Speaking Of Show & Making Healthcare Work for You

Leading For Positive Change: Patient-Centered Care, Hope, & Challenging The Status Quo - Interview W/ Dr. Dalila Lewis, Div. Chief Of Pediatric Neurology, Musc Children's Hospital

Dr. Dalila Lewis has been blazing a trail of positivity, change, and hope since joining the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital as Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology. 

 

When she took the lead at MUSC in August 2020, patients were facing  8-9 month long waits to see a provider, often meeting a new doctor at each appointment due to the medical team’s high-turnover and lack of staff. 

 

In well under a year, she has made tremendous strides for her patients and her team. Thanks to her hands-on leadership style, her willingness to challenge the status quo, and strong support from the hospital’s administrative leadership, patients are now able to get appointments within a few weeks, they’re able to see the same doctors at their visits, and her team has expanded, reducing burnout and turn over. 

 

Check out the Speaking Of, Making Healthcare Work for You interview with Dr. Lewis to hear the details about her philosophy to patient care - which includes a lot of listening, empathy, and hope - her leadership style, and her personal experience of being the mom of patient (her daughter was a preemie).

It Matters Because They Matter: Restoring Hope, Ask for Help, Mental Health Talk: Jaclyn Wainwright

You matter, and you can find hope again - that’s the message AiRCare Health CEO, Jaclyn Wainwright, wants everyone to know. 

Jaclyn and the team at AiRCare Health are focused on helping people get the mental health help they need. From proactively calling to check in with people, to connecting them with resources when they’re in need, her team is there to help. To date, they’ve helped close to a million families.

In this interview, Jaclyn shares startling facts about how loneliness and poor social connections can impact your health, what to do if you’re struggling, she shares how to overcome loneliness, find hope again, and how to connect with your kids during the pandemic. 

How Personalized Benefits Can Lead to Better Care and Fewer Bankruptcies

Selecting the right healthcare benefits plan(s)  is a huge financial decision, and making the proper choice ensures you’re properly covered - from a health and financial perspective.

Choosing a plan that’s a poor fit has huge financial implications. In fact, according to CNBC, in 2019, more than 66% of bankruptcies were attributable to medical bills. 

Learn how Nayya is using data to provide personalization, education, and benefit bundling to its users.

In this Making Healthcare Work for You interview, Aman Magoon, Head of Product at Nayya, shares how their work is helping people make the most out of the options available to them. 

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"Moneyball" Approach to Access to Care

Karen Conley, VP of Clinical Services at Kyruus shares innovative ways Kyruus is increasing patients' access to care.

She and the team at Kyruus are making a difference in healthcare nationwide by doing things like taking a "moneyball" data approach to match providers and patients, to balancing virtual care with in-person visits, to how an easier search could allow patients to get an appointment with the right doctor faster, while also reducing physician burnout.

Reformatting Patterns, Overcoming Fear, & Reaching the Next Step - Kim Levings, Founder & CEO of ReThink You

Kim Levings had two past failed suicide attempts, & found herself a single mother. She lifted herself out of the darkness by choosing faith over fear, and those events shaped the ReThink You program she created and coaches on today. 

She shares how she overcame hurdles to life her best life, how to reformat your thinking patterns, imposter syndrome, “familiar” zones, and more. 

Telehealth Usage, Considerations, and the Future

Tele-health usage has rapidly increased over the last year due to covid-19. Apurv and I talked to Thomas Horton, Lead Consultant at Informed Consulting about the increase, changing healthcare models, who’s using tele-health, quality of care, and everything in between! 

Check out this conversation to learn more about what’s happening behind tele-health’s rise.

Rural Healthcare Challenges - from Physician Burnout to Lacking Technology: Preview of Dr. Phil Polakoff Interview

Rural healthcare is lacking - in need of everything from more technology and resources to more staffing. There's also a lack of providers, leading to physician burnout, further compounding the challenges of getting care in rural areas.

Dr. Phil Polakoff, Founder of A Healthier We, and Consulting Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine shares innovative ideas on how to improve the bleak systems currently in place.

Behavioral Health - importance, need, finding a circle, and more

We talk to Behavioral Health specialist, James Dold on Speaking Of, Making Healthcare Work for You. 

James shares everything from why the behavioral health is so important, to the collaborative care model, to the vast need for behavioral health services. He also talks about self-assessments, collaborating with schools, finding your inner circle & tips for parents.

Mike Critelli - Covid-19 Findings - Making Healthcare Work for You

Mike Critelli, co-founder of the MakeUsWell Network & his team are researching causes driving covid-19 hospitalizations & deaths. Much of what they found is in the living environment for those at long-term care facilities and low-income households. 

Mike talks to us about his findings and his suggestions, which range from less crowded conditions to removing barriers to care. 

Mike Critelli Interview - Speaking Of, Founder's Mission

Speaking Of, Founder's Mission interview w/ Mike Critelli, Co-Founder of MakeUsWell Network. Mike talks about covid-19, need for better communication, better data, the need to proactively diagnose/treat chronic conditions, and support & provide mental health treatment. He has worked as CEO of Pitney Bowes & he lead the US’ response to Anthrax in the early 2000s. Now Mike and his team of experts & thought leaders are working to change US public health & wellbeing.