The Heart of Healthcare
Halle Tecco, Michael Esquivel, & Steve Kraus
The Heart of Healthcare podcast gets to the heart of our mission in digital health — to massively improve healthcare for all.
🏆 #1 podcast in the Top 100 Health Tech All time charts
👥 Hosted by digital health veterans Halle Tecco, Michael Esquivel, and Steve Kraus
🎙 New episode every Monday
Join us for authentic and compelling conversations with thought leaders as we deconstruct underlying problems in healthcare, and identify how we can work together to solve them.
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Special Episode: Domestic Violence and Its Rise During the Pandemic
The Heart of Healthcare
10/18/21 • 22 min
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and in this episode, we’ll dissect how a pandemic, economic shock, and civil unrest compounded domestic violence risk factors and reduced access to resources.
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The Founder of Impossible Foods Doesn’t Care About Food— He Just Wants to Stop Climate Change
The Heart of Healthcare
07/11/22 • 43 min
Patrick Brown, founder of Impossible Foods, doesn’t care about food. He just wants to stop climate change. And he knows the best way to halt global warming is to ditch meat from animals. A former Stanford Professor, Patrick Brown started Impossible Foods at age 60 and has helped grow it to a multi-billion dollar company and household name. In this episode, we talk about his journey to save the planet and human health, and how food is just the vessel for that mission.
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The Tyranny of Faux Self-Care | Dr. Pooja Lakshmin
The Heart of Healthcare
05/01/23 • 45 min
In 2008, disillusioned by the medical system, Dr. Lakshmin left her residency to join an extreme wellness commune that turned out to be a cult. She was seeking something outside of mainstream medicine that could help with the anguish she was feeling. She yearned for community, and for something outside of the hierarchical structure of medicine. But what she found was that the industrial wellness complex is just as flawed.
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin is a board certified psychiatrist focusing on women’s mental health, a New York Times contributor, the founder of Gemma, and the author of the new book Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness.
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Mark Cuban on Starting an Online Pharmacy
The Heart of Healthcare
10/24/22 • 24 min
Mark Cuban was horrified at how many Americans struggle to pay for their medications, which are 250% more expensive in the U.S. than in other OECD nations. In this episode, he shares the details of his online pharmacy for generic drugs that offers steep discounts. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company cuts out the middle-man, charging customers a transparent price that is equal to the manufacturers' price, plus a flat 15% markup.
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Introducing My New Company, Cofertility
The Heart of Healthcare
11/07/22 • 31 min
In this episode, I talk to my-cofounder Lauren Makler as we debut what we’ve been building for over a year: a destigmatized, scalable approach to egg freezing and donation. Cofertility is a fertility ecosystem that enables women to freeze their eggs *for free* when they donate half of the eggs to a family that otherwise can’t conceive.
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Equity in Theory | Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton
The Heart of Healthcare
04/03/23 • 49 min
April is National Minority Health Month. Health disparities run so deep in this country, that your zip code is a better predictor of your health than your genetic code. Research has shown that the conditions we face as we live, learn, and work— or what researchers call the social determinants of health— have a lot to do with our health.
In this episode, Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton talks about her advocacy for a more equitable healthcare system. Dr. Hilton is an anesthesiologist at the University of Virginia and was the first Black woman anesthesiologist at MUSC. Dr. Hilton’s work extends far beyond the walls of the hospital. She is a vocal supporter of health equity, advocating for underserved and marginalized populations.
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Catherine Coleman Flowers on America’s Dirty Secret
The Heart of Healthcare
08/22/22 • 38 min
In this episode [Episode 1 revisited], Catherine Coleman Flowers (the “Erin Brockovich of Sewage”) explains how crumbling infrastructure causes toxic sewage spills in the backyards of poor, rural communities. Flowers also talks about how she discovered an outbreak of an intestinal, blood-feeding parasite we thought had been eradicated in the United States. Catherine Coleman Flowers is a MacArthur 'Genius' grant winner, the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, and the author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.
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Transgender Rights and Healthcare | Folx CEO Liana Guzmán
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06/05/23 • 30 min
Major U.S. medical associations have called gender-affirming healthcare a medically necessary treatment for dysphoria.
It’s been called essential and life-saving. So why do some groups want to stop others from getting this treatment? And why is it so polarizing?
In this episode, Folx Health CEO Liana Guzmán answers all our questions about transgender rights and healthcare.
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Sniffing Out Hope vs Hype in Digital Health | Digital Health Godfather Dr. Eric Topol
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06/12/23 • 41 min
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Eric Topol, the godfather of digital health, to explore the progress and barriers to innovation in healthcare, the potential of AI in transforming the industry, and the challenges faced by startups and big tech companies. Dr. Topol shares his insights on open-source healthcare, evaluating new innovations, and the importance of algorithmic fairness. Tune in to gain deep insights into the future of medicine and the power of technology in reshaping healthcare.
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Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis
The Heart of Healthcare
06/27/22 • 25 min
In this episode [Episode 3 revisited], emergency room physician Dr. Megan Ranney explains how gun violence is a public health crisis, and shares her non-partisan approach to help end it. Dr. Ranney is a respected researcher, emergency physician, and advocate in the field of injury prevention and digital health. She is a Professor at Brown University, and the co-founder of AFFIRM, the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine.
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Heart of Healthcare have?
The Heart of Healthcare currently has 146 episodes available.
What topics does The Heart of Healthcare cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Founder, Entrepreneurship, Health Tech, Digital Health, Medicine, Podcasts, Health, Business and Healthcare.
What is the most popular episode on The Heart of Healthcare?
The episode title 'Special Episode: Domestic Violence and Its Rise During the Pandemic' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Heart of Healthcare?
The average episode length on The Heart of Healthcare is 36 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Heart of Healthcare released?
Episodes of The Heart of Healthcare are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Heart of Healthcare?
The first episode of The Heart of Healthcare was released on Jul 6, 2021.
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