Speaking Of Show & Making Healthcare Work for You

Tele-health usage has rapidly increased over the last year due to covid-19. Apurv and I talked to Thomas Horton, Lead Consultant at Informed Consulting about the increase, changing healthcare models, who’s using tele-health, quality of care, and everything in between! 

Check out this conversation to learn more about what’s happening behind tele-health’s rise.

Rural healthcare is lacking - in need of everything from more technology and resources to more staffing. There's also a lack of providers, leading to physician burnout, further compounding the challenges of getting care in rural areas.

Dr. Phil Polakoff, Founder of A Healthier We, and Consulting Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine shares innovative ideas on how to improve the bleak systems currently in place.

We talk to Behavioral Health specialist, James Dold on Speaking Of, Making Healthcare Work for You. 

James shares everything from why the behavioral health is so important, to the collaborative care model, to the vast need for behavioral health services. He also talks about self-assessments, collaborating with schools, finding your inner circle & tips for parents.

Mike Critelli, co-founder of the MakeUsWell Network & his team are researching causes driving covid-19 hospitalizations & deaths. Much of what they found is in the living environment for those at long-term care facilities and low-income households. 

Mike talks to us about his findings and his suggestions, which range from less crowded conditions to removing barriers to care. 

Speaking Of, Founder's Mission interview w/ Mike Critelli, Co-Founder of MakeUsWell Network. Mike talks about covid-19, need for better communication, better data, the need to proactively diagnose/treat chronic conditions, and support & provide mental health treatment. He has worked as CEO of Pitney Bowes & he lead the US’ response to Anthrax in the early 2000s. Now Mike and his team of experts & thought leaders are working to change US public health & wellbeing.  

Speaking Of, Founder’s Mission with Jaclyn Wainwright, CEO of AiRCare Health. 

Jaclyn is on a mission to remove barriers to mental health care, connect people to services & experts, & destigmatize care. AiRCare Health offers “Next-generation behavioral health and wellbeing,” and strives to “predict and prevent” instead of “chase and treat.” 

https://aircarehealth.com