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Raise the Line

Osmosis from Elsevierwww.osmosis.org
Join host Lindsey Smith and other Osmosis team members for a global conversation about improving health and healthcare with prominent figures in education and healthcare innovation such as Chelsea Clinton, Mark Cuban, Dr. Ashish Jha, Dr. Eric Topol, Dr. Vivian Lee and Sal Khan, as well as senior leaders at organizations such as the CDC, National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins University, WHO, Harvard University, NYU Langone and many others.
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Episodes

The Power of Supporting Patients Between Visits - Geri Baumblatt, Co-Founder of The Difference Collaborative

Finding herself overwhelmed and confused while navigating the health system during a long recovery from a bad car accident, Geri Baumblatt quickly recognized the lack of communication and understanding there was for patients simply trying to get better. She works to help deliver effective education to patients both before and after visits through her work with the free, social good Docola platform ( www.doco.la ). And as care increasingly falls to family members, the majority of whom are also tr...

Feb 25, 202123 minEp. 135

A Healthcare System that Heals - Dr. Toyin Ajayi, Chief Health Officer of Cityblock Health

Put down the stethoscope and look patients in the eye, urges Dr. Toyin Ajayi. To really improve health outcomes, you've got to seek a fuller understanding than just organ systems and diseases. Dr. Ajayi grew up in Kenya, where she learned early the large role that income plays in health and social outcomes. The social justice and service ideals rooted in her childhood accompanied her through and post-medical school, when, working as a physician and hospitalist, she felt a calling to try to fix w...

Feb 19, 202127 minEp. 130

Understanding Anterior Knee Pain - Dr. John Fulkerson of the Patellofemoral Foundation and Yale University

Early in his career as an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. John Fulkerson was attracted to focusing on a small part of the knee called the patellofemoral joint because he felt it was overlooked and little understood. Decades later, there is still much to be learned and he’s leading a new program at Yale to advance the understanding of anterior knee pain and how to treat it. It’s actually a common problem in the general population and is responsible for more than 30% of complaints at sports medicine clini...

Feb 18, 202117 minEp. 129

Innovation in Nursing Education - Dr. Joan Rich & Dr. John Smith-Coppes, Rasmussen University

There's a reason why nursing is typically the most trusted profession in the world, says Dr. John Smith-Coppes, Vice President and Executive Director of Nursing at Rasmussen University It has to do with a genuine desire to serve others. Smith-Coppes and his colleague Dr. Joan Rich, Vice President of Nursing, are doing everything they can to sustain that trust. The goal of their nursing program at Rasmussen University is to turn out the very best, most competent nurses, no matter what the circums...

Feb 16, 202131 minEp. 127

Leveraging Facebook's Reach to Improve Health – Kang-Xing Jin, Head of Health at Facebook

To create behavior change, like getting people to wear masks, it's not enough just to give people information, you also need to communicate that information effectively. Facebook's Kang-Xing Jin -- who espouses an interdisciplinary approach across public health, communication, behavioral science, and technology -- believes that Facebook is uniquely positioned to have positive social impact, including in the sphere of public health. In this episode of Raise the Line, he speaks with Shiv Gaglani a...

Feb 05, 202119 minEp. 120

Reconsidering Menstruation - Dr. Sophia Yen, CEO of Pandia Health

“For anyone with a uterus out there, we're about to blow your mind.” With that, Dr. Sophia Yen set the stage for an interview as fascinating and lively as any of the 100+ we’ve done. For instance, Yen asks why women should endure 350-400 menstruations in their lifetime when, on average, they only have two babies. Ever thought of that? Yen, a Stanford professor and pediatrician, believes “periods should be optional” as a way to reduce health risks and what can be a significant disadvantage for wo...

Feb 03, 202130 minEp. 118

We Will Emerge Stronger - Dr. Peter Buckley, Dean, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

“I always think about careers as some mixture of careful career planning and then leaving tremendous amounts of space for serendipity,” says Dr. Peter Buckley, whose career as a researcher, a physician, academic leader, and health system leader includes membership on the Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges. In this episode of Raise the Line, Dr. Buckley shares with Shiv Gaglani how he became drawn to psychiatry, academic leadership, and the issue of schizophrenia, ...

Jan 29, 202127 minEp. 115

Making Healthcare About Human Care - Taylor Justice, Co-Founder and President, Unite Us

How can a barbershop be an access point to care? It's a question that Taylor Justice and his company, Unite Us, are figuring out on the ground in certain communities in North Carolina, and a model they are looking to expand, collaborating with various kinds of community organizations to build infrastructure by meeting patients where they're comfortable. Recognizing that so much of a person's overall wellbeing happens in their home community, Justice founded the technology platform Unite Us in 20...

Jan 28, 202124 minEp. 114

Compassion, Passion, and Commitment - Dr. Mark Schuster, Founding Dean and CEO, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Dr. Mark Schuster has asked students in the entering class at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine to write a letter to themselves about their passions and goals that will be returned to them at graduation. After an extremely competitive, yet holistic admissions process to a program that has waived students' tuition with no strings attached, the admitted applicants “are the kinds of students who want to save the world,” Dr. Schuster boasts. He doesn't want the med school jou...

Jan 27, 202126 minEp. 113

Understand Every Person’s Role – Dr. Vivian Lee, President of Health Platforms at Verily Life Sciences

“Why can't we get better health when we're spending two to three times as much money as any other high-income nation?” asks Dr. Vivian Lee, as so many other Americans have asked for so many years. But not many have developed answers as compelling as hers, making Lee one of the leading voices on healthcare reform in the country. Lee’s perspective, shaped by a rich set of experiences as a clinician, leader and academic, is strengthening a movement to make healthcare more centred on helping patient...

Jan 26, 202120 minEp. 112
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