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Mashup Score: 2James Dodington: Protecting Kids from Gun Violence - 5 day(s) ago
Howie and Harlan are joined by James Dodington, a Yale pediatric emergency medicine physician and an expert in community-based violence prevention. Harlan reports on the remarkable financial results and sometimes questionable science of Hims & Hers Health; Howie discusses UnitedHealthcare’s faltering stock price in the face of anger over aggressive care denial and a lawsuit from shareholders.
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Mashup Score: 2James Dodington: Protecting Kids from Gun Violence - 5 day(s) ago
Howie and Harlan are joined by James Dodington, a Yale pediatric emergency medicine physician and an expert in community-based violence prevention. Harlan reports on the remarkable financial results and sometimes questionable science of Hims & Hers Health; Howie discusses UnitedHealthcare’s faltering stock price in the face of anger over aggressive care denial and a lawsuit from shareholders.
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Mashup Score: 11Halle Tecco: Investing in Women’s Health - 6 month(s) ago
Howie and Harlan are joined by investor and entrepreneur Halle Tecco to discuss her work connecting the worlds of technology and healthcare, and her latest venture, which allows women to freeze their eggs for future use for free if they donate half of them to a couple in need. Harlan checks in from the annual meeting of the American Heart Association; Howie discusses his concerns about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appointment as secretary of health and human services.
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Mashup Score: 8Margaret McGovern: Building an Integrated Health System - 8 month(s) ago
Howie and Harlan are joined by Margaret McGovern, deputy dean for clinical affairs at the Yale School of Medicine, CEO of Yale Medicine; and chief physician executive of the Yale New Haven Health System. They discuss her path from the lab to healthcare leadership, and her efforts to better align Yale’s medical school and its health system. Harlan reflects on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks; Howie provides an update on the bird flu outbreak.
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Mashup Score: 3An HIV Breakthrough and Other News - 11 month(s) ago
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: “The Next Era of JACC” “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” “Health Equity as a System Strategy: The Rush University Medical Center Framework” “Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis” Surgeon General’s Advisory on Firearm Violence “Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms” “Patient Navigation for Lung Cancer Screening at a Health Care for the Homeless Program A Randomized Clinical Trial” Vinay Prasad: “CT screening for lung cancer for homeless
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Mashup Score: 4Anna Reisman: Bringing the Humanities to Medicine - 11 month(s) ago
Howie and Harlan are joined by Anna Reisman, a physician and writer who leads Yale’s 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 “dude wall” of portraits at Yale Medical School. Harlan asks what we’ve gained from a new definition of long COVID; Howie provides an update on the spread of the H5N1 bird flu. Links: Defining Long COVID “Federal Government, Clinicians, Employers, and Others Should Adopt New Definition for Long COVID to Aid in Consistent Diagnosis, Documentation, and Treatment” 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: “A doctor’s life, chronicled” “Life on wheels” (Yale School of Medicine article on the documentary Rolling) Anna Reisman: “Standard of Care” “Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White ‘D
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Mashup Score: 6Mitesh Rao: Democratizing Healthcare Data - 12 month(s) ago
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. Links: Quality and Lives Saved “The business case for quality: estimating lives saved and harms avoided in a value-based purchasing model” The CMS Innovation Center NCQA: Hedis Measures South Park: “Navigating the American Healthcare System” Mitesh Rao OMNY Health: Connect Data to Transform Lives “OMNY Health announces $17 Million Raise to Lead the Next Generation of Real-World Data-Driven Decision-Making and Collaboration Across Healthcare” Crunchbase: OMNY Health “How Venture Capital Works” UK Biobank: Enabling Scientific Discoveries that Improve Human Health “The Robert Wood Johnson Clinic
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Mashup Score: 11Chima Ndumele: Reinventing Medicaid - 1 year(s) ago
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. Links: AI and Medicine “Capabilities of Gemini Models in Medicine” Medicaid Medicaid.gov “10 Things to Know About Medicaid” Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) “Long-Term Stability of Coverage Among Michigan Medicaid Beneficiaries: A Cohort Study” “Unwinding And The Medicaid Undercount: Millions Enrolled In Medicaid During The Pandemic Thought They Were Uninsured” Chima Ndumele: “Variation in Health Outcomes: The Role of Spending on Social Services, Public Health, and Health Care, 2000–09” Chima Ndumele: “In Medicaid Managed Care Networks, Care Is Highly Concentrated Among A Small Percentage Of Physicians” “N.C. develop
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Mashup Score: 5Atheendar Venkataramani: Opportunity, Hope, and Health - 1 year(s) ago
Howie and Harlan are joined by Atheendar Venkataramani, a physician, health economist, and director of the Perelman School of Medicine’s Opportunity for Health Lab, to discuss the powerful role of economic opportunity in population health outcomes. Harlan reports on two studies where treatments’ 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. Links: Opportunity for Health | Home “College Affirmative Action Bans and Smoking and Alcohol Use among Underrepresented Minority Adolescents in the United States: A Difference-in-differences Study” “Police Killings and Their Spillover Effects on the Mental Health of Black Americans: A Population-based, Quasi-experimental Study” “Officer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Health“ Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System | Home “Building Black Wealth — The Role of Health Systems in Closi
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Mashup Score: 3Margo Harrison: Women’s Health as a Path to Empowerment - 1 year(s) ago
Howie and Harlan are joined by Margo Harrison, an OB-GYN and femtech entrepreneur, to discuss how innovative solutions to women’s 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. Links: “Prevagen Review: A Word of Caution” “Prevagen®: Analysis of Clinical Evidence and Its Designation as a ‘#1 Pharmacist Recommended Brand’” “NY Jury Rules Some Claims About Prevagen Are Misleading” “Effects of a Supplement Containing Apoaequorin on Verbal Learning in Older Adults in the Community” Mate Fertility: Home Dahlia Ventures Margo Harrison, MD: Assistant Adjoint Professor, OB-GYN-Basic Repro Science Margo Harrison: LinkedIn “Use of Cesarean Birth at Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Mizan Aman, Ethiopia” “Postpartum Contraceptive Use Among Denver-Based Adolescents and Young Adults: Association with Subsequent Repeat Delivery” “Warnings
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Check out @DrJDodington's conversation with @hmkyale & @thehowie on #HealthAndVeritas, produced with @YaleSOM & @YaleSPH. They talked about pediatric gun violence, hospital-based violence intervention programs, and the importance of mentorship. https://t.co/oItoTkBUP7