Aaron Carroll, CEO of Academy Health, discusses his journey to improve health systems & decision making through community engagement & repetitive communication.
Summary
Aaron Carroll, CEO of Academy Health, shares his journey, from his frustrations with the healthcare system as a pediatrician, and the role of mentorship and science communication in his career. He delves into his efforts to make complex health issues understandable to diverse audiences through various media, his role in improving health care decision making and systems, involving communities in research, and building trust through consistent and repetitive science communication. Dr. Carroll also touches on the importance of implementation science and the challenges of making research findings effective in real-world settings.
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Contents
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EpisodeProemPodcast introIntroducing Aaron CarrollHealth is FragileWriting a Prescription Isn’t EnoughFix itPhase one: Independent InvestigatorPhase Next: Mentor, Communicator, ResponderAcademy HealthCommunicating Science to the Public Where They AreThe Practice of Communicating for ImpactEngaging Lived ExperiencePatients Included at Academy Health Call to actionKey PointsLived Experience at the Table – Your Lived ExperienceResearch SkepticismLearning When the Hypothesis isn’t ProvenImplementation ScienceEfficacy and EffectivenessTrust and ListeningRepetition, Repetition, RepetitionReflectionPodcast Outro
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Production Team
Kayla Nelson: Web and Social Media Coach, Dissemination, Help Desk
Leon van Leeuwen: article-grade transcript editing
Oscar van Leeuwen: video editing
Julia Higgins: Digital marketing therapy
Steve Heatherington: Help Desk and podcast production counseling
Joey van Leeuwen, Drummer, Composer, and Arranger, provided the music for the intro, outro, proem, and reflection, including Moe's Blues for Proem and Reflection and Bill Evan's Time Remembered for on-mic clips.
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Inspired by and Grateful to
Seth Godin, Nakela Cook, Ann Boland, Ellen Schultz, Steve Heatherington
Links and references
Aaron Carrol: The Incidental Economist, Healthcare Triage, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, New York Times, Indiana University's COVID response.
Academy Health: Academyhealth.org/Datapalooza, Communicating for Impact, community-led research grants, Health Data Leadership Institute, Dissemination Implementation Science Conference
patient-included criteria
implementation science
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Proem
Danny and Ann, July 3, 2024
Together for more than fifty years, my wife and I still practice communication - practice as in repetition, experimentation, and humility with two steps forward and one step back (or one forward and two back). No wonder anyone participating in healthcare continually struggles with the puzzle of communication. Just today, I texted a pharmacy about access to a critical medication with an expired prescription, tried to explain my newly diagnosed diabetes and diet choices on FaceTime with a friend, and drafted a letter about lessons learned about measurement for team members to share with our leaders. I know some master communicators: Seth Godin, Nakela Cook, my wife, Ellen Schultz, Steve Heatherington, and my guest today, Dr. Aaron Carroll, President and CEO of Academy Health. They each excel in different ways under different circumstances. I must take care to keep listening to their content and not float above and marvel at their artistry and skill.
DALL·E 2024-07-24 09.19.39 - A scene depicting various master communicators, each in their element.