Welcome back to our Health Systems Science series! This episode Healthcare Delivery, Economics, and Policy.

Today’s guests are Dr. Paul Weber, Associate Dean--Continuing Medical Education at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson & New Jersey Medical Schools and Kate Kim, MS2.

The “Healthcare Policy and Emergency Preparedness” electives provide an innovative approach to the Health Systems Science curriculum at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The curriculum, adaptable to both a virtual format and the inclusion of dynamic current events, includes the fundamentals of healthcare policy, health insurance and reimbursement, advocacy and the legislative process, the role of social media in healthcare, and the roles of various healthcare stakeholders.

Sections from this episode include:

Details and the origin of the “Healthcare Policy and Emergency Preparedness” elective

Question breakdowns covering HiPPA and what is and is not a protected entity

Medical billing practices included fee for service compared to value based healthcare. 

With support from Elsevier, and produced in collaboration with the American Medical Association, the HSS series seeks to broaden students’ understanding of the nature of medicine, medical education, and what separates them from other human endeavors. Medicine is not a “pure science,” a kind of “applied biology.” Rather, it is fundamentally an art that uses science. As a discipline, Health Systems Science considers those ideas and concepts which are integral to medicine as a profession but don’t fall under the domain of the clinical or basic sciences.

The National Board of Medical Examiners includes HSS topics in its USMLE Content Outline and even offers a dedicated Health Systems Science subject examination. Each episode of this series will include on-the-go learning with practice exam questions explained by expert guests. 

Sponsor

This series is sponsored by Panacea Financial: Banking Built for Doctors, by Doctors. ITB and Panacea share a common goal which is to make med school better. Panacea Financial is designed to handle the unique situation of medical students. We hope you will check them out to see how they can make your life easier.

Learn more about the series and view the content outline on the ITB website. https://insidetheboards.com/Health-Systems-Science/. You can also listen to episodes in the ITB app organized into an HSS Playlist.

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