Conversations on Health Care

Jan 30 2025 80 ep. 30 mins 1k
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Conversations On Health Care features in-depth discussions on health policy and innovation with industry newsmakers from around the globe.

The podcast is produced by Community Health Center, Inc., Connecticut’s largest provider of medical, dental and behavioral healthcare to the underserved, and hosted by Founder, President and CEO Mark Masselli and Vice President and Clinical Director Margaret Flinter.

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Do Your 2025 Healthcare Predictions Match Up With What an Expert Says?

Jan 30 2025 31 mins  
Originally broadcast January 30, 2025. Noted healthcare leader Dr. Sachin Jain has been publicly releasing his annual predictions for the sector for five years and is proud of his “pretty accurate” track record. He’s out now with his list of top 10 predictions for the healthcare industry for 2025. Dr. Jain states that “Heretofore fringe ideas about wellness and disease caus

Health Care & President Trump: What’s Happened So Far

Jan 23 2025 31 mins  
Originally broadcast January 23, 2025 President Trump’s first days in office have resulted in a number of important changes in the healthcare landscape. President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization, rolled back drug pricing policies and limited gender-affirming care. In addition, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., awaits his confirmation hearing to serv

NEJM’s 1st AI Editor on Tech’s Pluses & Minuses

Jan 16 2025 31 mins  
Originally broadcast August 22, 2023 As the year begins, some patients remain concerned about how far artificial intelligence (AI) is creeping into the exam room. But AI has been part of health care longer than most realize, according to Dr. Isaac Kohane, a Harvard University professor. Kohane is the editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine’s first publication devot

Healthcare Providers & ChatGPT Will See You Now: Our Brave New World

Jan 14 2025 31 mins  
Originally broadcast June 8, 2023 The World Health Organization has issued a statement expressing concern about artificial intelligence in health care. In 2023, Mayo Clinic’s then-Chief Information Officer Cris Ross joined us to discuss it. He led innovation projects at Mayo Clinic for over 30 years and told us “perhaps” we should be worried about ChatGPT. “These technologi

2024 Rewind & Look Ahead for Health Care Issues

Jan 02 2025 33 mins  
Originally broadcast January 2, 2025. Conversations on Health Care hopes the new year is off to a great start for you! But before we completely turn the page on 2024, we want to look back on our top issues and interviews from the past year. We spoke to leading experts about the health care policies that were part of the presidential race; the promise and peril of artificial intelli

Holidays, Headaches & Heartache: Best Advice from the “Happiness Doctor”

Dec 26 2024 30 mins  
Originally broadcast December 26, 2024 Dr. Amit Sood is called the “Happiness Doctor” for a good reason; his resilience approach has been included in over 35 clinical trials. The holiday season, occurring right after an intense election, is an ideal time to learn from Dr. Sood about how to recognize stress and reprogram the brain to deal with it. One of his top pieces of advice

What Elon Musk & Peter Thiel Invest In to Make Lives Longer

Dec 20 2024 29 mins  
Originally broadcast December 20, 2024 Billionaires who dream of extending human life, including Elon Musk, believe they will have very supportive partners in the incoming Trump administration. They’re excited that President Trump has nominated Jim O’Neill for the number two spot at the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services because of his history in the anti-aging movement. D

Nurse Practitioners: A Growing Opportunity

Dec 12 2024 29 mins  
Originally broadcast December 12, 2024 Nurse practitioners, at 385,000 strong in the U.S., are increasingly seen as a key part of the solution to the primary care provider shortage. What are the challenges and opportunities to ensure everyone can get the care they need when they need it? Our guest is the president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Stephen Ferrara,

Pres. Trump’s HIV/AIDS Record: A Look Back & Ahead

Dec 04 2024 29 mins  
Originally broadcast December 5, 2024 HIV/AIDS experts are cautiously watching as President Trump and his administration near inauguration day. On one hand, they remember how President Trump announced in 2019 his initiative called Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America. It included Ready, Set, PrEP, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative that provides free a

“Dr. Happiness” on Surviving Family Discussions at Thanksgiving

Nov 27 2024 30 mins  
Originally broadcast on November 27, 2024 Dr. Amit Sood is called the “Happiness Doctor” for a good reason; his resilience approach has been included in over 35 clinical trials. The holiday season, occurring right after an intense election, is an ideal time to learn from Dr. Sood about how to recognize stress and reprogram the brain to deal with it. One of his top pieces of adv