Faisel and Friends: A Primary Care Podcast

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Cutting Costs and Cultivating Community Care. We are talking with Dr. Michael Fine: writer, community organizer, and family physician. Our conversation explores the dire need for more primary care physicians in our country, the social movement to create a community-based healthcare system that prioritizes people over profit, and the opportunitie...

Dr. Faisel and Dr. Dan are discussing Empowered Choices Bridging the Gap between Clinical Guidelines and Informed Decisions on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Our conversation revolves around the structures that allow us to spend more time with patients, the need for more in-depth drug trials, and the difference between evidence-based medicine and evidence-informed care.

We’re discussing Taking the Direct Route: Pragmatic and Personalized Primary Care on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Paul Thomas, founder of Plum Health DPC. Our conversation revolves around upholding the oath to do no harm with regard to financial well-being, providing the proper kind of care that a patient needs at that moment, and creating health plans tha...

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Clearing up Misconceptions about Medicare Advantage. We are talking with George Halvorson, author, and chairman of the Institute For InterGroup Understanding. Our conversation explores myths about Medicare Advantage, different care models around the world, and changing the future of care for the better of patients and the fulfillment of care pro...

We’re discussing Assessing the Components of the Affordable Care Act on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Alison Huffstetler, Medical Director at the Robert Graham Center, and Michael LaBattaglia, Associate at King & Spalding Law. Our conversation revolves around passing legislation to protect healthcare access, fighting for preventive primary care coverage...

This week is the second part of a two-part conversation. We’re discussing Doing Well by Doing Good: Investing in Social Determinants of Health on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by John Gorman, the Chairman at Nightingale Partners. Our conversation revolves around imagining creative solutions to address homelessness, addressing basic human needs as proactive primary...

This week is the first part of a two-part conversation. We’re discussing Doing Well by Doing Good: Investing in Social Determinants of Health on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by John Gorman, the Chairman at Nightingale Partners. Our conversation revolves around imagining creative solutions to address homelessness, addressing basic human needs as proactive primary...

This week on Faisel & Friends, Faisel & Dan are discussing Doctor’s Orders: Putting Away the Prescription Pad. Our conversation explores making informed decisions about prescriptions, adjusting treatment based on patient usage and experience, and building an appropriate and effective care team.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Revolutionizing Primary Care at the Intersection of DPC, Relationships, and IT. We are talking with Dr. Sara Pastoor from Elation Health and Dr. Jonathan Bushman from Reliant Direct Primary Care. Our conversation explores healing public trust in healthcare through relationships, using technology as an extension, not a barrier, and closing the ga...

We’re discussing Coaching Primary Care Patients to Success on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Paul Wallace, ChenMed physician, and former Olympian. Our conversation revolves around coaching each person instead of each problem, building trust through frequency and rapport, and empowering patients to take action for their health.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Means that Matter: Practicing Health Equity. We are talking with Dr. Kameron Matthews, Chief Health Officer at Cityblock Health and former CMO for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Our conversation explores taking socio-economic differences into account, providing equitable care instead of equal care, and creating sustainable access to communi...

We’re discussing Primary Care: More than a Sum of the Parts on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Yalda Jabbarpour, Director of the Robert Graham Center for Policy. Our conversation revolves around identifying the community needs for high-value primary care, finding your path within primary care, and advocating for continuity of care to provide better outcomes.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Prevention through Personalized Primary Care. We are talking with Dr. Steven Bishop, Dean of Wellness University at PartnerMD. Our conversation explores motivating patients through education, improving the quality of care with smaller patient panels, and providing preventative care within concierge medicine. To learn more about Dr. Bishop and Pa...

We’re discussing Engaging with Evidence: Efficacy vs. Effectiveness on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Dr. Dan is joined by Dr. Katharine DeGeorge, Deputy Editor at DynaMed and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at UVA. Our conversation revolves around setting up systems to stay up to date on new medical literature, making decisions that have been informed by evidence, and creating a cul...

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Strength in Collaboration: Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Transforming Primary Care. We are talking with Dr. Ken White, Dean of the School of Nursing at Massachusetts General Hospital and President of the American Academy of Nursing. Our conversation explores preparing Nurse Practitioners to step into leadership on primary care teams, moving...

We’re discussing Technology & Policy: Innovating High Quality Care on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder & President at CareJourney. Our conversation revolves around changing the culture of care through policy, integrating tech into healthcare, and the next steps for utilizing artificial intelligence in medicine.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Proactive Preventive Primary Care. We are talking with Dr. Troy Brennan, an Adjunct Professor at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Our conversation explores improving access to care with technology, forging intimacy and trust in different situations, and primary care outside of the hospital.

We’re discussing From the Battlefield to Value-Based Care on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Bryce Meyers, ChenMed’s first Transformative Care Fellow. Our conversation revolves around transitioning from practicing within the Military to Value-Based Care, rotating through a medical fellowship, and transforming care for the future of medicine.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Earning Trust to Reduce Renal Risk. We are talking with Dr. Virginia Irwin-Scott: National Director of Nephrology at ChenMed. Our conversation explores providing kidney care in the outpatient setting, educating patients to reduce the risk of crashing into dialysis, and preventing unnecessary hospitalizations within the full-risk model.

We’re discussing Servant Leadership: Caring from the Heart on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Vijay Jaligam, Chief Medical Officer for the division of Cardiovascular Care at ChenMed. Our conversation revolves around the skills that set Value Base care apart from academic and hospital care models, the method of care that focuses on quality of life, and the fut...

For our 100th episode, Faisel and Dan are discussing Hope for the Future of Primary Care this week on Faisel & Friends! Our conversation revolves around identifying barriers to care and addressing them with creative solutions, understanding the basics of risk adjustment, and advocating for medically complex patients.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Caring for Colleagues: the Power of the Peer. We are talking with Dr. Mark Greenawald: founder of PeerRxMed, and Vice Chair of Family and Community Medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Our conversation explores physicians talking to our trusted others to process traumatic experiences, organizations establishing proactive peer s...

We’re discussing Transformative Team Training on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Leanne Chrisman-Khawam, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Program Director at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Our conversation revolves around the privilege of being a part of patients’ lives, positive changes needed in professional medical educ...

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Setting the Standard for Healthcare. We are talking with Dr. Allan Goroll: Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and author of the quintessential book: “Primary Care Medicine.” Our conversation explores the concept of treating problems, not diseases, the value systems at play in healthcare today, and the ability of emerging physicians...

This week, Faisel & Dan are discussing the Impact of Incremental Change. On this episode of Faisel & Friends we discuss managing complex patients, making small changes for a big impact, and sharing decision making with your patients.