The Heart of Healthcare Podcast

As a kid, I wanted to be a talk show host. Now I get to live out that dream as a podcast host. Which is even better because I can do it in my pajamas! This month we are celebrating 🌟 3 years🌟 and 130 episodes of the The Heart of Healthcare Podcast. Thank you to every guest and every listener for joining us. This podcast is truly a labor of love, and we hope to keep it going for many, many more years. If you enjoy listening, here's how you can support the show: ⭐ Leave us a nice review 📍 Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts 🫶 Tell a friend or colleague about the show

One of the most important jobs that founders and CEOs have is to effectively tell their story and that of their company. It is a critical and ever changing responsibility. The great ones know how to communicate in a way that makes their story stand out in an increasingly noisy world. On this week's The Heart of Healthcare Podcast, I chat with two experts in healthcare communications - Christina Farr and Kate Cronin - and get great advice and insight into the "Art of Storytelling."

This month in your Digital Health Download, Steve Kraus and I cover: 🦴 A new report on digital treatment outcomes for musculoskeletal conditions 🦠 The FDA's new guidance on improving diversity in clinical trial enrollment 💊 The economic impact and legal battles surrounding GLP-1 drugs for obesity ⚕ Walgreens' pullback from healthcare services and concerns about the sustainability of the current pharmacy model 📱 The U.S. Surgeon General's advisory on social media's effects on youth mental health Tune in to the The Heart of Healthcare Podcast! https://lnkd.in/e5-iA8ce

⏮️ Let’s take it all the way back to the origins of Omada Health - it was a different time with digital health still in its infancy! In a recent episode of The Heart of Healthcare Podcast, our Co-Founder and CEO Sean Duffy takes us back to those days to discuss how digital health has changed over the years. He’ll also get you up to speed on the latest trends in the space - touching on how Omada Health supports members taking GLP-1 medications as behavior change support. Check it out for yourself:

🗓 We've made it halfway through the year! Here are the top 5 most listened to podcast episodes of the first half of 2024: Dan Diamond: How Change Healthcare Changed Healthcare Sean Duffy: Conquering Digital Health’s Steepest Slopes Joanna Strober: The Midlife Women's Care Gap Kate Ryder: Why "Women's Health" Isn't Enough Toyin Ajayi: No Patient Left Behind 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts! https://lnkd.in/ezmCvPjd

👏 Data 👏 Over 👏 Dogma I had a great time interviewing Emily Oster— health communicator, economist, and bestselling author for The Heart of Healthcare Podcast. She shared her journey from academia to becoming an influential health communicator, advocating for data-driven decision making and empowering individuals to make informed choices about their health. We cover: 👩🏫 Her non-didactic approach to helping people make their own best decisions 📰 Her least favorite types of panic headlines, and how no one would thrive on Doritos® dust 🔓 Pros and cons of the Open Access movement 🖇 Combating publication bias 💬 Her advice for building trust, combating misinformation, and improving health communication Tune in now! https://lnkd.in/eUcynyfS

In case you missed it, the U.S. Surgeon General's office recently published an advisory report stating "social media can have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents." I sat down with with Frances Haugen, former Facebook product manager and internationally recognized whistleblower for this episode of The Heart of Healthcare Podcast. Frances provides an inside look into how tech giants prioritize profits over public safety. Her journey from Meta's inner workings to testifying before world parliaments sparked a global conversation about social media's role and regulation - a dialogue now echoed at the highest levels of public health. https://lnkd.in/eFhjShWD

We have had four of these companies on the podcast this year! Abridge Maven Clinic Transcarent Equip https://lnkd.in/gNYVTwrt

As I said at the start of this week's The Heart of Healthcare Podcast, Glen Tullman is one of the living legends in our industry. He shared so many great stories as to how he has built several multi-billion dollar companies. This is a great listen for anyone building and working in the healthcare sector!

👜 Italian leather handbags 🇹🇷 Turkish hand-knotted rugs ⏱ Swiss timepieces ⚕ High-quality U.S. healthcare What do those things have in common? They are all handmade luxury goods. They are crafted by artisans who are the best in the world at what they do. Those who can afford these things benefit greatly from a high-quality product. Yet, their very nature— bespoke, expensive, and exclusive— limits their reach, leaving many without access. I had this conversation with Zachariah Reitano, Co-founder & CEO of Ro on the The Heart of Healthcare Podcast. He said: "High-quality healthcare right now is a handmade luxury good. The healthcare system is obsessed, and rightfully so, with quality. But they're obsessed with quality and not equally obsessed with scaling that quality. We try to devote more and more hands to scaling it. But when you see the number of people who need care and the number of people who provide it, unfortunately nearly 50% of providers are 55+ and aging out. And the life of providers has dramatically diminished over time with the administrative burden and, burnout, and mental health. So that supply demand issue is one that is really systemic. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲." What are your thoughts? https://lnkd.in/etrugmsU