Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, president of clinical operations at Providence, believes we're about to see the end of the pandemic and the beginning of endemic COVID - where the illness is less severe yet more widely seen in the general population. The unprecedented rapid development of vaccines has made this remarkable advance possible. Julie Rovner, who has been following the Supreme Court's review of the Biden administration's mandates for workplace use of masks and testing, points to problems see...
Jan 13, 2022•49 min•Ep. 36
. We could have produced this episode in any month of the year: problematic substance use can be triggered by any number of things and at any time. But in December, as one year is poised to give way to another, the stressors seem to mount: finances, holiday expectations, extended family dynamics, and what seems to be a never-ending pandemic. We reached out to three people ��� all with personal experiences with recovery ��� to talk about strategies for making it safely to 2022 with your wellbeing...
Dec 23, 2021•40 min•Ep. 35
. From the October 17, 2001 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association : The effective practice of medicine requires narrative competence, that is, the ability to acknowledge, absorb, interpret, and act on the stories and plights of others. Medicine practiced with narrative competence, called narrative medicine, is proposed as a model for humane and effective medical practice. Adopting methods such as close reading of literature and reflective writing allows narrative medicine to e...
Dec 09, 2021•52 min•Ep. 34
. Chloe Zelkha is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. She helped to found the COVID Grief Network which is putting groups of young adults together with therapists and chaplains to make meaning of their losses during the COVID pandemic. Zelkha has worked as a resident chaplain at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco and was a guest on an earlier episode of this podcast. �� . Some Cited Works �� "Saturday" from Hood by Emma Donoghue . "'Tis a Fearful Thing" by Yehuda HaLevi...
Nov 25, 2021•51 min•Ep. 33
. PERSONALIZING CARE IN A TRANSACTIONAL WORLD excerpts from the online conference held 1 November 2021 and sponsored by the Providence Institute for Human Caring . You can watch the videos of each online session here . . CONFERENCE AGENDA . KEYNOTE: Three Keys to Personalizing Healthcare�� Dr. Ira Byock, Institute for Human Caring . Why Serious Illness is a Serious Health-Equity Issue�� Dr. Tammie Quest, Emory Dr. Glen Komatsu, TrinityCare Hospice Dr. Karen Boudreau, ��Providence Michael Drummon...
Nov 11, 2021•57 min•Ep. 32
. Rayna Oliver Student University of Washington . . Megan McAninch-Jones, MBA, M.SC.�� Executive Director Community Investment Strategy & Evaluation Providence . . Dana Codron, RN Northern California Regional Director Community Health Investment�� Providence . . Aimee Khuu, MPA Executive Director, Health Equity���� Providence Home and Community Care . . Read more about Providence and Population Health , Health Equity , and Community Resources ....
Oct 28, 2021•52 min•Ep. 31
. PART ONE PERSONALIZING CARE IN A TRANSACTIONAL WORLD . Dr. Wes Ely is the author of the new book, Every Deep-Drawn Breath:�� A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU. He's also one of the participants in the upcoming online conference Personalizing Care in a Transactional World , presented by the Providence Institute for Human Caring. The conference is being held Monday, Nov. 1, from 8a-Noon PDT. Registration is now open. Dr. Matt Gonzales, Chief Medica...
Oct 14, 2021•53 min•Ep. 30
The people of Afghanistan have lived with the trauma of war for close to 50 years. Jacki Lyden is�� a writer and former host & correspondent for NPR News ,��who first went to Kabul just as the Taliban left a generation ago.�� She taught journalism for an American NGO in Afghanistan, and has maintained ties with Afghan friends and colleagues. . . Heidi Miller, M.D. is the Medical Director of the St. Louis Regional Health Commission and a consultant for Alive & Well Communities , a nonprof...
Sep 23, 2021•36 min•Ep. 29
Christian Diance, RN BSN Critical Care Nurse Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Los Angeles, Calif. . Instructor STOP THE BLEED�� Los Angeles, Calif. . . Andrea Chia, RN School Nurse Los Angeles Unified School District Los Angeles, Calif. . . Rocky Duff, RN Perioperative Nurse Providence Medical Group Spokane, Wash. . Megan Craft, RN Critical Care Nurse Swedish First Hill Medical Center Seattle, Wash. . Faith in Practice Life Changing Medical Mission Houston, Texas �� �� ��...
Sep 09, 2021•29 min•Ep. 28
Chase Anderson, M.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow UCSF San Francisco, Calif. . . Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D. Professor & Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine UT Health Rehabilitation San Antonio, Texas . . Riordan Ledgerwood, M.D. General Pediatrician Killeen, Texas . . Joel Bervell, MS3 Washington State University�� Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Spokane, Wash. . Listen to Joel discuss being Black during a pandemic with his sister and mother. ( Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part ...
Aug 26, 2021•49 min•Ep. 27
We return to two caregivers who poignantly described the Winter Surge in Southern California in our episode " COVID-19 Realities, " in January 2021. Listener advisory: The effects on these caregivers of treating unvaccinated patients is startling. . Zahra Esmail, DO Palliative Care Physician Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance, Calif. . Christina Rothans, LCSW Palliative Care Social Worker Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance, Calif. . . We discuss the ...
Aug 12, 2021•44 min•Ep. 26
It's crazy how complicated the relationship is between your dentist and your other healthcare providers. There are cultural, institutional, regulatory, and financial barriers that would have to be dismantled for a better system to prevail. And the pandemic may be just the excuse we needed to work on making change. . . Oral Health Stakeholders: A ��Time for Alignment and Action Millbank Quarterly, 29 June 2021 . Shenam Ticku, BDS, MPH Instructor Dept. of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology Harvar...
Jul 22, 2021•45 min•Ep. 25
Robin Henderson, Psy.D. Chief Executive for Behavioral Health Providence Oregon Chief Clinical Officer�� Work to be Well Portland, Ore.�� . . Crystal Brown-Tatum�� Director of Human Resources�� Cadence Delivery Fort Worth, Texas. . . Joselyn Eitemiller MA, CCC-SLP Home Health Clinical Manager Providence SoundHomeCare Olympia, Wash. . . Jessica Collins, CRNA Nurse Anesthetist and mother of three St. Louis . . ***************************** We have a favor to ask. Would you please take 2 minutes to...
Jul 08, 2021•38 min•Ep. 24
We explore the poetry of medicine by offering two conversations. In the first, Dr. Ira Byock talks with Dr. Patrick Clary about his poetry, why he writes it, how he uses it, and why it matters. "I don't see it as a medical practice so much as a humane practice for us as we do medicine; to maintain our way of looking at our patients as people." �� �� ���Dr. Patrick Clary in conversation with Dr. Ira Byock . . Then host Se��n Collins talks with palliative care clinician Redwing Keysaar about the p...
Jun 24, 2021•59 min•Ep. 23
Jeremy Edmonds Marketing and Outreach Liaison�� Providence ElderPlace ��� PACE A Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly Seattle, Wash. �� Victoria Johnson�� Quality Compliance Specialist�� Providence ElderPlace ��� PACE A Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly Seattle, Wash. . . Listen to the debut episode , "I see you. I hear you. And I ache for you," featuring Jeremy Edmonds & Victoria Johnson which was published June 19, 2020.�� . . The episode ends with " A Plowshare Prayer...
Jun 10, 2021•55 min•Ep. 22
Veronika Zantop, M.D. Medical Director Swedish Center for Perinatal ��Bonding and Support Medical Director Reproductive Mental Health at Swedish Seattle, Wash.�� �� Alexandra Fleming, MSW, LICSW Therapist Swedish Center for Perinatal Bonding and Support Nurturing Wisdom Therapy Seattle, Wash.�� �� .. �� We are collecting stories of pregnancy loss as part of the ongoing �� Hear Me Now oral history project. On today's podcast, we listen to four women who describe their experiences of early pregnan...
May 27, 2021•52 min•Ep. 21
This interview is an extended version of material that appears in a podcast episode devoted to exploring early pregnancy loss. We invite you to listen to that podcast . If you're interested in sharing your story of pregnancy loss, write to us for information on participating in the Hear Me Now story project:�� HearMeNowStories@providence.org...
May 27, 2021•48 min•Ep. 22
This interview is an extended version of material that appears in a podcast episode devoted to exploring early pregnancy loss. We invite you to listen to that podcast . If you're interested in sharing your story of pregnancy loss, write to us for information on participating in the Hear Me Now story project:�� HearMeNowStories@providence.org...
May 27, 2021•25 min•Ep. 21
WATCH Lauren and company in one of their dance performances. "Showing pregnancy loss through the lens of miscarriage, medical abortion, and stillbirth. The journey transitions from an individual one, to one with family and support. The piece ends with the power of holding space, and being there for each other." . This interview is an extended version of material that appears in a podcast episode devoted to exploring early pregnancy loss. We invite you to listen to that podcast . If you're intere...
May 27, 2021•46 min•Ep. 23
This interview is an extended version of material that appears in a podcast episode devoted to exploring early pregnancy loss. We invite you to listen to that podcast . If you're interested in sharing your story of pregnancy loss, write to us for information on participating in the Hear Me Now story project:�� HearMeNowStories@providence.org ��...
May 27, 2021•44 min•Ep. 24
�� �� Sylvain ���Syl��� Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAAN, FAONL�� System Chief Nursing Officer�� Providence�� Renton, Wash.�� �� �� Caregiver Resources from Providence Navigating Stress and Burnout �� This episode is the third in a series on nursing that marks the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Listen to the other episodes: Caring for the First COVID-19 Patient in the U.S. The Voices of Nurses...
May 13, 2021•44 min•Ep. 20
Diane Meier, M.D., is professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York, N.Y., where she also holds a chair in Medical Ethics. Dr. Meier is the director emerita and strategic medical advisor of the Center to Advance Palliative Care ( CAPC ) where she has championed the sharing of best practices in the field of palliative medicine.�� �� She has been succeeded at CAPC by Brynn Bowman, MPA , the new ��chief executive officer. They talk with us about palliativ...
Apr 22, 2021•58 min•Ep. 19
Aaron Martin Executive Vice President Chief Digital & Innovation Officer Providence . Managing General Partner Providence Ventures . . Watch the Google Assistant haircut appointment video. ��...
Apr 08, 2021•25 min•Ep. 18
THE SPIRITUAL CARE OF THE WHOLE PERSON . Imam Yusuf Hasan Chaplain Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, N.Y. MSKCC Spiritual & Religious Care ����� �� NYP Pastoral Care ��� African American Day Parade ��� �� Association of Professional Chaplains ��� HealthCare Chaplaincy Network ��� �� Association of Muslim Chaplains ��� Masjid Malcolm Shabazz �� . Chloe Zelkha Rabbinical Student Hebrew Union College Cincinnati, Ohio Co-Founder C...
Mar 25, 2021•35 min•Ep. 17
On April 5, 2021, a new federal rule mandates that healthcare providers make most medical records available to patients without charge and without blocking. It's a move proponents hope will promote transparency and collaboration between patients and clinicians. �� But will clinicians tailor their language for patients? Will the average patient understand what's in the medical record? And will this move aimed at transparency cause more confusion than ��clarity? �� Healthcare attorney Nathan Kottk...
Mar 11, 2021•48 min•Ep. 16
CARING FOR THE FIRST COVID+ PATIENT Robin Addison is a nurse in the emergency department at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett. She's also the clinical coordinator for the BEST team ��� the biocontainment, evaluation, and specialty treatment team, the people charged with caring for patients with what they call a " high consequence infectious disease ."�� In January of 2020, Robin and her colleague Andrea Leighty were called back into work one night to take care of a man who was being ...
Feb 25, 2021•58 min•Ep. 15
Last spring, Cylix Shane and some other engineers, using off-the-shelf parts, built a prototype emergency ventilator that could be readily-deployed during the pandemic. ���We have some rural hospitals that wouldn���t have access to ventilators if they had a surge in patients, so we wanted to be able to allow them to configure one rapidly using parts they could get locally.��� Total cost: about $250. WATCH VENTILATOR VIDEO Cylix Shane Design & Construction Manager Providence St. Joseph Health...
Feb 11, 2021•48 min•Ep. 14
Against a backdrop of COVID-19 denialism and super-spreader events , Dr. Zahra Esmail and social worker Christina Rothans have been treating a recent surge of patients with their colleagues in the South Bay of Los Angeles.�� The two serve on one of the in-house palliative care teams at the Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. They are responsible for the care of the very sickest patients. The hospital's census of COVID-19-positive patients has climbed steadily for...
Jan 28, 2021•39 min•Ep. 13
This podcast was recorded on 1/11/2021 Ali Santore and Julie Rovner join us for a conversation about the opportunities and challenges members of the new Biden administration face as they work to mend the nation, deal with the nation's response to a deadly pandemic, and advance access to care for underserved populations in what is now a four trillion-dollar healthcare business in America.�� Nominally, the Democrats have an advantage in Congress, but it's only with a razor-thin margin in the Senat...
Jan 14, 2021•42 min•Ep. 12
�� MERRY CHRISTMAS! The Rev. Denise Hess of the Supportive Care Coalition ��(now part of the Catholic Health Association ) joins host Se��n Collins in a reflection on the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation and the ways it has inspired centuries of healthcare. They talk about the example of Jesus-as-healer, the crucial role women have served in promoting healthcare ministries, and the place suffering plays in our understanding of caring for the whole person. They are accompanied throughout the...
Dec 24, 2020•59 min•Ep. 11
