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With technological advances and information sharing so prevalent, health care should be more transparent and easier to access than ever before. So why does it seem like everything about it - from pricing, drug development, and the emergence of new diseases to the intricacies of biologic and precision medicine therapies - is becoming more complex, not less?

You can brush, floss, be mindful of your diet and follow all the traditional oral hygiene advice, yet still find yourself needing fillings and ongoing dental cleanings. Dr. Ellie Phillips challenges this conventional dental instruction to “brush and floss,” arguing it can be both ineffective and potentially harmful. In her groundbreaking book, Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye, she unveils the secrets to achieving and maintaining a truly healthy mouth.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Read or listen to this mother's riveting account of how her son, C. Hutch, the late hip-hop artist, and his dad, Gil Hutchinson, ironically died from inappropriate doses of drugs in two separate branches of the same hospital. You may think of yourself...

Vital Signs Podcast is the West Texas VA’s podcast for Veteran experience and resources.

Rural Healthcare Unplugged dives into the real challenges and solutions shaping rural health. Join our hosts, Co-CEOs of Aspire Rural Health System, Andy Daniels and Angie McConnachie, as they explore what’s happening in hospitals, clinics, and communities — from workforce shortages and policy shifts to hospital closures and reimbursement struggles. Along the way, they share the inspiring stories of the people and organizations making a difference. No sugarcoating here — just honest conversations about rural health, rooted in the community, focused on the future.

Understanding the U.S. healthcare system can feel confusing, overwhelming, and sometimes, downright terrifying. ‘Surviving the U.S. Healthcare System’ pulls back the curtain to reveal the naked truths no one tells you about, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at what really happens in...

Over the past three decades, the once-efficient American health care system has evolved into a complex maze of monopolies and a racket of bureaucratic checks, approvals, denials, roadblocks, and detours. This shift has created a massive and at times redundant workforce that frustrates patients, as well as physicians, nurses, and administrative staff. Health care costs the United States more than $11,000 for each person in the country each year - more than double what it costs in most Western European countries to deliver equal or even better care.

"The EpiPen, a Case Study in Health Care System Dysfunction" is from the August 23, 2016, The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Aaron E. Carroll and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Information and tips on various health care topics from staff at Blessing Health System.

Care, Code, and Capital explores how healthcare, technology, and investment intersect to shape the future of the industry. Host Dan Brody speaks with founders, operators, and investors about what’s actually working in health tech — and what it takes to turn innovation into real-world impact.

At St. Mary’s Health Care System in Athens and northeast Georgia, we are dedicated to our mission to serve together in the spirit of the Gospel to be a compassionate and transforming healing presence in the communities we serve. This podcast is your window into the people, values, and innovation which have been at your service for more than 116 years. On our show you'll hear interviews with physicians and staff about how we're serving you with new procedures, innovative technologies, and above all: high-level care, and higher-level caring. We hope you'll take this opportunity to get to know ...

Improve your health with the help of dozens of physicians who explore a wide variety of healthcare topics on Health for Life - a production of Vitruvian Health Care System in Dalton, Georgia. This podcast in no way seeks to diagnose or treat illness or to replace professional medical care. Please see your healthcare provider if you have a health problem.

Provider burnout is rampant due to bureaucratic overload, long work hours, and the lack of community, respect, and autonomy at work. But these issues can be addressed without significant expense or a major system overhaul. Dr. John McB. Hodgson’s approach to healthcare change re-empowers healthcare providers to do what they love to do—care for patients, solve problems, and influence the delivery system.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “A tour de force . . . a comprehensive and suitably furious guide to the political landscape of American healthcare . . . persuasive, shocking.”—The New York Times America’s Bitter Pill is Steven Brill’s acclaimed book...

Technological innovation is deeply woven into the fabric of American culture, and is no less a basic feature of American health care. Medical technology saves lives and relieves suffering, and is enormously popular with the public, profitable for doctors, and a source of great wealth for industry. Yet its costs are rising at a dangerously unsustainable rate. The control of technology costs poses a terrible ethical and policy dilemma. How can we deny people what they may need to live and flourish?

The Precision Insights podcast consists of inspiring conversations around precision medicine with industry thought leaders and innovators. Every two months (and sometimes more), we share the most cutting-edge technologies, processes and initiatives in precision health.

Mejore su salud con la ayuda de docenas de médicos que exploran una amplia variedad de temas de atención médica en Health for Life, una producción de Vitruvian Health Care System en Dalton, Georgia. Este podcast de ninguna manera busca diagnosticar o tratar enfermedades o reemplazar la atención médica profesional. Consulte a su proveedor de atención médica si tiene un problema de salud. La versión en español es una traducción del original en inglés. En caso de discrepancia, prevalecerá el original en inglés (Health for Life: https://health-for-life.captivate.fm/listen). This ...

One box of chemicals mistaken for another. Ingredients intended to be life-sustaining are instead life-taking. Families in shock, healthcare providers reeling, and fingers starting to point. A large healthcare system's reputation hangs in the balance while decisions need to be made, quickly. More questions than answers. People have to be held accountable—does this mean they get fired? Should the media and therefore the public be informed? What are family members and the providers involved feeling? When the dust settles, will remaining patients be more safe or less safe? 

The U.S. healthcare system is in critical condition--but this should come as a surprise to no one. Yet until now the solutions proposed have been unworkable, pie-in-the-sky plans that have had little chance of becoming law and even less of succeeding. In Code Red, David Dranove, one of the nation's leading experts on the economics of healthcare, proposes a set of feasible solutions that address access, efficiency, and quality.

In Dying to Save You, Dr. William Queale takes you behind the scenes of our sickcare system. He uses deeply personal stories to explain how we got here and how systems thinking can get us out. But Dying to Save You isn’t just about medicine, science, and healthcare policy. This book is about you—and how you can stay out of the sickcare system altogether.