Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Stephen Shortell, PhD, MBA

Is revamping our health insurance enough to change our current situation? What else needs to be done? The Dean of the School of Public Health at University of California – Berkeley, Dr. Steven Shortell joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss what can be done.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Stephen Shortell, PhD, MBA

Albert Einstein said. “No problem can be solved within the same consciousness which created it”. Significant change will be required if we are to improve our health care system. Is this realistic? Expert Dr. Stephen Shortell explains how to create meaningful change as he joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Stephen Shortell, PhD, MBA

Evidence-based medicine – is improving quality a key element of successful health care reform? Dr. Stephen Shortell discusses the formation of a national center for EBM with host Dr. Leslie Lundt.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Stephen Shortell, PhD, MBA

How might medical practice change to avoid the current state of fragmented care? Join host Dr. Leslie Lundt as she welcomes Dr. Stephen Shortell to discuss accountable care systems.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Stacy Orloff, EdD

Dr. Stacy Orloff is Vice President of Palliative Care and Community Programs for the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast in Clearwater, Florida. During this segment, hear Dr. Orloff as she discusses the perinatal support services that are available when an unborn child has been diagnosed with a terminal condition.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: James Saxton, JD

Attorney James W. Saxton, of Steven & Lee law firm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has over 25 years defending healthcare professionals. In this segment hear Mr. Saxton give his best advice for preventing medical malpractice claims.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: James Saxton, JD

In this segment hear attorney James W. Saxton, from Stevens & Lee law firm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, discuss his new book, The Satisfied Patient: A Guide to Preventing Malpractice Claims by Providing Excellent Customer Service.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Shannon Brownlee

Are cutting healthcare costs and improving quality of healthcare incompatible goals? Shannon Brownlee author of “Overtreated: why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer” is welcomed by host Dr. Leslie Lundt to share what she has learned about health care reform.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Shannon Brownlee

Given the easy access to technology such as the internet and cable television, Does it really matter in what part of the country you practice? Author of “Overtreated: why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer”, Shannon Brownlee explains to host Dr. Leslie Lundt the wide variation in health care patterns across the US.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Shannon Brownlee

Shannon Brownlee asserts in her new book, “Overtreated” that one of the biggest problems in health care today is that there is too much health care. As much as 30% of our annual spending on health care is a result of over use. Does more health care mean better health? Shannon joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt in a discussion about this provocative claim.