In today's medical community, technology is a key element, but how do we keep medicine human? In this episode of Hear Me Now, we'll be discussing the intersection between technology and medicine.

In this episode, we discuss the place of spiritual well-being in healthcare. As patients face anxiety about the unknown and a loss of control as they experience anger, frustration and isolation the spiritual care of the whole person becomes more important. Our guests have missions of accompaniment as they journey with the sick and the suffering as chaplains. 

Just what is in your medical records? In this episode we cover a new federal regulation that is about to take affect that will allow patients to view their electronic medical records. It's part of a movement for transparency in medicine. We'll discuss access to information and understanding what you read in those records. 

In this episode, we talk with two of the nurses that cared for the first U.S. COVID patient in Everett, Washington as we reflect on nursing's role in what was not yet a pandemic. This is the story of how training and education prepared Providence to care for the first COVID patient before they even arrived.

Behind the scenes of a pandemic. We'll meet some of the people who have kept hospitals and care teams working during a year of extraordinary and unprecedented stress. In this episode, we are singing the praises of the Unsung Heroes. 

This pandemic is far from over. This is the time to be extremely cautious and very careful. We cannot lighten up our efforts yet. On this episode of Hear Me Now, we discuss the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic in one Southern California hospital with Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of the LA County Department of Public Health. 

Ali Santore, Senior VP of Government Affairs and Social Responsibility for Providence and Julie Rovner, Chief Washington Correspondent for Kaiser Health News and host of the all-women panelist podcast, “What the Health?”, join us for a conversation about the opportunities and challenges members of the new Biden administration face as they work to mend the nation, deal with the nation's response to a deadly pandemic, and advance access to care for underserved populations in what is now a four trillion-dollar healthcare business in America.

The Rev. Denise Hess of the Supportive Care Coalition  (now part of the Catholic Health Association) joins host Seán Collins in a reflection on the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation and the ways it has inspired centuries of health care. They talk about the example of Jesus-as-healer, the crucial role women religious have had in promoting health care ministries, and the place suffering plays in our understanding of care for the whole person.

They are accompanied throughout the hour by three musicians who perform original arrangements of traditional carols: Gabe Miller, violin & arranger; Elijah Cole, guitar; and Nathan Pence, bass.

A conversation with three nurses about the strengths of their profession and the challenges and joys of nursing, especially during a global pandemic. 

One in five Americans lives in a household with two or more adult generations under the same roof — that's more than 64 million people. And a growing number of these households are headed by a member of the "sandwich generation" — adult children who are caring for their parents and their own children at the same time. On today's program: the benefits, challenges, and practical considerations of inviting parents to live with you.