The PennHealthX Podcast

By PennHealthX

The Penn HealthX Podcast focuses on the intersection of medicine and business, with an emphasis on healthcare management, entrepreneurship, and technology (H-MET). This podcast has two aims.

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July 20, 2017 Episode 5 - Nora Becker, The ACA, Women's Health, and Contraceptives
Nora Becker joins me to discuss her research on the ACA and it's effects on contraceptive usage.
Map:
5:15 – her time at Pomona and becoming interested in public health
7:15 – deferring acceptance to Penn’s MD/PhD program to work for the Obama Campaign
10:00 – doing research at Wharton and getting a PhD not in basic science
13:00 – the value in appreciating health policy these days and how quickly health policy news/narratives/discussions can change
17:45 – Nora’s research – How the ACA has impacted contraceptive usage
24:00 – does contraceptive use save insurers money?
28:00 – paying for care specific to women’s health
35:00 – does being a mother change perspective on these issues?
38:45 – having your research tweeted by Obama, and the perils of your research becoming political and/or misinterpreted
47:30 – the fickle nature and frustrations of dedicating your life to researching health policy
54:00 – how we think about and frame healthcare spending
58:00 – how do you convince people it’s good to pay for other people’s health care?
Links:
Nora's Old Bio
https://hcmg.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/norab/
List of Essential Health Benefits
https://www.healthcare.gov/coverage/what-marketplace-plans-cover/
The Oregon Medicaid Health Insurance Experiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Medicaid_health_experiment
Her Papers
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/34/7/1204.abstract
Coverage of Her Work
https://ldi.upenn.edu/new-penn-contraceptives-and-aca-study-gets-wide-media-pickup
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/08/421140260/women-are-saving-money-thanks-to-expanded-birth-control-coverage
https://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/07/birth-controls-big-cost-control-gains-from-obamacare.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/08/health/after-health-care-act-sharp-drop-in-spending-on-birth-control.html
Wharton Healthcare Management site
https://hcmg.wharton.upenn.edu/
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1h 7min
July 20, 2017 Episode 4 - Dr. Debbie Kelly, Leaving Clinical Practice for Industry, and Spark Therapeutics
Dr. Debbie Kelly joins us to speak about her career, and the decision to leave clinical practice to work in pharma.
Map:
5:30 – finding ophthalmology
9:45 – things that she didn’t like about clinical practice
12:30 – learning about GSK, industry, and the options for MD’s
21:00 – shifting to Pharmacovigilance
28:30 – getting contacted by the headhunter and going to Spark
34:15 – mulling the decision to leave clinical practice
45:00 – choosing one path vs. the unknown
51:00 – finding work-life balance in medicine and in industry
54:30 – challenges of pioneering gene therapy development
Links:
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-kelly-47963922/
Pharmacovigilance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacovigilance
Spark Therapeutics
http://sparktx.com/
Lancelot the Dog
http://www.blindness.org/glossary/lancelot
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1h 1min
July 20, 2017 Episode 3 - Ryan Littman-Quinn, mHealth, and Botswana
Ryan Littman-Quinn tells us about how he became an mHealth expert, and the challenges of overseeing successful projects abroad in Botswana and other African countries.
Map:
5:20 – reaching out to click diagnostics and taking the job as graphic designer
8:20 – going to Botswana
14:00 – what is mHealth?
21:00 - working for the UPenn Botswana partnership
27:00 – Ryan’s first project – mLearning to support medical education
32:00 – challenges in mHealth projects and learning on the job
38:30 – Peak Vision
51:00 – Funding projects that are mix of entrepreneurship and non-profit
Links:
LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlittmanquinn/
The Botswana-UPenn Partnership
http://www.med.upenn.edu/botswana/
Andrew Bastawrous TED Talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_bastawrous_get_your_next_eye_exam_on_a_smartphone
Peek Vision Website
https://www.peekvision.org/
Lancet Paper Framing the Need for Vision Care
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(17)30293-0/fulltext
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1h 3min
July 20, 2017 Episode 2 - Dr. Kovarik and Teledermatology
Dr. Kovarik tells us about her career, and how she became a leader in the teledermatology field.
Note: In the intro, I mistakenly said that the Accessderm Platform was rolled out both in Philly and Africa. It is a U.S only platform. Other local platforms are used in Africa.
Map:
5:22 - Finding Dermatology at Baylor
8:39 - The beginning of telederm
12:20 - Becoming a leader in the field
14:45 - Issues in Derm field – shortage, long wait times, etc. and how telederm helps solve them
22:00 - Barriers to the growth of teledermatology
37:30 - Aligning incentives
44:00 - Limitations of teledermatology
Links:
Dr. Kovarik Profile
https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/carrie-kovarik
Her Twitter
https://twitter.com/carriekovarik?lang=en
Penn Med Teledermatology
http://healthcareinnovation.upenn.edu/projects/teledermatology
AlJazeera Article
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/17/teledermatology-helpspeoplefrommalawitophilly.html
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50min
February 21, 2017 Episode 1 - Dr. Fajgenbaum, Castleman Disease, and the CDCN
We kick off the Penn Health-X Podcast with Dr. Fajgenbaum!
Map
4:30 – football at Georgetown, his mother’s illness, and starting AMF
8:45 – getting to Penn Med and being diagnosed with Castleman Disease
13:40 – relapsing, and not being content with the state of research
17:20 – mentors, the orphan disease center, and starting the CDCN with an email
21:00 – getting the MBA and learning to manage a group of researchers
23:30 – learning to negotiate
24:50 – how biomedical research funding needs to change
31:00 – using the CDCN model for other orphan diseases
34:00 – thoughts on high drug prices, right-to-try legislation, and FDA regulation, and off-label use
39:55 – being compared to a Nobel Prize winner, and planning for another potential relapse
43:45 – final thoughts
Links:
LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfajgenbaum/
NYTimes Article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/business/his-doctors-were-stumped-then-he-took-over.html
Actively Moving Forward (AMF):
https://healgrief.org/actively-moving-forward/
CDCN Website:
http://www.cdcn.org/
Getting More by Stuart Diamond
https://www.amazon.com/Getting-More-Negotiate-Succeed-Work/dp/0307716902
The Castle Man Image
http://files.www.cdcn.org/3590_SketchWarrior-process-s312x341.jpg
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48min

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