Moral Matters

Aug 27 2024 87 ep. 34 mins 16
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Drs. Wendy Dean and Simon Talbot, the drivers of distress are discussed through the lenses of moral injury. The discussions are focused on solutions and the growing need for change.

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Season Finale | S8 : E11 | Bye - for now - and Hello to 43cc.

Aug 27 2024 17 mins  
Our season wraps up with Simon and Wendy discussing the whole experience of producing the 8 seasons of Moral Matters. We highlight excerpts from just a few of the amazing conversations we've had over the last four years: Jeremy Muller, Joe Crane, Blake Alkire, Rosemary Batt, Thom Mayer, Adam Beckman, Walter O'Donnell, L. Robert Burns, Ilana Yurkiewicz, and Luke Messac. We close wit

Feeling Helpless? Take Action l S8 : E10 | Dr. Don Berwick

Aug 15 2024 37 mins  
Today we're looking back to one of our favorite conversations from season 1 with Dr. Don Berwick, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Dr. Berwick is a long-time advocate for improving healthcare for both patients and providers. During this conversation, we talk about the moral imperative of change in healthcare; how we can approach the

Never Lead with Finances | S8 : E9 | Ed Tufaro

Jul 25 2024 48 mins  
This week’s episode is a look back at a conversation from our very first season, amid the complexities of Covid19, and stands as a stunning example of how administrators and physicians can come together to ensure the well-being of their staff, patients, and community, even during a global pandemic. Ed Tufaro, SVP of Operations at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, and his team pr

Hospitals Must Do No Harm | S8 : E8 | Adam Beckman

Jul 11 2024 30 mins  
Today we are revisiting a conversation from Season 6 Episode 2 with Adam Beckman, former Special Advisor to the US Surgeon General. He and Dr. David Chokshi, former New York City Health Commissioner, called on hospitals to end five administrative practices that harm patients in their October 2022 article in JAMA Health Forum. In our conversation, we dove deep into that article, and

Physician Unions 101 | S8 : E7 | Joe Crane

Jun 27 2024 43 mins  
Is organizing a solution to moral injury? Joe Crane has been a union organizer for two decades. When we spoke with him in 2021, Joe was the national organizer for the Doctors Council. He has since moved to UPAD. Joe walks us through the basic steps of organizing, what it can achieve, and how long it might take. CME: https://earnc.me/byuINF More information about the Doctors Council

Want to be Effective? Moderate Your Outrage | S8 : E6 | Will Torrey, MD

Jun 13 2024 42 mins  
Understanding human development is an important part of leadership. In this conversation from Season 3, Dr. Will Torrey, then interim chair of psychiatry at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center(he is now the chair), talks about helping people find their full selves, whether in clinical care, leadership, research or education, and how to channel your outrage toward change. CME: https:

Measuring What Matters | S8 : E5 | Jerry Muller

May 30 2024 41 mins  
What we choose to measure can distort our organizations, impact our workforce, and hijack our attention and resources. Jerry Muller, professor emeritus of history at the Catholic University of America and the author of The Tyranny of Metrics, describes how that happens then offers a way to create metrics that matter. CME link: https://earnc.me/1s88Dd Twitter: @WDeanMD, @simontalb

The High Costs of Big Med | S8:E4| Lawton R. Burns, MBA

May 23 2024 37 mins  
The US went from small scale, local healthcare institutions to multibillion dollar megaproviders in barely a generation. Lawton R. Burns, MBA shares his perspective on how it happened, what the true costs are, and what we all can do about it. Big Med: Big Med Seemed Like a Good Idea: Seemed Like a Good Idea If I Betray These Words: If I Betray These Words To support the podca

How Private Equity Profits from Patients | S8:E3| Rosemary Batt

May 02 2024 42 mins  
Rosemary Batt is the Alice Hanson Cook Professor of Women and Work at the Industrial Labor Relations School at Cornell University and a Professor in Human Resource Studies and International and Comparative Labor. Her research focuses on comparative international studies of management and employment relations, with particular attention to the impact of financialization on management

In Defense of Professionalism | S8:E2 | Richard Lacquement

Apr 18 2024 45 mins  
In this episode, we look back at a conversation from Season 1 with Richard Lacquement, Dean of the US War College, about the idea of professionalism in the military and how that relates to some of the struggles in professionalism in healthcare. Do us a favor? Let us know the tiniest bit about you, and who you want to hear from, so we can better plan future seasons: https://www.surv