http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx Interviews with leading thinkers in the area of health care and health reform. Thu, 24 May 2012 20:48:09 GMT en Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation A Podcast From the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Interviews with leading thinkers in the area of health care and health reform. health reform, health care reform, health care no Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation info@bluecrossfoundation.org http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/JEfAGWcmNOY/Prescriptions.aspx Dr. Norton Hadler, author of “Worried Sick” claims that today in the United States, the practice of medicine is “built on a bunch of sophisms” with “very little to do with the care of the patient.” His solution? Cut way back on procedures and interventions and act only when data suggest the patient will benefit. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation ca8c15e1-6b9e-478a-890c-0560b9214f82 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Dr. Nortin Hadler, author of "Worried Sick" and "Stabbed in the Back: Confronting Back Pain in an Overtreated Society" Dr. Norton Hadler, author of “Worried Sick” claims that today in the United States, the practice of medicine is “built on a bunch of sophisms” with “very little to do with the care of the patient.” His solution? Cut way back on procedures and interventions and act only when data suggest the patient will benefit. 1785 health care, back pain, health care reform, http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=100212Hadlerhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/Hadler2010.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/sahV84q1xss/Prescriptions.aspx Two years ago, David Goldhill's father died of a hospital-borne infection. Goldhill wrote about the experience for the Sept. 2009 issue of The Atlantic. In this interview, he talks about what he learned: "The reality is we as individuals make all our major health care decisions. And yet we lack the type of information, we lack the type of relationship with providers, that we have in any other service we acquire and hire. ... [T]his is an industry that almost totally lacks publishable data on results, is completely non-transparent when it comes to pricing, and rarely has the type of relationship with patients that almost all other consumer-facing industries have." Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:47:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation 86d70658-f829-4a14-8343-b5d4c1dbbed8 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with David Goldhill, author of "How American Health Care Killed My Father,” published in The Atlantic, September 2009 Two years ago, David Goldhill's father died of a hospital-borne infection. Goldhill wrote about the experience for the Sept. 2009 issue of The Atlantic. In this interview, he talks about what he learned: "The reality is we as individuals make all our major health care decisions. And yet we lack the type of information, we lack the type of relationship with providers, that we have in any other service we acquire and hire. ... [T]his is an industry that almost totally lacks publishable data on results, is completely non-transparent when it comes to pricing, and rarely has the type of relationship with patients that almost all other consumer-facing industries have." 1506 health care reform, insurance, David Goldhill, the Atlantic, healthcare reform, Congress reform, Massachusetts health care reform http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Goldhillhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/Goldhill2010.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/9L4mBi2TFng/Prescriptions.aspx George Halvorson talks about the "perverse economic incentives" at work in health care today as well as the need for more connection between providers and patients, and more coordination among caregivers. The chairman and chief executive officer of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Halvorson is also an author of several books on health care, the most recent of which is "Health Care Will Not Reform Itself." Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:54:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachsuetts Foundation 05de3baf-6ede-423b-990e-ac86e50d7cbf Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachsuetts Foundation no Interview with George Halvorson, author of "Health Care Will Not Reform Itself: A User’s Guide to Refocusing and Reforming American Health Care" George Halvorson talks about the "perverse economic incentives" at work in health care today as well as the need for more connection between providers and patients, and more coordination among caregivers. The chairman and chief executive officer of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Halvorson is also an author of several books on health care, the most recent of which is "Health Care Will Not Reform Itself." 1894 health care, healthcare, health care reform, george halvorson, kaiser http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Halvorsonhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/100115halvorson.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/jlE5i7X7kyQ/Prescriptions.aspx Journalist T.R. Reid talks about his global quest for health care documented in his new book "The Healing of America." Reid compared plans, in part, by having local doctors treat his bad shoulder. In the end, he says, "I came home with more movement and less pain in my shoulder, so that was a win, and I came home convinced that we could cover everybody at reasonable cost. I know we can do it because all the other countries like us already do it." Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:35:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation 2277ac73-f16f-4c88-a9b9-6bf99cd55df6 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with T.R. Reid, author of "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care" Journalist T.R. Reid talks about his global quest for health care documented in his new book "The Healing of America." Reid compared plans, in part, by having local doctors treat his bad shoulder. In the end, he says, "I came home with more movement and less pain in my shoulder, so that was a win, and I came home convinced that we could cover everybody at reasonable cost. I know we can do it because all the other countries like us already do it." 1352 health care, health reform, Massachusetts, reid, healing of america http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Reidhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/reid_20091002sb.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/Hzl8dK9nT38/Prescriptions.aspx Peter Conrad warns against the costs and consequences of over-medicalization, which he defines as the creation of “diagnoses for particular kinds of human problems." Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:23:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation cc547eed-2c04-471b-a482-0fc901e5eadb Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Peter Conrad, author of "The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders" Peter Conrad warns against the costs and consequences of over-medicalization, which he defines as the creation of “diagnoses for particular kinds of human problems." 1351 health care reform, peter conrad, massachusetts, national health reform http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Conradhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/091002CONRAD.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/lApH0Cox_Tg/Prescriptions.aspx Dan Perrin sees Health Savings Accounts as one way to help insure the 47 million Americans now without health insurance. But he predicts that national health reform will ultimately be a victim of political mishandling: “God bless the health care community, but they are so driven by their policy desires that they ignore this political stuff and every time, it beats them. Every time.” Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:18:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation ddd5f88d-e990-40a3-ad2f-0a5c575c6ade Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Dan Perrin, co-author of "America’s Health Care Crisis Solved: Money-Saving Solutions, Coverage for Everyone" Dan Perrin sees Health Savings Accounts as one way to help insure the 47 million Americans now without health insurance. But he predicts that national health reform will ultimately be a victim of political mishandling: “God bless the health care community, but they are so driven by their policy desires that they ignore this political stuff and every time, it beats them. Every time.” 1958 health care reform, national health reform, dan perrin, america's health care crisis solved http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Perrinhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/090918PERRIN.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/zGYwYlPv_bA/Prescriptions.aspx C. Rocky White, M.D. explains how he's come to embrace single-payer health reform, despite his politically-conservative background, and why he believes that economic incentives to make money are distorting the nation's health care system. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:54:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation d9218472-40f7-461a-ab11-15f03c188cd7 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with C. Rocky White, M.D., editor of Dr. Robert LeBow's "Health Care Meltdown: Confronting the Myths and Fixing Our Failing System" C. Rocky White, M.D. explains how he's come to embrace single-payer health reform, despite his politically-conservative background, and why he believes that economic incentives to make money are distorting the nation's health care system. 1464 health care reform, single payer, health care meltdown, individual mandate, lebow http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Whitehttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/090904WhitePodcast.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/jS40sbCKHuw/Prescriptions.aspx Phillip Longman asserts that the Veteran’s Administration is providing the the safest, most effective, and most scientifically-driven healthcare in the United States today in large part because of the lifelong relationship the VA has with its patients and its forerunner status in the field of electronic medical records. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:30:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation ee9a0b2a-8fc4-48fe-9083-04beac599878 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Phillip Longman, author of "Best Care Anywhere: Why VA Health Care Is Better Than Yours" Phillip Longman asserts that the Veteran’s Administration is providing the the safest, most effective, and most scientifically-driven healthcare in the United States today in large part because of the lifelong relationship the VA has with its patients and its forerunner status in the field of electronic medical records. 1156 phillip longman, health care, va, vista, health IT, veteran's administration, obamacare, massachusetts health care reform http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Longmanhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/090821LONGMAN.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/WTX3cL32FOU/Prescriptions.aspx Julie Salamon talks about the business pressures on hospitals and how they impact the delivery of care, the complexity of running a 700-bed facility, and the need for community-based services. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:38:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation 4a215a56-94a4-409c-87cb-ad94a78a915a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Julie Salamon, author of "Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death Infinity. Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steriods" Julie Salamon talks about the business pressures on hospitals and how they impact the delivery of care, the complexity of running a 700-bed facility, and the need for community-based services. 1072 Julie Salamon, Hospital, health care, health reform, Maimonides http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Salamonhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/salamon_20090717.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/HECYFFZbgu8/Prescriptions.aspx Jonathan Cohn talks about how the next person to be hit with catastrophic medical bills could be you. He also comments on unresolved issues and compromises that must be reached before the passage of national health care reform. Finally, he examines how Massachusetts’s health care reform law can serve as a national model. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:20:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation 158c029a-a92d-42ab-8257-458cc07863f5 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Jonathan Cohn, author of "Sick: The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis — And the People Who Pay the Price" Jonathan Cohn talks about how the next person to be hit with catastrophic medical bills could be you. He also comments on unresolved issues and compromises that must be reached before the passage of national health care reform. Finally, he examines how Massachusetts’s health care reform law can serve as a national model. 1107 health care reform, clinton care, obama care, jonathan cohn, massachusetts health care http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Cohnhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/090724COHN.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/e5tVTMYOi_A/Prescriptions.aspx Arnold Relman, M.D. talks about the "medical industrial complex" and how the commercialization of medicine has impacted doctors and the delivery of care in the United States, as well as the challenges Massachusetts faces in sustaining health care reform. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:15:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation 5bcc0f6e-5a51-40e1-9dbb-9afc8fea9163 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Arnold Relman, M.D., author of "A Second Opinion: Rescuing America's Healthcare" Arnold Relman, M.D. talks about the "medical industrial complex" and how the commercialization of medicine has impacted doctors and the delivery of care in the United States, as well as the challenges Massachusetts faces in sustaining health care reform. 1561 health care, health care reform, Massachusetts health care, Arnold Relman http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Relmanhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/relman_20090630sb.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/z5IaEfkt7H4/Prescriptions.aspx Regina Herzlinger talks about the need for transparency in provider outcomes, how Switzerland’s health care system models a framework for building a consumer-driven system in the U.S., and how integrated centers focused on the treatment of chronic conditions reduce health care costs. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:22:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation 1f9a0dae-2b88-4609-8d67-ec76f07369ec Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Regina Herzlinger, author of "Consumer-Driven Health Care: Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policymakers" Regina Herzlinger talks about the need for transparency in provider outcomes, how Switzerland’s health care system models a framework for building a consumer-driven system in the U.S., and how integrated centers focused on the treatment of chronic conditions reduce health care costs. 1846 Regina Herzlinger, health care reform, health, consumer-driven health care, focused factories http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Herzlingerhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/herzlinger_20090623sb.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/6Y4QEhaqeZs/Prescriptions.aspx Melody Petersen, author of Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs talks about deceptive marketing practices by pharmaceutical companies, the need for greater federal oversight of drug companies, and offers advice for consumers when talking about prescription drugs with their doctors. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation 33d7d17e-4009-4181-94dd-03c9dc57c8e4 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Melody Petersen, author of "Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs" Melody Petersen, author of Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs talks about deceptive marketing practices by pharmaceutical companies, the need for greater federal oversight of drug companies, and offers advice for consumers when talking about prescription drugs with their doctors. health care reform, prescription drugs, pharmaceuticals, Melody Petersen http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Petersenhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/Petersen_20090427sb.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/hbwtVcJdfME/Prescriptions.aspx Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Americans Sicker and Poorer talks about prospects for national health reform. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:22:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation fde8ec8d-8fb6-4c12-8e79-71f88d447a28 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Shannon Brownlee, author of "Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Americans Sicker and Poorer" Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Americans Sicker and Poorer talks about prospects for national health reform. 1600 Shannon Brownlee, Barack Obama, health care, health reform, National health reform http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Brownleehttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/brownlee_20090403sb.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/sY7Tx1mEtpc/Prescriptions.aspx Charles Kenney, author of The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement is Transforming Medicine talks about quality, affordability, and cost containment in health care. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:20:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation f1d421a5-71dd-4d06-b93b-b574e180dd97 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Charles Kenney, author of "The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement is Transforming Medicine" Charles Kenney, author of The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement is Transforming Medicine talks about quality, affordability, and cost containment in health care. 1009 quality, health reform, Charles Kenney, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Kenneyhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/kenney_20090403sb.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PrescriptionsForHealthReform/~3/mtuXwXnoWOo/Prescriptions.aspx Dr. Jerome Groopman, author of How Doctors Think, talks about how and why doctors make incorrect diagnoses; the impact of cost pressures on quality of care and primary care physicians; and why we tend to overestimate the benefits of technology. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:20:00 GMT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation a075803b-1313-40d2-a5e0-7e87d022d0e4 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation no Interview with Dr. Jerome Groopman, author of "How Doctors Think" Dr. Jerome Groopman, author of How Doctors Think, talks about how and why doctors make incorrect diagnoses; the impact of cost pressures on quality of care and primary care physicians; and why we tend to overestimate the benefits of technology. 1280 health care reform, health reform, Jerome Groopman, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, national health reform http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/Multimedia/Podcasts/Prescriptions.aspx?episode=Groopmanhttp://bluecrossmafoundation.org/~/media/Files/Podcast/Groopman_20090403sb.mp3