Dr. Patient
A podcast that examines how today’s healthcare system affects the doctor-patient relationship and impacts how doctors and patients experience it.
Episodes
Date: 7/30/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 26 Advocate Toolkit, Hospital Edition
Episode summary:
It's so incredibly complicated to be a patient today, as I recently observed when I hung out at the bedside of a sick relative. If you don't have a "doctor friend", you might need to help your friend or family member get the best possible experience in the hospital by b...
Date: 7/22/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 25 The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage, Part 2
Episode summary: Part 2 discussing why Medicare Advantage plans are an actual DISadvantage for you and for our country's fiscal system. When you sign up for Medicare, you have a choice of Traditional/Original, Medicare or "Medicare Advantage", which is technically not Medicare and is...
Date: 6/16/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 24 The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage, Part 1
Episode summary:
Wow, I knew Medicare was complicated but didn't realize just how complicated. I've spent the last few weeks diving deep and was most curious about Medicare Advantage, Part C of Medicare, where beneficiaries can sign up for private health insurance. This week I'l...
Date: 6/18/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 23 In Doctors We Trust
Episode summary: What is trust as it relates to the doctor-patient relationship? How is it fostered when the very healthcare system itself works against it? Why is it important, and what can you do to foster it with your doctor?
Guest(s): none
Key Terms: none
References:
Trust, Race and Risk in American Medicine: https://on...
Date: 6/11/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 22 Doctors in Distress
Episode summary: The majority of doctors today are dissatisfied with the healthcare system. That's not to say that they don't want to be doctors anymore. It's just that they're fed up with the same system that patients are stuck in and fed up with. It's important that doctors and patients see and und...
Date: 6/4/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 21 How We Learn to Be a Patient, Part 2
Episode summary: Continuing from the end of last season, Ep 12, where I talked with my own daughter about her experience going to an urgent care center alone for the first time, here's the follow up with a group of young women going through similar challenges of trying to understand health insurance, how...
Date: 5/28/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 20 Short Stories on Being a Patient
Episode summary:
I have this never-ending quest to help doctors and patients understand each other better. This collection of short stories on what it's like to be a patient are meant to do just that. These are a few years old - I wrote them when I had breast cancer in 2020-2021 and went through surger...
Date: 5/21/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 19 US Drug Costs Are Insane, Part 2
Episode summary: Part 2 follows the last episode, where I reviewed how we got to where we are with insane drug costs in the US and a bit on how the Pharma system works. This week I did a deep dive on how someone can save on their medication costs. I review some cost comparing websites, online pharmacies, direct ...
Date: 5/07/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 18 US Drug Costs Are Insane, Part 1
Episode summary: Wow, drug costs in the US have skyrocket in recent years. The popularity of Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have really brought this issue into the light lately. Why do our drugs cost so much more than the same medications sold in other countries? How is the system set up? Who sets the list ...
Date: 4/30/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 17 Big Hospital Break Up
Episode summary: I’m breaking up with my hospital. I live in Chicago, with its plethora of academic medical centers. I’ve long believed that these are generally good places to receive healthcare, but I’ve become exhausted at how hard I have to work to receive the actual care. As a retired physician, and a daughter and sist...
Date: 4/23/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 16 Race and Healthcare: Teaching Med Students
Episode summary: Episode 3 of 3 of a miniseries on racial disparities in healthcare. We've heard from Linda Villarosa on how we got to where we are today and what some of the harsh realities of health disparities are, from Michael Tyler on a real life story of how his race actually impacted his ca...
Date: 4/16/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 15 Race and Healthcare: One Man's Story
Episode summary: Last week we heard from Linda Villarosa on the impact slavery still has on our modern healthcare system and how it leads to racial health disparities in the US. Today we’ll hear from Michael Tyler, children’s author, about his specific experience with race impacting his care.
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Date: 4/9/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 14 Race and Healthcare: Historical Roots
Episode summary: Many of the health inequities that we see in healthcare today stem from beliefs held in the time of slavery that have led to "myths" about black bodies and black health. Compounded by historical policy making related to socioeconomics, red lining, civil rights and more, people of color ...
Date: 4/2/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 13 Claim Craziness Pt 1
Episode summary: Have you ever spent hours, days or weeks trying to get money back from a health insurance claim? If you have, this episode will let you know that you're not alone. If you haven't, this will give you some insight into the process. This week's episode is just me, letting you in on an insane claim fiasco ...
Date: 3/25/24
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 12 Bosom Buddies
Episode summary:
Today's episode is a fly-on-the-wall perspective for you of how friends talk about cancer. A couple of my friends and I all had cancer within a couple of years of each other, and this is a full-length, unedited conversation that we had about it last year. Warning there's some foul language and tough ...
Season 2 is coming soon!
During this break I’ve been spending more and more time on the healthcare of my friends and family lately. I continue to act as a doctor friend to whomever needs it, helping guide people through the healthcare landscape to get done what they need, whether it’s finding a doctor, figuring out how to actually have a phone conversation with your doctor, getting an urgent appointment, or getting a second op...
Date: 7/19/22
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 11 How We Learn to Be a Patient
Episode summary:
My daughter had an encounter at a doctor's office recently, which was her first time going for a health visit by herself. What ensued was confusion and hilarity. It got me thinking that I haven't really prepared my kids to be the kind of patient that I think people need to be today: se...
A rundown of who's who in hospital, ER and clinic settings. It can be really confusing to be a patient and not know what each person's role is when you're receiving health care.
Podcast website: www.drpatientpodcast.com
Podcast email, become a guest: drpatientpodcast@gmail.com
Date: 6/13/22
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 10 Pushback, Part 2
Episode summary:
How did we get to where we are today, where health insurance companies dictate how medicine should be practiced between a doctor and their patient? This episode reviews the origins of Medicare, and reviews Medicare For All as an alternative to the over-privatization of current Medicare plans. This is yet another way ...
Date: 6/7/22
Name of podcast: Dr. Patient
Episode title and number: 9 Pushback Part 1
Episode summary:
Part 1 of stories about doctors and patients who are pushing back on a broken healthcare system. Learn about concierge care and direct primary care, from two doctors that left traditional fee for service practice models for these alternatives.
Guest(s):
Dr. Charles Dillon, University Associates in Chicago
D...
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