CareTalk with Quick and Quack

We invited health policy expert and friend of CareTalk, Dr Mike Miller, back on the show to discuss the new MAHA report and the recent budget bill. We talk about the emerging issues coming from Washington DC that will affect health and healthcare

This week there was an open letter signed by thousands of health professionals sounding the alarm on the potential impact of the new administration's health and healthcare policies. We discuss the letter and share the content. In addition we discuss how AI generated documentation of physician notes can impact the doctor-patient relationship and care in general.

S4E6: Supporting the VA health system. We discuss the proposed cuts to the VA Health System with Guests and Veteran Advocates Steve Conner and John Paredis from Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The Veterans administration has played an important role for our nation’s veterans and the proposed cuts may hit it hard.

We have a fascinating conversation with pediatrician Dr David Gottsegen regarding his new book, "Mending the Body with the mind: Harnessing Children's Superpowers to heal and stay healthy". We also discuss his views as a practicing pediatrician on autism and vaccines.

We interview Dr Geeta Nayyar "Dr G" regarding misinformation in healthcare. Her book "Dead Wrong" is the focus of our conversation on the problem and a path forward to manage mis and dis-information.

We discuss the role of and training of Nurse Practitioners in Healthcare with Jon Liebman, MPH, NP, former medical director and primary care NP at a federally qualified health center in Massachusetts

We interview three Williams College pre-med students on their ideas of a career in medicine. They recently took a class on healthcare and are we discuss the future of medicine with them.

We had a great discussion with Dr Greg Adaka, an Emergency Physician who has practiced in Nigeria, the UK, and the US. He is currently medical director for Miami-Dade County Corrections where he spends time thinking about health systems. We compare the three health systems and have fun along the way. What can we learn to improve the US health system?

We interview Dr Neil Kudler, a primary care physician who has practiced HIV care, Palliative Care and is medical marijuana certifier in Massachusetts. We talk about caring for patients with complex needs and the role of Cannabis in healthcare.

We talk about Food, Nutrition, Food insecurity and the impact on health with Lorraine Cordereio PhD Professor of Nutrition and Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, MS, Dean School of Public Health both at UMass-Amherst. Access to healthy food is one of the most important Social Drivers of Health and we also discuss a unique project in Springfield MA working to end food insecurity through a health clinic par...

Drs Benjamin and Cutler discuss the promise and politics of vaccines as well as do a deep dive into health insurance after the murder of the United Healthcare CEO.

In this episode we talk with Dr Barry Sarvet, chair of Psychiatry at UMass Chan School of Medicine-Baystate, regarding the current state of mental health and the emerging new therapies with psychedelics.

After the murder of CEO of United Healthcare Brian Thompson, we discuss the potential motivation of the shooter and the torrent of criticism against the health insurance industry that emerged. A Murder and for-profit motives in healthcare?

We interview Dr Angela Chien, an obstetrician and perinatal expert from Washington state, to discuss the issue of high maternal mortality in the US and try to understand the reasons for it. We hear about an improvement strategy called "Team-birth" that has potential to improve obstetrical care.

We discuss the new report from the Commonwealth Fund that compares the performance of the US Health system to other countries. Who is the fairest of them all?

We interview Dr Jeff Zesiger of Massachusetts to discuss hospice care- what is it? who qualifies? how does it differ from palliative and medical aid in dying? what do people need to know about death?

We interview Dr Lew Cohen about medical aid in dying and his new book, "Winter's End: Dementia and Dying Well."

In this episode we take on two separate but related topics: 1. The shortage of physicians -particularly primary care physicians and 2. The high rate of maternal mortality in the US.

What medicine got wrong. AI in healthcare. In this episode Evan and Bill discuss a few examples of what we got "wrong" in healthcare - recommendations on estrogen replacement and alcohol use for instance. Then we interview Dr Eric Alper from UMass Med School on the application in of AI in healthcare.

"Faces of medicine" is a new documentary film series by Dr Khama Ennis who is exploring the paths of Black female physicians in the United States. We interview Dr Ennis about her experience in becoming a physician and about the need for more equity in our healthcare system.

We interview Dr Erik Fromme from Harvard Medical School and Ariadne Labs' Serious Illness Care Program to talk about how the care of patients with serious illness could be more patient-centered and more meaningful. Dr Fromme tells us how we can train providers and create a better health care system for patients with serious illness.

We interview Dr Mike Miller who is writing a book about vaccine misinformation and its implications on politics and public health

In this interview with Dr Tom Gallagher from the University of Washington, we discuss medical injury and harm in healthcare. When harm occurs as a result of healthcare, how doctors and health systems respond is so important to support patients and learn to prevent harm from recurring.

In this episode Bill and Evan have a fascinating conversation with our friend and colleague Dr Bruce Finke, advisor for primary care. We discuss the importance of primary care and what good primary care looks like

In S2E2, we interview Dr David Nash, founding dean at the Jefferson College of Population Health in Philadelphia, on the challenges of the US Healthcare system. We discuss David's new book "How Covid Crashed the System", a fascinating read on the challenges and recommendations to improve the healthcare system.