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Are our “free markets” truly free? How can we achieve a balanced healthcare economy when we privatize profits but socialize losses? Andrew Leigh, member of the Australian House of Representatives and professor of economics at Australian National University, joins us to talk about how "economics can be defined as a social science that studies how people maximize their well-being in the face of scarcity", and how that applies to healthcare.

We're bringing you into the 'room where it happens' and broadcasting a panel discussion that we recorded live at the PHA leadership conference in Naples, Florida last month. Moderated by Dutch Rojas, speakers Mike Lipomi and our own Wendy Dean led a rousing conversation on what physician-led healthcare means, and what doctors and patients lose when we don't have control over care.

Successfully operating an independent hospital in a sea of large hospital systems is no easy task. How do you maintain negotiating power? How do you retain staff? How do you keep private equity at bay? Kurt Barwis, President and CEO of Bristol Health in Bristol, CT, joins us to talk about how to stand out - and stand up - for his hospital's independence, and his community.

The PHA is focused on how to reclaim physician-led care, and what we can do to create and facilitate the structures needed to help physicians become, and stay, independent.  In our first ever live record (outside, and in the rain) Matt, Wendy, and a few members of the audience tell their personal stories of how they became, and remain independent.

To be a part of something bigger than yourself is one of life's greatest gifts, and when the daily acts of life and work are challenged by love and loss it's the community that we've build around ourselves that gets us through.

43cc is proud to share this "Turn on the Lights" episode focused on how can health care organizations align their values to support both high-quality patient care and the well-being of their staff.  Wendy Dean, MD,  Eileen Barrett, MD, and J. Corey Feist, Esq., bring personal stories and professional insights on the rise of moral injury, systemic challenges, and legislative efforts to make meaningful changes. To listen to the full series, visit  Turn On the Lights.

Dr. Don Berwick brings decades of healthcare leadership to a conversation with Matt and Wendy about the effect of social, moral, and structural determinants of health on the physician experience. He offers a welcome reminder of the essential good at the heart of our profession and implores us to work together for the change we wish to see.

AI in medicine is here to stay.  But do we like it?  In the first of many episodes to come on this topic, Wendy and Matt discuss AI's growing influence in healthcare, and ask, "Does AI help or hurt the patient/physician experience, and what can we do about it either way?"

Dr. Pedja Stojicic, Executive Director of People Power Health, and Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has led movements that empowered clinicians and toppled governments. Now he teaches clinicians those activism skills - story-telling, community organizing, and building social movements.

"Another Round" offers short, follow-up news and commentary on stories 43cc has covered in the past. In this episode, Wendy and Matt revisit noncompetes and some spicy Steward Health Care news.