In this reprise episode,  Michelle Kondo and Eugenia South join us to talk about their research looking at how neighborhood contexts impact health and safety in urban environments, and their recent publication in JAMA Network Open looking at the relationship between neighborhood greening and mental health. Dr. South and Dr. Kondo collaborate from two different perspectives – Dr. South is an … RoS The effects of neighborhood greening on mental health with Eugenia South & Michelle Kondo Read More »

This week, we are joined by Allison Hess, VP of Health for the Steele Institute for Innovation at Geisinger to talk about Geisinger’s Fresh Food Farmacy, a program that provides food insecure patients with poorly controlled diabetes access to fresh healthy foods as part of a comprehensive diabetes care plan. Read more about the Fresh … RoS Addressing Food Insecurity among diabetic patients at Geisinger with Allison Hess Read More »

This week, we are joined by Russ Phillips! Dr. Russell Phillips is Director of the Center for Primary Care and the William Applebaum Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is a devoted primary care general internist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) where he … RoS: Understanding the association of primary care physician supply & mortality in the US with Russ Phillips Read More »

This week, we have two amazing guests, Cheryl Pritlove and Elizabeth Metraux. They are joining us to talk about gender disparities in medicine. Cheryl Pritlove is a Research Scientist at the Applied Health Research Centre at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital in Ontario, Canada. She is a qualitative methodologist and health … RoS Gender Equality in Medicine with Cheryl Pritlove & Elizabeth Metraux Read More »

Why is change so difficult? So often, we know what needs to be done – but actually making change is where we get stuck. Kate Hilton, our guest last week and this week for a 2-part series, is on the Faculty of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and is the lead author of a new white … RoS: The Psychology of Change with Kate Hilton of IHI, Ep 2 Read More »

Why is change so difficult? So often, we know what needs to be done – but actually making change is where we get stuck. Kate Hilton, our guest this week and next for a 2-part series, is on the Faculty of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and is the lead author of a new white paper … RoS: The Psychology of Change with Kate Hilton of IHI, Ep 1 Read More »

Utibe Essien, a Health Equity researcher, primary care physician in the VA Pittsburgh Health System, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine joins us this week. Dr. Essien studies racial disparities in healthcare, and recently published a major study in JAMA Cardiology, demonstrating significant racial disparities in the management of … RoS Racism and Inequity in Healthcare with Utibe Essien Read More »

This week, we have a very special collaborative show with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s podcast, This Week in Health. We are featuring perspectives on gun violence from the trauma bay of the emergency room with Megan Ranney, and from public health, with David Hemenway. Megan Ranney, MD MPH is currently an Associate … RoS Gun Violence – A View from the Trauma Bay & Public Health w Megan Ranney & David Hemenway Read More »

This week, Thomas Kim, David Rosenthal, and Audrey Provenzano bring you a journal club episode. Audrey talks about: Effect of Peer Comparison Letters for High-Volume Primary Care Prescribers of Quetiapine in Older and Disabled Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Adam Sacarny, PhD, Michael L. Barnett, MD, MS, Jackson Le, PharmD, Frank Tetkoski, RPh, David Yokum, PhD & Shantanu Agrawal, MD. … RoS Journal Club: letters and quetiapine rx, an RCT of CHWs & primary care, levels of prenatal education Read More »

How long have we all, collectively in healthcare, spent on hold with medical records departments, listening to mind-numbing muzac or assembled around the fax machine, waiting for your patient’s crucial imaging reports or culture results from another hospital to come through? Way too long. Difficulty accessing medical records can be extremely difficult, which we explore … RoS: Barriers to accessing medical records for patients & providers, and how that harms care Read More »