Episode Extras
http://wws.princeton.edu/people/display_person.xml?netid=reinhard&display=Core
http://thedecisiontree.com/blog/thomas-goetz/
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/thomas-lee/
http://www.urban.org/about/RobertBerenson.cfm
http://www.urban.org/health_policy/about/berenson.cfm?page=1
http://www.gailwilensky.com/
http://clyburn.house.gov/
http://majoritywhip.house.gov/
http://www.trreid.net/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Bios/D/Davis-Karen.aspx
http://twitter.com/CommonwealthFnd
http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Pronovost
http://www.safetyresearch.jhu.edu/QSR/Who/Team_Members/team_pronovost.asp
http://familymedicine.medschool.ucsf.edu/faculty/bios/boden_t.aspx
For more on Dr. Kristen Zarfos:
http://www.breastcancer.org/about_us/pab/kristen_a_zarfos.jsp
http://www.facebook.com/nicole.lamoureux
http://twitter.com/ndlradar
http://www.freeclinics.us/
http://josephcao.house.gov/
http://www.facebook.com/josephcao
http://twitter.com/anhJosephCao
http://www.aarp.org/aarp/About_AARP/leadership/articles/Jennie_Chin_Hansen.html
http://www.tantauassociates.com/
http://www.ihi.org/
http://www.centeringhealthcare.org/
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010
Uwe E. Reinhardt, Professor of Economics at Princeton University and one of the nation’s leading authorities on health care economics
Conversations on Health Care focuses on the challenge of advancing health reform in America. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter talk with Uwe E. Reinhardt, professor of political economy, economics and public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
For more on Uwe Reinhardt:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://wws.princeton.edu/people/display_person.xml?netid=reinhard&display=Core
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Thomas Goetz, author of The Decision Tree: Taking Control
of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine,
on taking control of your own health
Conversations on Health Care this week focuses on the confluence of ideas and technology and how to engage people in their health and involving them as decision-makers. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter talk with Thomas Goetz, Executive Editor of Wired Magazine and author of “The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine.”
For more on Thomas Goetz:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://thedecisiontree.com/blog/thomas-goetz/
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Dr. Thomas Lee, CEO of Partners Community Healthcare, discusses reforming the health care delivery system.
Conversations on Health Care focuses this week on reforming the health care delivery system. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter talk with Dr. Thomas Lee, professor of medicine at Harvard University and professor in Harvard’s Department of Health Policy and Management. Dr. Lee is also CEO of Partners Community Healthcare, Inc., the largest health system in New England.
For more on Dr. Thomas Lee:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/thomas-lee/
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010
Dr. Robert Berenson, economist at the Urban Institute discusses health care policy and controlling future costs.
Conversations on Health Care focuses this week on innovative health care policy and controlling costs. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter talk with Dr. Robert Berenson, an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute. He is an expert in health care policy, particularly Medicare, with experience practicing medicine as an internist, serving in senior positions in two Administrations, and helping organize and manage a successful preferred provider organization.
For more on Dr. Robert Berenson:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.urban.org/about/RobertBerenson.cfm
http://www.urban.org/health_policy/about/berenson.cfm?page=1
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010
Dr. Gail Wilensky, economist and former administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration: Exploring reform in a changing landscape
Conversations on Health Care focuses this week on health-care reform and predicted outcomes of reforms still under consideration by Congress. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter talk with Dr. Gail Wilensky, economist, former administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration and John M. Olin, Senior Fellow at Project HOPE, an international health education foundation, about what lies ahead for health-care reform in a changing national economy and landscape.
For more on Dr. Gail Wilensky:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.gailwilensky.com/
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010
Majority House Whip Rep James Clyburn — Health reform after Massachusetts, where do we go from here?
Conversations on Health Care focuses this week on what happens next with health reform after Massachusetts. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter talk with Congressman James E, Clyburn, D-South Carolina, House Majority Whip, about the prospects for breaking through the legislative logjam on healthcare reform.
For more on Congressman James Clyburn:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://clyburn.house.gov/
http://majoritywhip.house.gov/
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2010
What the U.S. can learn from other health care systems
This week, Conversations on Health Care discusses, with a best-selling author and journalist, health-care systems around the world and what the United States can learn from them. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter talk with T.R. Reid, a Washington Post correspondent, commentator on National Public Radio and the author of The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care.
For more on T. R. Reid:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.trreid.net/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2009
Dr. Karen Davis, PhD, leading economist, author,
and President of the Commonwealth Fund
This week, Conversation on Health Care talks with one of the country's leading economists, Dr. Karen Davis. As President of the Commonwealth Fund, a national philanthropy engaged in independent research on health and social policy issues, Dr. Davis and her team are highly influential researchers and thought leaders on issues of reform and innovation in health care.
For more on Dr. Karen Davis:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Bios/D/Davis-Karen.aspx
http://twitter.com/CommonwealthFnd
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
“Medical break-through saves lives!” How a simple check list
can point us towards higher quality and lower cost.
Conversations on Health Care focuses focuses today on health care innovations that save lives and reduce costs. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter will speak with Dr. Peter J. Pronovost, an internationally acclaimed leader in patient safety and quality whose innovations are being adopted around the world. Dr. Pronovost is a practicing intensivist, anesthesiologist, and public health expert whose “check-list” for use in intensive care units is just one reason that Time Magazine named him one of America’s “100 Most Influential People” in 2008.
For more on Dr. Peter Pronovost:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Pronovost
http://www.safetyresearch.jhu.edu/QSR/Who/Team_Members/team_pronovost.asp
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009
Designing a 21st century approach to patient-centered care
Conversations on Health Care focuses today on transformative primary care and designing a 21st century approach to patient-centered-care. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter will speak with Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer, renowned physician, author and researcher. Dr. Bodenheimer is a leading expert in primary care and strategies to improve quality and access while controlling costs.
For more on Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://familymedicine.medschool.ucsf.edu/faculty/bios/boden_t.aspx
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
United States Preventive Services Task Force
Conversations on Health Care focuses today on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and its recent recom
pamendations for breast cancer screening. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter will speak with Dr. Kristen A. Zarfos, a surgeon and a national breast cancer expert. Dr. Zarfos has earned national praise for her advocacy for women’s health.
To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.breastcancer.org/about_us/pab/kristen_a_zarfos.jsp
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
The Free Clinic Movement
Conversations on Health Care focuses today on the resurgence of free health-care clinics around the country. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter will speak with Nicole D. Lamoureux, Executive Director of the National Association of Free Clinics, based in Alexandria, VA. Lamoureux has been at the forefront of the free clinic movement.
For more on Nicole Lamoureux:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.facebook.com/nicole.lamoureux
http://twitter.com/ndlradar
http://www.freeclinics.us/
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Republican Congressman Anh Cao, U.S. Representive of Louisiana, Discusses Health-Care Reform
Conversations on Health Care focuses today on the position of U.S. Rep. Anh Cao of Louisiana - the only Republican in the House of Representatives to vote for the health-care reform bill. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter will speak with Congressman Cao about the meaning and implication of his unique vote for health-care reform. A first-term Congressman, Cao fled Vietnam at the age of 8. He serves on the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform.
For more on Congressman Anh Cao:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://josephcao.house.gov/
http://www.facebook.com/josephcao
http://twitter.com/anhJosephCao
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Discussing issues of aging in America, and the impact
of both health reform and innovations supporting the health
and well-being of our elders.
Today, Conversations on Health Care turns its focus to health reform and innovation as they relate to aging. Jennie Chin Hansen, President of AARP, joins us to talk about the priorities and concerns of AARP’s 40 million members and the organization—and the kinds of innovations that Ms. Hansen has pioneered over a long career as a nurse, gerontologist, and executive.
For more on Jennie Chin Hansen:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.aarp.org/aarp/About_AARP/leadership/articles/Jennie_Chin_Hansen.html
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009
Two Perspectives on Health Care Reform
This week, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter explore health care reform from two perspectives: policy and practice. First, they'll speak with U.S. Senator Chris Dodd about the latest developments in the Senate to draft a reform bill. Then, they'll interview Jon Kingsdale, Execcutive Director of the Massachusetts Health Connector, about the state's health reform plan and how it can inform the national dialogue.
To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
| For more on Senator Chris Dodd: http://dodd.senate.gov/ http://www.facebook.com/SenChrisDodd http://twitter.com/SenChrisDodd |
For more on Jon Kingsdale: https://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/site/connector/ |
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009
Health Information Technology with the Obama Administration
For our one-month anniversary show, we explore the future of health information technology. Hosts, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter interview Dr. David Blumenthal, President Obama's National Coordiantor for Health Information Technology. Dr Blumenthal is tasked with modernizing our nation's health care system in order to improve the health of all Americans, bring down costs, and ensure long term growth.
http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/directory/researchers/david-blumenthal
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/technology/personaltech/15pogue-email.html?em
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/08/03/gvsa0803.htm#s1
To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
For more on Dr. David Blumenthal:http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/directory/researchers/david-blumenthal
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/technology/personaltech/15pogue-email.html?em
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/08/03/gvsa0803.htm#s1
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009
A Radical Redesign of Patient Scheduling
Our team will speak with Dr. Mark Murray, MPA, Principal of Mark Murray & Associates, a health care consulting firm based in Sacramento, CA. Dr. Murray helped create Advanced Access, which helps doctors and other health care providers dramatically decrease patient wait times and improve continuity of care. Dr. Murray consults with health care organizations in the United States and abroad on a variety of health care quality improvement strategies including efficiencies in office practice, the development and care of health care teams, change management in health care settings, physician compensation, and “big system” flow.
For more on Dr. Mark Murray:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.tantauassociates.com/
http://www.ihi.org/
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009
Conversations on Health Care explores Centering Pregnancy
Centering Pregnancy is a health care model that delivers quality care in a group setting and has shown to improve outcomes for mother and baby. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter interview the founder of the model, Sharon Schindler Rising, who is a nurse midwife and Executive Director of the Centering Healthcare Institute.
For more on Sharon Schindler Rising:To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
http://www.centeringhealthcare.org/
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Retail Care Clinic Industry
Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter explore two models in the retail care clinic industry. They’ll speak with Sandra Ryan, Take Care Health System’s Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer. Take Care owns and operates retail clinics inside Walgreens. Their second interview is with Dr. John Agwunobi, President of Wal-Mart’s Health and Wellness Division about its model of leasing retail space to independent health care providers.
To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
| For more on Sandra Ryan: http://www.takecarehealth.com/ |
For more on Dr. John Agwunobi: http://walmartstores.com/FactsNews/NewsRoom/6654.aspx http://twitter.com/JohnAgwunobi |
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Dr. Mitch Katz,
San Francisco's Director of Public Health, discuss the public
option and the universal access program.
Conversations on Health Care is an innovative radio show debuting today with special guest U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Dr. Mitch Katz, the nationally-known health director for the city and county of San Francisco, will also make a guest appearance. The show can be heard on WESU-FM at 88.1 or you can listen online at www.wesufm.org—streaming live worldwide. Join us for what we anticipate to be a memorable and inspiring inaugural show.
To download a full transcript of this episode click here.
| For more on Nancy Pelosi: http://www.house.gov/pelosi/ http://www.facebook.com/SpeakerNancyPelosi http://twitter.com/nancypelosi |
For more on Mitch Katz: http://www.healthysanfrancisco.org/ |
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