Rx: Change
Americans have been told that our health depends on the choices we and our doctors make, but this pandemic has made it clear that it’s the choices our politicians make that affect our health the most. When patients are choosing between life-saving medications and putting food on the table, it’s clear the problems they face won’t be solved by prescribing another pill. The real prescription? Policy change that transforms this failing system and political change that elects the right people to make it happen. Rx: Change is a new podcast from Future Doctors for Progress, hosted by Harvard medical students. Join us as we talk to physicians and changemakers about their pioneering journeys to defy the status quo and make this country’s politics, policies, and health systems work for patients and communities.
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Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
We are speaking with Dr. Don Berwick, a physician visionary who has spent his career revolutionizing quality improvement and systems reform in health care.
Dr. Berwick is the former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He is the founder, president emeritus, and senior fellow of the Institute for Healthcare improvement. Dr. Berwick is a pediatrician by training and is faculty at Harvard Medical School. He ran for governor of Massachusetts in 2013 and is author or co-author of over 160 scientific articles and six books.
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Dr. Carolyn McClanahan is a sought-after physician policy expert and CNBC contributor with a unique lens into the intersection of health policy and economics.
Dr. McClanahan began her career as a family and emergency medicine physician and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). She is also a certified financial planner who founded and currently runs her own firm, Life Planning Partners, Inc.
As an expert on the interplay between health and finances, Dr. McClanahan educates financial planners, health care professionals, and the public on health care costs, health care reform, aging, and end of life issues. She writes for Forbes, Advisor Perspectives and Barrons is often quoted in widely-read publications like The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and the Washington Post.
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Dr. Robbie Goldstein is a trailblazing doctor whose experiences taking care of LGBTQ+ patients and patients living with HIV led him to run for Congress from the 8th District of MA
Dr. Goldstein practices as an Infectious Disease and primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. He founded the hospital’s Transgender Health Program, and now serves as its Medical Director.
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Introducing Rx: Change, a podcast where we talk to physicians and changemakers about their pioneering journeys to defy the status quo and make this country’s politics, policies, and health systems work for patients and communities.