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The Medical Advantage podcast is where you can hear healthcare professionals, expert consultants, and industry thought leaders discuss the exciting new ideas and technologies that are changing the business of healthcare. Tune in each episode as we hear from some of the most innovative minds in medicine about the future of healthcare – and how your organization can stay profitable, efficient, and on top of industry best practices. Produced by Medical Advantage, a TDC Group Company www.medical ...
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Radio Advisory is your weekly download on how to untangle healthcare's most pressing challenges, powered by 40 years of Advisory Board research. Whether it's workforce shortages, industry disruptors, or health equity strategy, we're here to help. Our hosts and seasoned researchers talk with industry experts to equip you with knowledge to confront today’s unanswered questions in healthcare. New episodes drop every Tuesday. | www.advisory.com
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205: Live from ViVE 2024: Four leaders on how technology is redefining clinical work
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You might be burned out from talking about burnout. But the truth is, healthcare workers are still suffering from high administrative burden, reduced autonomy, and a cycle of turnover and retirements that we cannot escape. In response, industry leaders are looking to the latest and greatest technologies to unburden their workforce and improve the m…
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204: Unveiling "Bespoke Care": Healthcare's tailored future
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High-cost drugs, generative AI, diagnostic testing – the pace and sophistication of healthcare innovation has been keeping our experts busy over the past several years. At some point, they realized there was something deeper going on – a sea change in what healthcare innovation is seeking to achieve, and the world it's pushing us toward. This week,…
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Improving NHS gender identity services - Hilary Cass
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Hilary Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics, has spent the last 3 years collating the evidence for treatment of gender questioning young people; engaging with those young people, their families and their clinicians - all with the aim of improving NHS treatment of this complex and vulnerable group. In this interview, Kamran…
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203: Value series: Is the future of VBC in specialty care? Zing Health & Strive Health say yes.
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Last week, in part two of our series on value-based care, we talked about how CenterWell, Humana’s provider arm, turned to senior-focused primary care to grow their value-based strategy. But as the Medicare Advantage market gets larger, older, and sicker, it is becoming clear that a focus on primary care isn’t enough. The fact is, VBC in specialty …
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202: Value series: Why CenterWell (and Humana) is going all in on senior care
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Last week, in part one of our series on value-based care, we talked all about health systems taking on risk, and why that looks a bit different for everyone. This week, we're exploring an organization that embodies that principle. CenterWell, Humana's provider arm, is pursuing value-based care by going all in on senior focused care. So how are they…
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Derogation, an ultra processed food system, and catch up pay for the NHS
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Derogation, the way in which striking doctors can be recalled to the ward to protect patient safety, was agreed by NHS England and the BMA. Now, new data The BMJ has uncovered shows that the mechanism was rarely used - and when it was tried, was often rejected. Gareth Iacobucci explains what that means about relations between the government, the NH…
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201: Value series: What does health system VBC adoption actually look like?
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In a few weeks, Advisory Board will be convening leaders across the industry in New Orleans, Louisiana to talk about the meaning of "value" in healthcare. In anticipation of the Value Summit, Radio Advisory will be spending the next three weeks talking about one major expression of value in the industry – value-based care. In the first episode of o…
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200: Why 2024 is a make-or-break year for corporate medical groups
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In the last five years, the health care industry has seen an explosion of corporate ownership over medical groups. It's been relatively smooth sailing for many of these groups so far—but in 2024, they may face the same challenges as incumbents. In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board physician experts Sarah Roller and Eliza …
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The future of the clinical relationship, code sharing, and a Nye-t at the theatre
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In this week's podcast: How AI will affect the clinician-patient relationship? Our annual Nuffield Summit roundtable asks how the promise of tech tools stacks up against reality, and how the future of the therapeutic relationship can be protected (participants below). Your code is as important as your methods, which is why The BMJ now requires you …
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199: Why can't providers and plans just get along?
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Producers' note: We know a lot of organizations have been and are being affected by the major cyberattack of Change Healthcare systems and resulting outages. We won't be addressing it in this episode, but if you have questions or are looking for more information please go to https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/changehealthcarecyberresponse. The relat…
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198: PE firm General Catalyst is buying a hospital — here's our take
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Corporate entities like health plans, retail companies, and PE firms have aggregated large, diverse portfolios of care delivery assets over the past decade – with one notable exception: no one was buying hospitals. But in January, venture capital firm General Catalyst bucked that trend and announced its intent to acquire Summa Health, a 3-hospital …
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Retracting abortion papers, deafness in the clinic, and 70 years of a medical orchestra
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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case on the approval of mifepristone for medical abortion - a case which could change the availability of the drug in the US, and which hinges on papers linking abortion to mental distress. However, those papers are contested (including a paper published by BMJ), and some have been retracted already - Julia Litte…
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197: Lessons from the C-Suite: Demystifying generative AI with Dr. John Halamka, President of Mayo Clinic Platform
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Artificial intelligence has been rocking industries across the world, and healthcare is no exception. But what impact will it have exactly on physicians? Health systems? Data sovereignty? In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods passes the microphone to Eric Larsen, President Emeritus of Advisory Board and President of TowerBrook Advisors. In this …
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196: The future of surgery (no, it's not just robots)
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Headlines about the future of surgery often focus on robots in the operating room– but innovation in surgical care and operations goes beyond robotics. In reality, the solutions to surgery leaders' problems – like inefficiency and dwindling margins – may be less futuristic than you'd think. In this episode, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory …
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Heidi Larson on misinformation, the right exercise to reduce depression, and Breathtaking TV
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Social media, and the rate at which the online world is changing, is worrying - especially the speed at which health disinformation can speed around the globe. We look to tech companies for a solution to the problems of their own making - but Heidi Larson, director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, and professor of anthropology, risk and decision …
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Ep. 50 ''Best of" Online Reputation Management & The Power of Positive Patient Sentiment
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Online Reputation Management & The Power of Positive Patient Sentiment is one of our most downloaded episodes. In case you missed it, we are running it once more. You have no control over what patients say about your medical practice online, but the influence of ratings and reviews is simply too powerful to ignore. With the overwhelming majority of…
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195: Site-of-care shifts: It's time to go on offense
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The data doesn't lie: site-of-care shifts are accelerating. Health systems rely on surgical volumes as a major revenue driver, but as more procedures take place outside of the hospital, systems are not necessarily positioned to capture the shift in volumes – or revenues. So, what should health systems do? To answer that question, host Abby Burns ta…
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194: The patients are not all right: Unpacking the quality crisis with The Joint Commission's Dr. David Baker
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We've all seen headlines about decreasing quality in U.S. healthcare. In an industry battling with workforce shortages, rising health needs, missed prevention, workplace violence, and rising healthcare needs, it's no wonder quality is falling and adverse events are rising. The fact is: in 2024, the patients are not all right. In this episode, host …
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A health and care emergency, the US constitutional weakness for pandemic response, ActionAid in conflict zones
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With a new logo, and new music, comes a revamped The BMJ Podcast. Every two weeks we’ll be bringing you a magazine style show, more variety and perspectives on medicine, health, and wellbeing. In this episode: Former chief executive of the NHS, Nigel Crisp, explaining why the UK is facing a national health and care emergency (01:22) The guest edito…
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193: Is health system growth still possible?
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Between high labor costs, inflation, workforce shortages, and a host of other challenges, the past couple of years have been some of the most straining financial times for health systems in recent memory. Though the tides may be starting to turn, it is critical that health systems do not get complacent. How can health systems prepare to grow in the…
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192: What CEOs need to know in 2024 (Part 2)
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Last week, in the first part of our series on what CEOs need to pay attention to in 2024, we discussed several of the seismic changes that have emerged in the healthcare industry. In particular, we discussed where care is delivered, and how the healthcare industry is shifting from hospital-first care delivery to vertically integrated ecosystems. In…
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Ep. 49 "Best of " Recruiting Physician Leadership for Health System Success
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Recruiting Physician Leadership for Health System Success is one of our most downloaded episodes. In case you missed it, we are running it once more. When it comes to big organizational changes, consulting with physician leaders is a critical factor for short-term and long-term success. “I have seen physician engagement serve as an essential ingred…
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191: What CEOs need to know in 2024 (Part 1)
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As we step into 2024, there is no denying that the healthcare industry is vastly different than it was 5 years ago, 1 year ago, maybe even one month ago. As the immediacy of the pandemic has ebbed, several other seismic changes have emerged that promise to transform the core of the healthcare industry. Understandably, healthcare leaders are concern…
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Christmas 2023 - performing medicine, and prescribing nature
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In this festive edition of the BMJ podcast, we hear about what medicine can learn from music, when it comes to giving a convincing performance, and how we can grow an evidence base for nature prescribing. Professors Roger Kneebone and Aaron William of the Centre for Performance Science raise the curtain on the performance of medicine, and we hear w…
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Oxytocin, clinical outcomes, and patient choice, in resource constrained settings
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There’s an inherent tension between creating quality standards that are very clinically focussed, and standards which are very patient centred - especially in settings where clinical outcomes can be compromised by basic lack of resources. The use of oxytocin to prevent bleeding after birth is an example of this - WHO quality guidelines clearly meas…
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190: Behind the scenes with Rae & AskAdvisory
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Every year, Advisory Board receives thousands of questions from healthcare leaders about what's happening in the industry and how their organizations should respond. The team who answers these questions is called AskAdvisory – and today we're giving listeners a behind-the-scenes look at how these experts help leaders answer their most pressing ques…
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Social connection is essential for health; supporting adolescent health and wellbeing
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In this specially curated three-part podcast series from The BMJ, we explore the importance of community and connection to foster adolescent wellbeing. The discussion covers athe wide array of issues young people face, with a particular focus on the unique challenges of adolescence from a social perspective. The episode unpacks the significance of …
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Give children control; supporting adolescent health and wellbeing
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This is the second episode of a special three-part podcast series that delves into adolescent health and wellbeing, focusing on creating a positive trajectory of health from a young age. The podcast explores physical and mental health issues affecting young people globally, particularly in sexual and reproductive health. We hear how young people ar…
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It’s time for an educational revolution; supporting adolescent health and wellbeing
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In the final episode of this three-part podcast series from The BMJ, we dive into the vital topic of education for adolescents and how it influences the course of life. This podcast explores barriers, burdens and possibilities of change in the educational system to better support young people, and how the traditional system of schooling is failing …
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Ep. 48 Healthcare Consultants’ Recap of 2023: What Happened & What it Means for You
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How was your 2023? In healthcare, it seems that no matter how "prepared" you are on your first day back from the holiday break in January, plenty of surprises lie ahead to keep you on your toes. Join us for a “watercooler” conversation recapping the year from the perspective of healthcare consultants. You may find that what they share resonates wit…
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Insulin without refrigeration and the complexities of consent
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The December edition of the Talk Evidence podcast discusses the complexities of seeking consent from patients who are part of large data sets, and some new research to help patients living with diabetes in places without certain power supplies. First patient consent and data - in the UK, two stories that have made the public worry about the use of …
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189: A preview of Advisory Board's 2024 research
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With the new year just around the corner, we wanted to take some time to reflect on everything we've researched in the last twelve months and set our research agenda for the year ahead. In 2023, we spent a lot of time focusing on how to overcome a difficult financial landscape, what AI means for the future of healthcare, and how the industry should…
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188: The business case for investing in women's health
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Women experience healthcare differently compared to men – women consistently have worse outcomes when it comes to chronic diseases, feel unheard, and are oftentimes left out of education and research. Women's health also gets conflated with maternal health, but we know women's health is so much bigger than pregnancy. Improving women's health outcom…
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We were accepting of an increase in deaths every winter 'flu season, but Ashish Jha thinks that is not longer a tenable position. Lessons he learned during his time as the White House Covid-19 coordinator have convinced him we should be taking a different approach to the winter season. In this interview with Mun-Keat Looi, The BMJ's international f…
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187: ChristianaCare's comprehensive, CFO-approved approach to behavioral health care
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It's no secret that the US is in the midst of a behavioral health crisis—and with the impacts of unmet need affecting every corner of the industry, many leaders are feeling powerless to sustainably address it. In this episode, guest host Abby Burns invites ChristianaCare's Chief Biopsychosocial Officer, Erin Booker, to discuss how Erin is driving—a…
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Ep. 47: What's New With eCW: 2023 Conference in Nashville Takeaways
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Want to get caught up on what you missed at the 2023 eClinicalWorks Conference? Join host Rebekah Duke, along with our attendees for a lively recap of the conference and what exciting new AI enhancements were presented. Once again, Medical Advantage sent a team of consultants to the annual eClinicalWorks conference. This year, it was held in Nashvi…
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In the past few months, we have talked a lot about high-cost drugs. We've done episodes on new innovations, equity implications, the rise of weight management drugs and more. While there is a lot to be excited about, there is a lot to be anxious about too, like high costs and impending legislation. A lot of the industry is tempted to "wait and see"…
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185: AI adoption: why you can't afford to "wait and see"
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It is no question that we are in an unprecedented era of technological change. Large language models and the rise of generative AI have dominated industry conversations in recent months, and for good reasons. It's clear that AI is here to stay, but what isn't so clear is how the industry should adopt it. Should you run headfirst into experimentatio…
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184: Coverage whiplash: the headache of Medicaid redeterminations and how to respond
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During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the federal government and insurers implemented several measures to expand coverage options and better ensure ease of access to healthcare services. One of the most significant policies was the expansion of Medicaid programs and the requirement that individuals be continuously enrolled through the end of…
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Each episode of Talk Evidence we take a dive into an issue or paper which is in the news, with a little help from some knowledgeable guests to help us to understand what it all means for clinical care, policy, or research. In this episode: Helen Macdonald take a deep dive into cancer screening tests, prompted by a paper in JAMA which showed most ha…
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183: John Muir Health and Optum reflect on what makes their partnership work
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As healthcare organizations look for ways to weather financial hardships, many leaders are looking at strategic partnerships to sustain their business. The word "partnership" gets thrown around a lot in healthcare and can mean a lot of different things. But what defines a good partnership, and how do you know if one is right for your organization? …
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182: Should your partnership strategy go global?
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In recent years the delivery system has been strapped, to say the least. Any opportunity for financial stabilization and revenue diversification are sitting top of mind for provider executives. One place organizations are searching for lifelines is overseas, as more and more health systems are partnering internationally. No, it’s not just med tech …
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Decolonising health and medicine: Episode 5 - Getting our house in order: Decolonising the British Medical Association
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Organisational and student leaders explore the responsibilities of the British Medical Association and The BMJ to understand and respond to its colonial history. Our panel Kamran Abassi, editor in chief, The BMJ, London, UK Omolara Akinnawonu, Foundation year doctor, Essex, UK, and outgoing co-chair of the BMA medical students committee Latifa Pate…
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Decolonising health and medicine: Episode 4 - How to transform global health institutions born of colonial eras
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Leaders from academic and funding organisations discuss the transformative change required to overcome extractive and inequitable research practices in global health, and the need for examining power and privilege within traditional research institutions. Our panel Samuel Oti, senior program specialist, International Development Research Centre, Ot…
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Decolonising health and medicine: Episode 3 - Common terrains of anti-colonial and feminist approaches to the politics of health
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International health leaders discuss how feminist and decolonial advocates in health face similar resistance and attempts to sow divisiveness, and how they can join forces to promote health equity and justice for all. Our panel Raewyn Connell, sociologist and professor emerita at the University of Sydney, Australia Sarah Hawkes, professor of global…
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Decolonising health and medicine: Episode 2 - Looking back to move forward: missing histories of the decolonisation agenda
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Experts discuss how failing to confront colonial pasts is linked to present lack of progress in global health equity, why health leaders need historical educations, and how, for Indigenous peoples, it’s not just a colonial history but a colonial present. Our panel Seye Abimbola, editor of BMJ Global Health, and health systems researcher from Nigeri…
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Decolonising health and medicine: Episode 1 - The colonial legacy in clinical medicine
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Healthcare leaders discuss the ways in which colonial-era bias and eugenics persist in today’s medical education and clinical practice in the UK and beyond, and what meaningful change is required to overcome racial and other healthcare inequalities Our panel Annabel Sowemimo, sexual and reproductive health registrar and part-time PhD student and Ha…
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181: Does healthcare's approach to obesity harm patients?
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In recent decades, billions of dollars have gone towards programs aimed at curbing obesity in the U.S., yet the prevalence of obesity remains high. Weight management drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have come to public awareness recently, though these drugs are often expensive and hard to access, leaving patients to receive the industry's traditional …
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Planet centred care - How to talk about this stuff
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We’ve heard throughout the series from people who have a passion for sustainability, and have successfully made changes in their organisations to reduce the planetary impact of their work. In doing so, they will have recruited other people who have a similar outlook - but they will have also convinced people who aren’t prioritising sustainability. …
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Super users integrate into so many aspects of day-to-day operations. You may not realize the extent of their impact until you need to replace one. They are the ultimate problem-solvers, managing EHR operations from user access to training, system setup, workflow coordination, RCM quality, customized reporting, and seamless interfaces for billing an…
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