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Shaping the Future

Shaping the Future

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 Welcome to “Shaping the Future: Insights into Healthcare”, a podcast series that demystifies the complex economic decisions and global challenges shaping the healthcare landscape. Join Dr. Marc Evans, a medical doctor, and Phil McEwan, CEO of the research agency HEOR, as they explore the intersection of medicine, economics, and policy. Each episode offers expert analysis and compelling discussions on the major hurdles facing healthcare systems worldwide. Marc and Phil cut through the jargon to provide listeners with clear, actionable insights into how healthcare decisions are made and why.Shaping the Future Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • Everything’s a system

    Everything’s a system
    Jan 15 2026

    In our first guest episode Phil is joined by Tom Padgett to discuss a new approach to assessing value in healthcare that takes into account the entire healthcare system.
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    39 mins
  • What does ‘safe’ mean?

    What does ‘safe’ mean?
    Jan 1 2026

    In this episode Phil and Marc discuss what the word ‘safe’ means in a healthcare context and how it can be applied to emotive subjects like vaccines.Safety, risk/benefit, risk perception, safety profile, intended use, side effects, adverse events, vaccines, vaccination, herd immunity, smallpox, MMR, mRNA vaccine, probability, conditional probability.
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    20 mins
  • Correlation versus Causation

    Correlation versus Causation
    Dec 18 2025

    In this episode Phil and Marc react to recent healthcare announcements in the US and discuss the difference between correlation and causation.Whatis a randomised clinical trial? | MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCLTrumpmakes unproven claims linking autism to Tylenol use by pregnant women - BBCNews
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    24 mins
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