FHC #41: New Cerner CEO says Epic isn’t his biggest competitor
This week’s guest is Fixing Healthcare alum David Feinberg. In August 2021, Dr. Feinberg was named CEO of Cerner, a leading provider of “electronic health records” or EHRs. Just four …
FHC #40: How venture-backed tech is transforming U.S. healthcare
Medical professionals and budding entrepreneurs love to talk about the technologies that will someday revolutionize patient care. Our guest on Fixing Healthcare is already funding and fashioning those technologies to …
FHC #39: Paying for healthcare is out. Buying healthcare is in.
George Halverson was CEO of Health Partners in Minnesota for 18 years and CEO of Kaiser Permanente for 12. As a health-plan leader, he spent 30 years fixing healthcare. He …
FHC #38: More male nurses, nurses of color needed says ANA president
Our guest today is Dr. Ernest Grant, president of the American Nurses Association (ANA). He is the first male president in the organization’s 125-year history. And his passion for nursing …
FHC #37: The future of the American hospital
Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, envisions a future where the iconic “H” comes to symbolize much more than a building where people go for acute …
The 2021 ‘Fixing Healthcare’ survey results are in
In this survey, the third of the Fixing Healthcare franchise, we asked listeners: “Which of medicine’s cultural issues are most concerning to you?” Options were based on insights and topics from …
FHC #36: How physician teamwork makes the dream work
Goodbye, Marcus Welby, M.D., that lovable TV doctor from the early ‘70s whose humble private practice dealt with everything from impotence to Alzheimer’s disease. Hello to integrated, team-based, 21st-century medicine …
FHC #35: The AMA vs. chronic disease, racism & physician burnout
This episode kicks off season 6 of the Fixing Healthcare podcast and, this time around, cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr are flipping the show’s format on its head. …
Vote: The 2021 ‘Fixing Healthcare’ survey
Welcome To The 2021 Fixing Healthcare Survey. In this survey, we asked which of medicine’s cultural issues are most concerning to you. Options were based on insights and topics from …
Season 5 recap: Fixing the culture of medicine
The first four seasons of the Fixing Healthcare podcast focused on how to fix the U.S. healthcare system—its perverse payment model, clunky computer systems and regulatory dysfunctions. However, contrary to …