We’re discussing Breaking Barriers in Primary Care through Innovative Models! Faisel and Dan are joined by Liz Fowler, PhD, JD – Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

Our conversation revolves around incentives to expand access and increase equity, multi-organization collaboration for healthcare policy, and public perception of Primary Care.

This conversation was recorded as a live interview at Primary Care for America’s annual event PrimaryCare24.

This week on "Faisel and Friends," Dan and Faisel are discussing Primary Care Champions: Nurturing a Healthier Tomorrow.

Our conversation explores the roadblocks to providing high quality care, the complex moral injury that doctors are currently feeling, and the negotiations required to maintain a trusting doctor-patient relationship.

We’re discussing ChatGPT MD: AI Empowered Medicine! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Robert Pearl: physician leader, author, and former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group.

Our conversation revolves around utilizing generative AI tools in medicine, clinicians managing patient success through AI applications, and the difference between knowledge and expertise in tech-provided information.

Order Dr. Pearl’s New book - Chat GPT MD

Register for the PrimaryCare24 event at primarycareforamerica.org/primarycare24

We’re discussing Beyond Insurance: the Assurance of Direct Primary Care! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Kenneth Qiu, Founder at EuDoc Direct Primary Care.

Our conversation revolves around setting up a model that allows physicians to focus more on care and less on cost, considering incentives to save money in the long run, and managing outcomes by personalizing care within the DPC model.

Register for the PrimaryCare24 event at primarycareforamerica.org/primarycare24

We’re discussing XR Unveiled: Innovation on the Edges of Healthcare on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Mark Zhang: founder & president of the American Medical Extended Reality Association.

Our conversation revolves around utilizing augmented reality in healthcare, imagining accessible mental health with medical virtual reality, and advancing technological science to raise the standard of care.

Register for the PrimaryCare24 event at primarycareforamerica.org/primarycare24

This week on Faisel and Friends, we are discussing From Heartland to Healthcare: the Evolving Specialty of Family Medicine. Faisel and Dan are talking with Dr. Steve Furr, President of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Our conversation explores utilizing the full extent of the specialty of Family Medicine, strengthening the bond between doctors and patients, and how residents can get involved with health advocacy.

We are back to announce our new partnership with Primary Care for America collaborative, or PCfA for short. Dr. Faisel and Dr. Dan will be hosting an impressive lineup of healthcare professionals, thought leaders, and innovators. Keep an eye out for the upcoming new episodes of Faisel and Friends: a Primary Care Podcast!

Visit www.primarycareforamerica.org to learn more about PCfA's impactful work.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Curiosity Curing the Cravings. Faisel and Dan are talking with Dr. Jud Brewer: Psychiatrist, Neuroscientist, Author, and Professor at Brown University.

Our conversation explores understanding how our brains form habit loops, utilizing curiosity to address cravings, and approaching behavioral change with kindness and self-compassion.

Learn more about Dr. Jud and order his new book here: https://drjud.com/the-hunger-habit/

We’re discussing Achieving Whole Health on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Alex Krist, from Virginia Commonwealth University, and Dr. Andrew Bazemore, from the American Board of Family Medicine.

Our conversation revolves around providing personalized care within cultural contexts, focusing our energies and efforts on what really matters in healthcare, and investing in the whole health approach for a better system.

Read the NASEM report: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26854/achieving-whole-health-a-new-approach-for-veterans-and-the

At the Reimagining Primary Care Forum, Faisel had the opportunity to record a live episode of Faisel & Friends on a panel with Dr. Gary Price and Stephanie Quinn discussing The Great Burnout: Who’s Taking Care of the People Who Take Care of Us?

A couple of the topics we cover are: repairing the healthcare system at a macro-scale, implementing organizational tools to support healthcare employees, and appealing future physicians to Primary Care for a more balanced medical workforce.