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Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy Podcast
Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare—including new research, AI in medicine, federal health policy, value-based care, healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship, and much more—and seek out the truth amid the noise. Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health. New episodes are available every Thursday.
Episodes
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMargo Harrison: Women's Health as a Path to Empowerment
Howie and Harlan are joined by Margo Harrison, an OB-GYN and femtech entrepreneur, to discuss how innovative solutions to women's health problems offer deeper…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastZack Cooper: High Healthcare Costs: Who Pays, Who Benefits
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale health economist Zack Cooper to discuss his work on surprise medical bills and the impact of high healthcare costs on…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastRobert Alpern: Creating an Inspired Medical School
Howie and Harlan are joined by Robert Alpern, a Yale nephrologist and the former dean of the Yale School of Medicine, to discuss the importance of a fiscal…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastRobert Rohrbaugh: Bringing Antiracist Tools to Clinical Practice
Howie and Harlan are joined by Robert Rohrbaugh, professor of psychiatry and deputy dean for professionalism and leadership at the Yale School of Medicine, to…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastA Cheating Scandal, Abandoned Research, and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss health and healthcare headlines, including a cheating scandal that has led to the invalidation of hundreds of scores from Nepal on the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastLucila Ohno-Machado: AI and the Art of Medicine
Howie and Harlan are joined by Lucila Ohno-Machado, the Yale School of Medicine's deputy dean for biomedical informatics. She explains how expanding use of…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastFarzad Mostashari: Aligning Incentives to Fix Primary Care
Howie and Harlan are joined by Farzad Mostashari, co-founder and CEO of Aledade, an "accountable care organization" that seeks to align patient-provider…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastChristopher O'Connor: Hospital Leadership in Trying Times
Howie and Harlan are joined by Christopher O'Connor, CEO of Yale New Haven Health, to discuss his career path and his experience leading hospitals through…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastManisha Juthani: Solving Infectious Disease Mysteries
Howie and Harlan are joined by Manisha Juthani, a Yale infectious disease specialist and commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health. They…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastClaudine Litman: Designing Better Healthcare Solutions
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale SOM alum Claudine Litman, a designer and the director of Yale's Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation, to talk about…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastReshma Ramachandran: Will the Supreme Court Upend Healthcare Regulation?
Howie and Harlan are joined by Reshma Ramachandran, a Yale family physician and co-director of Yale Collaboration for Regulatory Rigor, Integrity, and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAnother Winter Wave, and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss the winter wave of COVID-19 and Howie's experience with the Novovax vaccine, report on potential side effects of the next-generation…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJulie Ann Sosa: Personalizing Treatment of Thyroid Cancer
Howie and Harlan are joined by Julie Ann Sosa, chair of the University of California San Francisco department of surgery. She reports on new approaches to…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastEric Winer: A Cancer Doctor's Journey
Howie and Harlan are joined by Eric Winer, director of the Yale Cancer Center and president of Yale's Smilow Cancer Hospital. They discuss his career, his…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastTina Loarte-Rodríguez: Understanding Inequities in Healthcare
Howie and Harlan are joined by Tina Loarte-Rodríguez, associate director, health equity measures, at Yale's Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation and the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastTara Sanft: Life after Cancer
Howie and Harlan are joined by Tara Sanft, chief patient experience officer at Yale's Smilow Cancer Hospital and director of the Survivorship Program at the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastStephanie Sudikoff: The Power of Medical Simulation
Howie and Harlan are joined by Stephanie Sudikoff, an expert on using simulation to train healthcare professionals, to discuss her new venture working to…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJerold Mande: Our Food Is Making Us Sick
Howie and Harlan are joined by Jerold Mande, a nutrition expert who has served in the FDA, where he led the graphic design of the Nutrition Facts label, and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJohn Morton: The State of Obesity Treatment
Howie and Harlan review the results of a new study testing the effects of anti-obesity medications on cardiovascular health. Then they're joined by Yale's John…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastDhruv Khullar: The Physician-Journalist
Howie and Harlan are joined by the New Yorker's Dhruv Khullar to talk about his life as a clinician, researcher, and journalist. Harlan looks at how…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMelinda Pettigrew: The Battle Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Howie and Harlan are joined by Melinda Pettigrew of the Yale School of Public Health to discuss the changes needed in the prescription and agriculture use of…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastThe Latest on COVID-19 Vaccines, and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss current issues in healthcare, including burnout at the hospital, the downsides to Medicare Advantage, and how AI is helping…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastKatherine Baicker: Rigorous Thinking about Hard Problems
Howie and Harlan are joined by health economist Katherine Baicker of the University of Chicago to discuss her career in academia and government, the landmark…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastPeter Salovey: A More Unified, Accessible, and Innovative Yale
In the 100th episode of Health & Veritas, Howie and Harlan are joined by Peter Salovey, the president of Yale University and a pioneering psychology scholar…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMarc Auerbach: Getting Emergency Departments Kid-Ready
Howie and Harlan are joined by Marc Auerbach, a professor of pediatric emergency medicine at Yale, to discuss his work using standards and simulation to…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAn Inspiring Nobel Win and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss the inspiring story behind the Nobel Prize in medicine, the settlement in the Cigna false billing case, and new research providing…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMallika Mendu: Improving Operations
Howie and Harlan are joined by Mallika Mendu to discuss how innovations in operations can lead to improved inpatient care and her work as both a practicing…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastNita Ahuja: Epigenetics and Cancer
Howie and Harlan are joined by Nita Ahuja, a Yale surgeon and researcher, to discuss new methods in for detecting and treating cancers and the barriers faced…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastPeter Hotez: Opposing the Anti-Science Movement
In a special episode, Howie and Harlan are joined by the virologist and advocate Peter Hotez to discuss his new book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastTed Long: A Model for Effective Primary Care
Howie and Harlan are joined by Ted Long, senior vice president of ambulatory care and population health at New York City Health + Hospitals, to discuss New…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastZhenqiu Lin: Measuring Quality, Improving Care
Howie and Harlan are joined by Zhenqiu Lin, senior director of analytics at Yale's Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, to discuss how quality measures…
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Best of Health & Veritas, Summer 2023
Howie and Harlan look back on some of their favorite moments from the first 92 episodes of Health & Veritas. Featured episodes: Ania Jastreboff: The Revolution…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastSurgeon General Vivek Murthy: Building a Culture of Health
In this special episode, Howie and Harlan are joined by Vivek Murthy, the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, and a graduate of the Yale School…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAlan Friedman: To Err Is Human
Howie and Harlan are joined by Alan Friedman, chief medical officer at Yale New Haven Hospital, to talk about the organizational and cultural changes that the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMelissa Davis: Can a Radiologist Trust AI?
Howie and Harlan are joined by Melissa Davis, a Yale radiologist and a graduate of Yale SOM's MBA for Executives program, to discuss the 'whoa' moments and the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJulius Chapiro: Minimally Invasive Liver Cancer Treatment
Howie and Harlan are joined by Julius Chapiro to discuss advances in the use of machine learning and molecular imaging to understand and treat liver cancer and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastDawn Harris Sherling: What Food Additives Are Doing to Your Microbiome
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dawn Harris Sherling, an internist at Florida Atlantic University and the author of Eat Everything: How to Ditch Additives and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastHil Moss: The Gap in Care for Cancer Survivors
Howie and Harlan are joined by Hil Moss, a graduate of Yale SOM and the Yale School of Public Health, to discuss her experience being diagnosed with breast…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastSejal Hathi: Serving the Public
Howie and Harlan are joined by Sejal Hathi, a physician, podcaster, and social entrepreneur who recently left a White House role to become New Jersey's health…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastDavid Fiellin: The Treatments Changing the Lives of People with Opioid Addictions
Howie and Harlan are joined by David Fiellin, a Yale internist and an expert in addiction medicine. Harlan reports on a new study showing a surprising benefit…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAbbe Gluck: The Legal Determinants of Health
Howie and Harlan are joined by Abbe Gluck of Yale Law School to discuss how law shapes the health of Americans. Harlan explains how flaws in data privacy…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastSandeep Jauhar: A Witness to Dementia
Howie and Harlan are joined by Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist and the author, most recently, of the memoir My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAlbert Ko: A Journey in Public Health
Howie and Harlan welcome Yale's Albert Ko back to the podcast to discuss the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and his career as an infectious disease specialist…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJoseph Sakran: Confronting Gun Violence
Howie and Harlan are joined by Joseph Sakran, whose career as a trauma surgeon and advocate grew out of his own experience with gun violence. Harlan discusses…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJosh Geballe: Turning Yale Innovation into Startups
Howie and Harlan are joined by Josh Geballe, a Yale SOM graduate who serves as managing director of Yale Ventures, Yale's initiative overseeing the translation…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAmanda Skinner: Navigating Reproductive Care after Roe
Howie and Harlan are joined by Amanda Skinner, a Yale SOM graduate who leads Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. Harlan reflects on the potential and…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastElizabeth Arleo: Advice for Working Mothers from a Women's Health Specialist
Howie and Harlan are joined by Elizabeth Arleo, a radiologist with a focus on breast imaging and the author of First, Eat Your Frog: And Other Pearls for…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMegan Ranney: What's Next for Public Health?
Howie and Harlan are joined by Megan Ranney, who will become the dean of the newly independent Yale School of Public Health later this year. Harlan reflects on…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastCary Gross: Effective Cancer Screening
Howie and Harlan are joined by Cary Gross, professor of medicine and public health and director of the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale, to discuss…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMichael Alosco: The Toll of Repetitive Head Impacts
Howie and Harlan are joined by Michael Alosco, co-director of Boston University's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, to discuss the consequences of years…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastHelen Burstin: Research with an Impact
Howie and Harlan are joined by Helen Burstin to discuss her career examining issues of equity and quality in healthcare, and her current role as CEO of the…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastMichael Ivy: Doctors and Mental Health
Howie and Harlan are joined by Michael Ivy, a surgeon and Yale New Haven Health's deputy chief medical officer, to discuss the mental health issues facing…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastHarlan Krumholz, This Is Your Life
Howie interviews Harlan about his path to medicine and his career as a physician and scientist. Links: Harlan Krumholz: "Community-acquired bacteremia in…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAmi Parekh: Tools for Navigating Care
Howie and Harlan are joined by Ami Parekh, chief health officer of Included Health, which provides virtual care and data-driven guidance on finding the right…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastBrita Roy: Leveraging Community Resources for Better Health
Howie and Harlan are joined by Brita Roy of NYU Langone Health to discuss her work drawing on the existing assets of a community to improve health outcomes…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastAnna Kaltenboeck: Untangling Drug Prices
Howie and Harlan are joined by health economist Anna Kaltenboeck, a graduate of Yale SOM's EMBA program who served as senior health advisor to the Senate…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastTara Lagu: The Doctor Won't See You Now
Howie and Harlan are joined by Tara Lagu, a hospitalist, pharmacist, and researcher at Northwestern University, to discuss the startling bias faced by people…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastJeffrey Sonnenfeld: The CEO Whisperer
Howie and Harlan are joined by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, an expert on leadership at the Yale School of Management, to discuss his decades of dialogue with top…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastCountering COVID Revisionism
Howie and Harlan discuss Howie's recent bout of COVID-19 and the takeaways from new research on adverse events in hospitals, and they consider claims from…
Health & Veritas: Yale's Healthcare and Health Policy PodcastLeora Horwitz: Toward a Continuously Learning Healthcare System
Howie and Harlan are joined by Leora Horwitz, director of the Rapid Randomized Controlled Trial Lab at NYU Langone Health, to discuss her work using…