuana Addiction Facts: Is Marijuana Addictive?
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A special episode recorded at the Yale Innovation Summit, which brings together entrepreneurs and investors in the arts, biotech, climate, health, and tech. Howie and Harlan are joined by Josh Geballe, managing director of Yale Ventures, which hosts the summit; Mary Ann Melnick, site head at Biolabs New Haven; and Lee Schwamm, chief digital health officer at Yale New Haven Health System.
Links:
Watch the event on YouTube.
Yale Ventures: Yale Innovation Summit
State of Connecticut: âGovernor Lamont Announces Creation of the Innovation Clusters Program To Support Growth in Cutting-Edge Industriesâ
Yale Ventures: Venture Lab
BioLabs New Haven
The Provostâs Committee on Conflict of Interest
âNovel BioLaunch program to train New Haven residents for careers in biotechâ
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Chima Ndumele of the Yale School of Public Health to discuss his research on structural changes to Medicaid that could keep vulnerable populations healthier. Harlan reports on the remarkable abilities of Google's latest medicine-focused AI; Howie reflects on a study showing the impact of race-neutral measures of lung function.
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AI and Medicine
âCapabilities of Gemini Models in Medicineâ
Medicaid
Medicaid.gov
â10 Things to Know About Medicaidâ
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
âLong-Term Stability of Coverage Among Michigan Medicaid Beneficiaries: A Cohort Studyâ
âUnwinding And The Medicaid Undercount: Millions Enrolled In Medicaid During The Pandemic Thought They Were Uninsuredâ
Chima Ndumele: âVariation in Health Outcomes: The Role of Spending on Social Services, Public Health, and Health Care, 2000â09â
Chima Ndumele: âIn Medicaid Managed Care Networks, Care Is Highly Concentrated Among A Small Percentage Of Physiciansâ
âN.C. developing plan to improve Medicaid participantsâ job prospectsâ
âYale School of Public Health Graduates Urged to Adopt a âHealthy Disregard for the Impossibleâ
Race and Lung Function
âImplications of Race Adjustment in Lung-Function Equationsâ
Harlan Krumholz: âAssociation of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities with Outcomes among Patients Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia. An Analysis of Within- and Between-Hospital Variationâ
âQ&A: Harlan Krumholz on hospital readmissionsâ
Health & Veritas Live on May 30
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Ruth Katz, executive director of the Aspen Instituteâs Health, Medicine & Society Program and a former Capitol Hill staffer, to discuss her work on the Affordable Care Act and other major healthcare laws. Harlan reflects on a study showing that using different analytical approaches to the same data can lead to a wide range of conclusions; Howie reports on a wave of dangerous infections caused by stem cell treatments at clinics in Mexico.
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Reproducible Research
âGrilling the data: application of specification curve analysis to red meat and all-cause mortalityâ
âMany Analysts, One Data Set: Making Transparent How Variations in Analytic Choices Affect Resultsâ
Ruth Katz
âReflecting on Past Accomplishments to Make History Moving Forward: The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 and the New Office of Autoimmune Disease Research
âThousands Believe Covid Vaccines Harmed Them. Is Anyone Listening?â
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Health Resources and Services Administration: Vaccine Injury Table
âBrilliant Minds. Bold Approaches. Better Health. Aspen Ideas: Health Announces Programming Themes for 2024â
Medical Tourism and Stem Cell Treatments
âStem cell injections in Mexico can be hazardous. Report identifies US victimsâ
CDC: Medical Tourism
Health & Veritas Live on May 30
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Greg Licholai, a Yale SOM lecturer and biotech entrepreneur, to discuss his career and his work at the contract research organization ICON, which performs clinical trials for pharmaceutical companies. Harlan reports on new research illustrating the dangerous consequences of asking patients to share the costs of life-saving drugs; Howie provides the good news and the bad news from the annual Medicare Trustees Report.
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Cost-Sharing and Mortality
âThe Health Costs Of Cost-Sharingâ
âThe Boys of Januaryâ
Greg Licholai
ICON plc
Greg Licholai in Forbes
Boston Children's Hospital: Sickle Cell Disease
The State of the Medicare Trust Fund
Medicare: Coverage Gap
2024 Medicare Trustees Report
KFF: FAQs on Medicare Financing and Trust Fund Solvency
KFF: What to Know about Medicare Spending and Financing
Health & Veritas Live on May 30
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Howie and Harlan discuss health and healthcare headlines. From flatlining telehealth to Walmart closing retail clinics to months-long waits for healthcare appointments, they try to untangle the challenges in delivering healthcare. Also considered, H5N1 bird flu increasing the risks of drinking unpasteurized milk, promising research on open-source moderation of misinformation on social media.
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Yale Repertory Theater | The Far Country
CDC | H5N1
âUS bird flu outbreak spreads to chickens, cattle, raises concerns over human infectionsâ
âRaw Milk Is Being Legalized in More States. Is It Safe?â
âRecipe for a Healthy Gut: Intake of Unpasteurised Milk Is Associated with Increased Lactobacillus Abundance in the Human Gut Microbiomeâ
âLong-time Teladoc leader departs as virtual care provider struggles with post-COVID tumbleâ
âTeladoc sinks $13.7B loss in 2022 tied to plummeting value of Livongo acquisitionâ
âOptum layoffs: naviHealth CEO out; Virtual care business shutteredâ
Connecticut | Certificate of Needs
Characteristics of X (Formerly Twitter) Community Notes Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation
âWalmart is closing down its health centers. Whatâs that mean for Amazon, Walgreens and CVS?â
âWalgreens narrows profit outlook for 2024, takes $6B hit in Q2 from VillageMD investmentâ
âWhy It Takes Forever to Get a Doctorâs Appointmentâ
Yale Innovation Summit 2024
Link for the Health & Veritas Livestream at the Yale Innovation Summit
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Arthur Caplan, Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics and founding head of the division of medical ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, to discuss the ethical failings of the pharmaceutical industry and how a community-focused ethos prioritizing justice and protection of the vulnerable would have reshaped the COVID response. Harlan reports on developments in synthetic proteins. Howie recognizes World Malaria Day.
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Division of Medical Ethics: NYU Langone
ââYouâve got bad bloodâ: The horror of the Tuskegee syphilis experimentâ
âWhen Evil Intrudesâ
âSurgeons Perform Worldâs First Combined Heart Pump And Pig Kidney TransplantâLatest Breakthrough Involving Pig Organâ
âBiden trolls Trump on injecting bleach anniversaryâ
Frequently Asked Questions on Oregonâs Death With Dignity Act (DWDA)
âA quiet revolution in organ transplant ethicsâ
Center for Healthcare Ethics: The Provider-Patient Relationship
âEx-Stanford Presidentâs AI Drug Startup Pulls In $1 Billion in Commitmentsâ
âProtein wrangler, serial entrepreneur, and community builder: Inside David Bakerâs brainâ
Baker Lab: Home Page
âAtomically accurate de novo design of single-domain antibodiesâ
National Cancer Institute: Definition of a Monoclonal Antibody
Malaria: World Health Organization
CDC: Malariaâs Impact Worldwide
UNICEF: Ten things you didnât know about malaria
Yale Innovation Summit 2024
Link for the Health & Veritas Livestream at the Yale Innovation Summit
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Scott Berkowitz â03, cardiologist and chief population health officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, to discuss the necessity of moving from fee-for-service to value-based care delivery to improve outcomes for all. Harlan highlights the dangers of misinformation about Ivermectin. Howie reports on the potential conflicts of interest created by device manufacturersâ payments to cardiologists.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine: Home
Johns Hopkins Community Health Partnership
âAssociation of a Care Coordination Model With Health Care Costs and Utilizationâ
âPlanning for the Future of Population Health: The Johns Hopkins Medicine Experienceâ
âCaliffâs long day on Capitol Hillâ
âThe FDA Deleted Its Viral Ivermectin Tweets. Now Thereâs Even More Misinformation.â
âPhilly Nonprofit Awarded $48 Million to Apply AI in Search for New Uses for Approved Drugs
Posted on March 12, 2024â
âEffect of Early Treatment with Ivermectin among Patients with Covid-19â
âEffect of Ivermectin vs Placebo on Time to Sustained Recovery in Outpatients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19â
âEffect of Higher-Dose Ivermectin for 6 Days vs Placebo on Time to Sustained Recovery in Outpatients With COVID-19â
âSystematic review and meta-analysis of ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19: evidence beyond the hypeâ
Ivermectin and Covid
âFDA settles lawsuit over ivermectin content that doctors claimed harmed their practiceâ
âIntravascular Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Device Manufacturer Payments to Cardiologists and Use of Devicesâ
âImpact of Industry Payments on Prescribing Patterns for Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors Among Medicare Beneficiariesâ
Yale Innovation Summit 2024
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Atheendar Venkataramani, a physician, health economist, and director of the Perelman School of Medicineâs Opportunity for Health Lab, to discuss the powerful role of economic opportunity in population health outcomes. Harlan reports on two studies where treatmentsâ unexpected benefits leapt ahead of understanding why they work. Howie reflects on the business model of the pharma industry and the market reaction to anti-obesity drugs.
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Opportunity for Health | Home
âCollege Affirmative Action Bans and Smoking and Alcohol Use among Underrepresented Minority Adolescents in the United States: A Difference-in-differences Studyâ
âPolice Killings and Their Spillover Effects on the Mental Health of Black Americans: A Population-based, Quasi-experimental Studyâ
âOfficer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Healthâ
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System | Home
âBuilding Black Wealth â The Role of Health Systems in Closing the Gapâ
KFF | Understanding Mergers Between Hospitals and Health Systems in Different Markets
âIn Hospitals, Affordable Housing Gets the Long-Term Investor It Needsâ
American College of Cardiology 73rd Annual Scientific Session & Expo
âSemaglutide in Patients with Obesity-Related Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetesâ
âCoronary sinus reducer for the treatment of refractory angina (ORBITA-COSMIC): a randomised, placebo-controlled trialâ
âA Placebo-Controlled Trial of PCI for Stable Anginaâ
âTrial of Lixisenatide in Early Parkinsonâs Diseaseâ
âThe Cream of The Crop: 5 Biotechs That Outrank Most Stocksâ
âHow High Can Eli Lilly Stock Go? $1,000 A Share, One Analyst Saysâ
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate McEvoy, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, to discuss the programsâ underappreciated advances in holistically addressing health, housing, and food security. Reflecting on the upcoming election, Harlan notes that facts matter, whether in medicine or politics. Howie reports on the dangers of glyoxylic acid in hair straightening products.
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âTrump Leads Biden in Six of Seven Swing States, WSJ Poll Findsâ
âTakeover: Hitlerâs Final Rise to Powerâ
âThe Forgotten History of Hitlerâs Establishment Enablersâ
The Future of Health Policy in a Partisan United States
âNetflix blockbuster â3 Body Problemâ divides opinion and sparks nationalist anger in Chinaâ
âThe Future of American Democracy Depends on Improving U.S. Healthâ
Wikipedia | Glyoxylic acid
Kidney Injury and Hair-Straightening Products Containing Glyoxylic Acid
American Cancer Society | Formaldehyde and Cancer Risk
Kaiser Family Foundation | 10 Things to Know About the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision
Kaiser Family Foundation | Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension Tracker
CMS | NHE Fact Sheet
Moral Injuries in Healthcare Workers: What Causes Them and What to Do About Them?
NCDHHS | Healthy Opportunities Pilots
HealthTech4Medicaid | About
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Margo Harrison, an OB-GYN and femtech entrepreneur, to discuss how innovative solutions to womenâs health problems offer deeper understanding and expanded choices. Harlan and Howie each offer a caveat emptor for lightly regulated, unproven supplements and treatments such as Prevagen and hydration spas.
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âPrevagen Review: A Word of Cautionâ
âPrevagenÂź: Analysis of Clinical Evidence and Its Designation as a â#1 Pharmacist Recommended Brandââ
âNY Jury Rules Some Claims About Prevagen Are Misleadingâ
âEffects of a Supplement Containing Apoaequorin on Verbal Learning in Older Adults in the Communityâ
Mate Fertility: Home
Dahlia Ventures
Margo Harrison, MD: Assistant Adjoint Professor, OB-GYN-Basic Repro Science
Margo Harrison: LinkedIn
âUse of Cesarean Birth at Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Mizan Aman, Ethiopiaâ
âPostpartum Contraceptive Use Among Denver-Based Adolescents and Young Adults: Association with Subsequent Repeat Deliveryâ
âWarnings grow about risky IV drips and injections at unregulated med spasâ
âFDA highlights concerns with compounding of drug products by medical offices and clinics under insanitary conditionsâ
âDrip bar: Should you get an IV on demand?â
âAre Your Therapies FDA Compliant?â
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale health economist Zack Cooper to discuss his work on surprise medical bills and the impact of high healthcare costs on households, wages, and the economy. Harlan reports on Hippocratic AIâs efforts to develop AI nurses. Howie looks at the global effort to eradicate tuberculosis.
Links:
âHippocratic AI banks $53M backed by General Catalyst, a16z, Memorial Hermann, UHS and other health systemsâ
âPolaris: A Safety-focused LLM Constellation Architecture for Healthcareâ
Yale | Eli Whitney Students Program
Touching the Dragon: And Other Techniques for Surviving Lifeâs Wars
The Price Ainât Right? Hospital Prices and Health Spending on the Privately Insured
âCosts Can Go Up Fast When E.R. Is in Network but the Doctors Are Notâ
âBankrupt Envision Healthcare approved to split in two, cut debtâ
âThe Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Billsâ
Surprise! Out-of-Network Billing for Emergency Care in the United States
âMedical LLM developer Hippocratic AI gets $53M at $500 valuationâ
The Breakthrough of Large Language Models Release for Medical Applications: 1-Year Timeline and Perspectives
World Health Organization | World Tuberculosis Day
Partners In Health | Tuberculosis
âWHO urges investments for the scale up of tuberculosis screening and preventive treatmentâ
âThe latest twist in John Greenâs anti-tuberculosis story: working with governmentsâ
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Howie and Harlan are joined by Robert Alpern, a Yale nephrologist and the former dean of the Yale School of Medicine, to discuss the importance of a fiscal base for enabling a medical school to deliver top-quality training, research, and clinical care. Harlan asks whether widespread norovirus is a reason to call it quits on shaking hands. Howie reports on a study of the increased mortality among those with ADHD.
âNephrologist Robert Alpern Named Dean of Yale School of Medicineâ
âUT Southwestern: From Armyâ Shacks to Research Elitesâ
âNational Clinician Scholars Programâ
âA âbittersweetâ end: Historic merger creates one of the nationâs largest hospitalsâ
âYale New Haven Health: Smilow Cancer Hospitalâ
âAlpern will not seek a fourth term as School of Medicine deanâ
âAlpern to Step Down After Current Term as Deanâ
âCleveland Clinic: Norovirusâ
âState of Affairs: March 12: Flu, measles, norovirus, and interesting Pew resultsâ
âNorovirus has entered the chatâ
âADHD Pharmacotherapy and Mortality in Individuals With ADHDâ
âOverdiagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescentsâ
âRacial Disparities in Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a US National Birth Cohortâ
âLongitudinal associations between digital media use and ADHD symptoms in children and adolescents: a systematic literature reviewâ
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