Defining Health Equity - From the People On the Frontlines

Dr. Dan Morhaim and I provide an episode of our series from Defining Health Equity we call, “Dr. Dan from Inside the ER.”  Dr. Dan is virtually (6) guests in one – 40 years of front-line clinical experience, including as an emergency room physician – cannot get more frontline than that, healthcare entrepreneur, a former 24-year state legislator, author, national speaker, and professor.   In this e...

Dr. Howard Haft is an expert on the two topics discussed in this episode - Primary Care and Public Health.  More importantly and what makes this conversation so compelling is that Dr. Haft did not spend his entire career in state government – not that that is bad of course…but Dr. Haft actually started his career in primary care, and in fact, was the CEO of a medical group – so, and here is what i...

If you or anybody you know is suffering from mental illness contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - just dial 988 o r click here We hear a great deal about depression today, but what is the real impact to our society? Hear from a patient and medical student managing this disease who has dedicated her life to answer this question.  Bruny Kenou graduated from Duke University in 2020 with a D...

Dr.  Fakunle opens his heart and vast personal experiences in this episode to discuss stressors within the "built" environment, societal manifestations of racism, and the use of arts and culture to strengthen health, equity, and ultimately, liberation.   Among many affiliations, Dr.  Fakunle is co-founder and CEO of DiscoverME/RecoverME, an organization that utilizes the African oral tra...

"Iron deficiency: the most common malady on the planet. Once known as “iron-poor blood,” this condition is more serious and widespread than most people imagine. Its more advanced form – known as iron deficiency anemia – this condition affects approximately 50% of women overall and up to 90% of pregnant women, especially minority and poorer women." Join us as we discuss this crisis and th...

What are the "REAL" value and costs of healthcare?  Is it only the cost of your physician visit, hospital stay, and/or prescriptions?  And, who decided on these costs? In this episode, we talk to Dr. Jason Spangler who has spent his life trying to answer these questions.  Dr. Spangler's travels all over the world led him to lead a company studying just that.  Spoiler alert - we find...

We have been talking about the "epidemic" of drugs, its origin, and its disproportionate effect on health equity, especially in communities of color.  In previous episodes with Dr. Dan Morhaim, we discussed the clinical and legislative issues - now in Part 1 of this discussion, we look at the law enforcement side of drugs with a former high-level DEA official.  Is there another side to t...

Dr. Dan Morhaim and I provide an episode of our new series from Defining Health Equity we call, “Dr. Dan from Inside the ER.”  Dr. Dan is virtually (6) guests in one – 40 years of front-line clinical experience, including as an emergency room physician – cannot get more frontline than that, healthcare entrepreneur, a former 24-year state legislator, author, national speaker, and professor.   In PA...

What is the "Abortion Pill" and is it safe? Why did one judge decide it wasn't and challenged a 20-year approval from the FDA? More importantly, what does this mean for Health Equity for all women, especially women of color?  Find out the truth in this episode featuring  Dr. Dan Morhaim who is virtually (6) guests in one – 40 years of front-line clinical experience, including as an...

Dr. Dan Morhaim and I provide the second episode of our new series from Defining Health Equity we call, “Dr. Dan from Inside the ER.”  Dr. Dan is virtually (6) guests in one – 40 years of front-line clinical experience, including as an emergency room physician – cannot get more frontline than that, healthcare entrepreneur, a former 24-year state legislator, author, national speaker, and professor....

Guess what folks?  Doing the right thing and paying attention to the "non-clinical" aspects of health (social determinants of health) works!  Don't take our word for it, listen to Dr. Faisel Syed from ChenMed.  ChenMed has developed a business model where everybody wins - investors, the government, and most important of all - patients in need of healthcare who have been forced out o...

Gene Ransom III has represented the 22,000 front-line physicians in Maryland for an organization called MedChi for almost 27 years, and as CEO for the past 14 years. In this episode, you will hear "from the inside" what actually happened when COVID virtually closed the doors of physician practices just a short time ago and how they are rebuilding from this disaster.  More importantly, yo...

Dr. Dan Morhaim and I open our new series from Defining Health Equity we call, “Dr. Dan from Inside the ER.”  Dr. Dan is virtually (6) guests in one – 40 years of front-line clinical experience, including as an emergency room physician – cannot get more frontline than that, healthcare entrepreneur, a former 24-year state legislator, author, national speaker, and professor.   In Part 1 of this podc...

In this episode, we discuss what may be the heart of Health Equity (actually In-equity) - Social Determinants of Health, specifically food insecurity.  Some say that only 10-20% of "health" is clinical, the rest are other factors like the lack of enough food to feed your family.   Cathy Kanesfky shares with us from an unbelievable personal perspective her work in creating one of the larg...

Netta Jenkins is a doctoral student and a leading voice in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and the Anti-Racism field who’s soaring 250k+ LinkedIn audience engagement was doubtless a key factor in Forbes naming her as one of the top 7 anti-racism consultants in the world. This led to her ground-breaking TEDx talk "Reimagining the Workplace".  Folks, you have to watch this Ted...

This show will be a view of Health Equity nobody is talking about, it’s about personal accountability, personal advocacy, and taking control of your health in a manner that I am sure you will find fascinating.  It’s about not blaming the system, not blaming the government, and not blaming the healthcare leaders responsible for delivering care.  It knocked me out of my chair, and hopefully, it will...

What a treat listeners - Dr. Dan Morhaim, our guest on this episode, is virtually (6) guests in one – 40 years in front-line clinical experience, including as an emergency room physician – cannot get more frontline than that, healthcare entrepreneur, a former 24-year state legislator, author, national speaker, and professor. Dr. Morhaim takes us behind the scenes in the state legislature discussin...

In this episode of Defining Health Equity Dr. Bone shares with us his unique approach to "personalized medicine" and his view of how health equity and "access to care" has changed over his many years of practicing medicine.  Dr. Bone offers us a view of personalized medicine when the focus shifts from taking care of "sick patients" to "value-based medicine"...

A full description of what "Health Equity," or really "Health IN-Equity" means from a layperson's perspective.  We will outline the unique strategy we will be using to explain the implications of this problem with terms, examples, and stories that everyone can understand.   In this introductory episode we will also discuss why everyone, not just the healthcare experts in t...

Michael Burke is a subject matter expert in Leadership and Organizational Development and has spent his entire career in “corporate America.” For the past (20) years Michael has been focusing on people and organizations that have been subjected to “inequity” of various forms and is here today to share not only his personal experience with this topic but also the experiences he has had with the hun...