The Med List

In this episode we discuss the waste in health care and what is being done to identify and correct it. Our expert guest, Judith Garber, Senior Policy Analyst at the Lown Institute is a must listen.

In this episode we visit with health plan and benefits adviser, Cristy Gupton. We jump in to explore why health care benefits and coverage is ripe with misinformation and excessive costs and what you should know as a patient or clinician.

In this episode we visit with one of the leaders of deprescribing.org, Lisa McCarthy, to jump into, you guessed it, deprescribing. Some topics will include prescribing cascades, if physicians need more education on medication management, and how patients can evaluate their own med list more easily.

In this episode we talk about a care setting that is becoming increasingly important for families and the healthcare system. We have an aging population with increasing medical complexity and less health care professionals to care for us. Optimizing medications has never been more important to relieve strain on the healthcare system and increase our quality of life away from home.

In this episode we have a world expert in diabetes, Dr. Joshua Neumiller, join us to help update patients and clinicians on the multitude of recent changes in diabetes care. Be sure to bring your notepad.

In this episode we talk with wellness expert, football coach, and fitness historian, Mike Waters. We discuss how going from making a healthy choice to developing a healthy behavior is a process and how behavioral psychology plays a major role in achieving and sustaining fitness and wellness goals.

On this episode of The Med List we visit with two innovators in patient experience and pharmacy team utilization to talk about how the expectations of the pharmacy experience is evolving for both patients and partnering clinicians.

On this episode of The Med List we visit with one of the pioneers of deprescribing to talk about how to safely and effectively remove drugs from a patient’s pill box.

We often hear that movement is medicine, but how do you apply it to your unique health situation. Join us and our expert guest, Leah Halloran, to discuss her incredible work creating exercise programs for health conditions. Particularly great episode for those interested in Parkinson's and other diseases connected to movement disorders.

We often fool ourselves into thinking a quick medication "fix" will do the trick, but quality movement is what we should believe. Join us and our expert guest, Janet Huehls, MS, ACSM-CEP, CHWC, to discuss how to get moving.