Najlepsze podcasty z kategorii: Health Policy (2024)

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What's Left on Congress' Healthcare To-Do List 8:37

16d ago8:37

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Congress has a number of important healthcare issues currently pending, but whether any get resolved before the end of the term is still to be seen. In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, Stephanie Kennan explores key healthcare policy issues before Congress, including PBM reform, healthcare transparency, cybersecurity, insulin …

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Navigating AI in Healthcare: Legislative and Regulatory Updates 10:03

30d ago10:03

10:03

Artificial intelligence continues to be a focus for Congress and federal agencies. Are you keeping up with the latest developments that impact the healthcare sector? In episode 22 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan provides updates on legislative and regulatory affairs concerning artificial intelligence. With the forma…

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Chevron, Abortion, and Misinformation: What’s On The SCOTUS Docket and Implications for the Healthcare Sector 7:52

1M ago7:52

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What does fishing have to do with healthcare? Currently before SCOTUS is Loper Bright Enterprises, a case involving federal oversight of herring fishing which could impact the government's regulatory power broadly and thus, the healthcare sector. In episode 21 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan explores Loper Bright En…

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AI Dilemmas: Congress’s Proposed Legislation and the Future of AI Governance 11:05

3M ago11:05

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AI is dividing members of Congress based on how they feel it should be regulated. As a result, Congress may concede regulatory power to the Biden Administration, which has proven more efficient in developing regulatory framework for AI. In episode 20 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses AI-related congressional…

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Fireside Chat: I. Glenn Cohen and Rochelle Walensky 38:31

3M ago38:31

38:31

Professor Glenn Cohen, Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School interviews Dr. Rochelle Walensky, 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Senior Academic Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center. They discuss Dr. Walensky’s career as an infectious disease clinician focused on HIV/AIDS, her experience lead…

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Regulating Artificial Intelligence: Transparency, Safety, and Equity 17:40

3M ago17:40

17:40

With the recent exponential growth of artificial intelligence technologies, the Biden administration is trying to help guide the nation in the development and deployment of safe, secure, and transparent AI technologies across all sectors, including healthcare. In episode 19 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan explores t…

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Overhauling Medicare Advantage: Proposed Changes for 2026 10:47

4M ago10:47

10:47

“Medicare Advantage has come under scrutiny related to mental health providers in their networks and related to broker's fees.” Proposed changes seek to remedy that. In episode 18 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan details the changes to Medicare Advantage Plans recently proposed by the Senate Finance Committee and CMS…

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Standardize and Streamline: CMS Proposes Standards for Qualified Health Plans and the Exchanges 10:33

4M ago10:33

10:33

Change is on the horizon for the health plan marketplace. In episode 17 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan describes the new standards proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for qualified health plans in health insurance marketplaces. These changes include bringing state marketplaces in line with th…

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Unraveling End-of-Year Healthcare Policy: Congress' Agenda and Challenges 12:37

5M ago12:37

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As we come to year-end, healthcare policy is in flux. In episode 16 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses the possible absence of an end-of-year healthcare package due to the appropriations process deadlines. She also discusses some of the initiatives Congress wants to do when they can do a healthcare package. B…

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Supporting Healthcare for Homeless: CMS Allows Reimbursement for “Street” Medicine 4:29

5M ago4:29

4:29

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made a small change that has a large impact. In episode 15 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses the updated CMS billing policy, which now allows insurers to pay street medicine providers for their services. This move gives providers the flexibility to see h…

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Medicare Premium Increases: What to Expect for 2024 5:33

6M ago5:33

5:33

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that Medicare premiums are expected to increase in 2024. In episode 14 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan breaks down all the expected Medicare premium increases and what’s behind these rate hikes. Because the Supreme Court held that cuts to drug reimburs…

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Cold Comfort 20:06

6M ago20:06

20:06

Should Social Robots be Used to Provide Emotional Support? PARO is a cuddly baby seal used as an emotional companion robot in elder care. Emotional companion robots provide some of the benefits of therapy animals, without the attendant challenges of a live animal. But while emotional companion robots can provide comfort to older adults, they might …

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DEA Extends Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities for Controlled Substances 4:25

6M ago4:25

4:25

The regulatory landscape for telehealth prescribing of controlled substances is evolving. In episode 13 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan covers the DEA's recent extension of pandemic-era telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances through 2024, marking the second extension. Originally set to expire…

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There’s an App for That 17:48

6M ago17:48

17:48

How Should We Regulate Digital Health Technology? The current digital health marketplace has been described as a wild west. Every day, consumer products making strong claims are brought to market without sufficient evidence and often withdrawn only when enforcement actions are brought against them. There are already apps that claim to detect melano…

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Is That AI Racist? 16:47

6M ago16:47

16:47

How AI Bias Is Affecting Health Care—And What We Can Do About It People are biased, and people build AI, so AI are biased, too. When AI is used in hospitals to treat patients, that bias comes to health care. For example, a 2019 paper in Science found that a commercial risk-prediction tool was less likely to refer equally sick Black people than whit…

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Navigating the No Surprises Act: Challenges and Controversies 9:12

6M ago9:12

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The No Surprises Act has had some difficulties in the implementation process, and those difficulties are raising issues. In episode 12 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan provides an update on the No Surprises Act, a law passed by Congress in December 2020 to protect patients from excessive surprise medical bills. The l…

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Privacy from the Inside Out 21:44

7M ago21:44

21:44

How secure is data collected by digital pills? Ingestible electronic sensors (IESs or “digital pills”) can be taken with or as a part of a drug in order to collect and record patient data, such as medication adherence or physiological metrics. This information can then be shared with relevant parties, including the patient, family members, and heal…

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Malfunction, Malpractice? 20:47

7M ago20:47

20:47

Who Is Liable When AI Injures a Patient? Medical errors happen; doctors are only human. And when doctors make mistakes, the law pertaining to who is liable is usually clear-cut. But what happens if the mistake was made by an AI, included one embedded in a device or a robot? This episode will explore who is liable. Is it the hospital? The developer …

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Prescription Drug Costs in Focus: PBM Reform on the Horizon 5:05

7M ago5:05

5:05

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) continue to be a topic which causes angst in Congress. However, PBM reform is not far off, and is likely to come before the end of the year. In episode 11 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses the bipartisan introduction of the Patients Before Middlemen Act in the Senate, which i…

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You Don’t Own Me 19:32

7M ago19:32

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Do You Own Your Personal Health Data? Every time you visit the doctor, heaps of personal health data are stored in electronic medical records, a mainstay of the modern health care industry. The rise of big data in healthcare comes with risks, however. Health data is now being sold to external companies and researchers. So, can you own your personal…

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Dr. AI Will See You Now 18:46

7M ago18:46

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Should We Tell Patients When AI is Being Used in Their Care? Increasingly, AI is being used in hospitals without patients’ knowledge of its use in their care, let alone their consent. For example, AI is being used to predict the likelihood that a cancer patient will die within the next six months. Hospitals and clinicians are deploying this technol…

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DEA’s Telehealth Proposed Rules: Expanding Access & Preventing Medication Misuse, or Not? 9:36

7M ago9:36

9:36

“The initial reaction to the rules is that they are much more restrictive than necessary and impose concerning limitations and burdens on clinicians and the patients they treat.” In episode 10 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses the Drug Enforcement Agency’s telehealth proposed rules which could impact how pat…

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Software Tracking COVID Variants in Real Time is Key to Controlling Outbreak 3:30

7M ago3:30

3:30

UC Santa Cruz developed a computational tool known as UShER that enables real-time SARS-CoV-2 tracking and helps researchers identify new lineages of the virus. The easy-to-use tool and online server creates an evolutionary tree that helps scientists understand genomic mutations by creating new branches, showing the relationships between virus samp…

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Who Has Access to Our Health Data? Understanding the ADPPA 6:50

8M ago6:50

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The concept of a federal consumer privacy framework is something that Congress has worked on for several years in both the House and Senate, but it's never come to fruition. In episode 9 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), which would, if passed, create a c…

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The “Ghosts’ of Mental Healthcare: Democratic Staff of the Senate Finance Committee Release Report Concerning Medicare Advantage Plans 3:50

8M ago3:50

3:50

“More than 80% of the listed in-network mental health providers [that] staff tried to contact were ‘ghosts’ as they were either unreachable, not accepting new patients, or not a network.” In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses “ghost networks” and Medicare Advantage plans. Based on a recent Senate…

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Unraveling the PBM Puzzle: Navigating Bipartisan Bills and Proposed Reforms 6:58

9M ago6:58

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All this activity on PBM legislation ensures that something is likely to happen this year. In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan walks through legislation pending in both the House and Senate aimed at addressing the practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), the drug pricing middlemen many blame for hi…

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Appropriations: Battle Expected at Year’s End (Again), Despite Promises Otherwise 5:21

9M ago5:21

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Here we go again. A year-end appropriations showdown is likely, despite promises earlier this year to have the process work on time for a change. In ep. 6 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses the current appropriations battles, the timing of appropriations, and the process. You’ll learn about the hurdles in Con…

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Nonprofit Hospitals and Tax Exemptions: What's at Stake 5:09

10M ago5:09

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In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, Stephanie Kennan discusses the tax exemption status of nonprofit hospitals, the legal requirements for tax exemption, and the recommendations made by the General Accounting Office regarding this issue. Despite the lack of clarity from Congress, scrutiny on tax exemption status may increase …

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Physician-Owned Hospitals: Politics and Policy 4:47

10M ago4:47

4:47

The debate on physician-owned hospitals is beginning again. Or maybe it never really stopped. In the latest episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan shares the history behind the creation of physician-owned hospitals, and the current effort to loosen restrictions through legislation while the administration wants to …

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Closing the Gap: CMS Strengthens Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency 4:49

11M ago4:49

4:49

Healthcare is moving towards a more transparent future. In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan explores the latest updates in hospital price transparency efforts. Delve into the strengthened enforcement process by CMS, exploring new requirements for corrective action plans, changes in the imposition of civi…

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The 340B Drug Discount Program: A Healthcare Soap Opera 9:36

11M ago9:36

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In this episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan clarifies the complexities of the 340B Drug Discount Program, discussing its history, ongoing litigation, challenges from drug manufacturers and Congress, and its impact on healthcare providers serving low-income and uninsured patients. Meet Your Host Name: Stephanie K…

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The Debt Ceiling Crisis: Unraveling Its Impact on Healthcare 9:19

12M ago9:19

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In this inaugural episode of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses the federal debt ceiling and its potential impact on healthcare. As Congress battles over the debt ceiling, healthcare providers and investors hang in the balance, facing delayed payments and potential access issues, in a high-stakes political game …

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Welcome to Complications: Health Policy Unraveled 0:26

12M ago0:26

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Tired of being baffled by healthcare policy? McGuireWoods Consulting presents Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, your solution to the policy puzzle. With our host, Stephanie Kennan, discover the ins and outs of healthcare policy and gain insights crucial for providers and investors. Let's simplify the complex together. Follow us in your favori…

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Why We Are Failing - Historical Perspective on California's Homeless 48:46

1y ago48:46

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Since the mid 1970s, California policy makers have attempted to address the ever-growing problem of homelessness and incarceration of people with serious mental illness. Despite these efforts, the numbers of people who are homeless and incarcerated with mental illness have reached unprecedented highs. In this program, Dr. Joel Braslow, professor of…

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How to Solve California's Chronic Homelessness 1:12:19

1y ago1:12:19

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What's California doing to address the issue of chronic homelessness? Some say nothing while others point to many efforts at the local and state levels. In this discussion, Dr. Margot Kushel, State Senator John Laird, and Dr. Toby Ewing explore the ways in which California is addressing the problem of the chronically unsheltered, what barriers rema…

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21st Century Global Health Priorities with Christopher Murray 1:27:03

1y ago1:27:03

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The world has lived through 2+ years of the COVID-19 pandemic, heightening the awareness of the links between health and other aspects of life including education and the economy. Future pandemics are a real risk but there are a number of other threats to human health and well-being as well. These include climate change, the rise of obesity, invert…

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The Status Quo Loves To Say No: Disability Rights and the Battle Against Structures of Exclusion with Judith Heumann 1:28:31

1y ago1:28:31

1:28:31

Disability rights activist Judy Heumann has been fighting for inclusion for over six decades, in ways that transformed legal and societal understandings of equality. Her life-long experience has included co-founding the organization Disabled in Action, working on Capitol Hill to shape landmark disability rights laws, co-organizing the extraordinary…

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Marion Nestle: The Journey of One Woman in Science and Policy 1:20:50

1+ y ago1:20:50

1:20:50

Marion Nestle, Ph.D., MPH, reflects on her late-in-life career as a world-renowned food politics expert, public health advocate, and a founder of the field of food studies after facing decades of low expectations. She discusses her new memoir, "Slow Cooked," that tells her personal story, including her rise from bench scientist to the pinnacles of …

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Metrics in Action: Lessons Learned from 30 Years of the Global Burden of Disease Study with Christopher Murray 1:15:28

1+ y ago1:15:28

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The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) began in 1991 sponsored by the World Bank and the World Health Organization to fill a critical gap in global health information. It has grown steadily to become an active collaboration of more than 8,000 scientists, researchers and policy-makers from 156 countries working together to quantify health at the n…

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How To Bolster The Safety Net For Those Most Impacted By The Pandemic 46:18

1+ y ago46:18

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COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives and policymakers at the local and state level are seeking solutions to help restore the health and well-being of Californians. In this program, Dr. Rita Hamad discusses ways to bolster the safety net for people most impacted by the pandemic. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine…

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Why Are People Acting So Weird? Social Disruption Stress and Substance Use During the Pandemic 1:29:20

1+ y ago1:29:20

1:29:20

COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives over the last two years. Policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to myriad problems including addressing rising rates of substance misuse and addiction. In this program, experts discuss the increase in opioid use and overdose deaths as well as the increase in youth using e…

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Health Workforce Shortages in the Wake of the Pandemic 1:21:47

1+ y ago1:21:47

1:21:47

COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives, and policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to help restore the health and well-being of Californians. In this program, Joanne Spetz examines the impact the pandemic has had on healthcare workers, from burnout to physical and mental health impacts, and what leaders can do…

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Seeing CLIIR-ly: Insights from UCSF's Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research 1:13:46

1+ y ago1:13:46

1:13:46

COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives and policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to help restore the health and well-being of Californians. In this program, Julia Adler-Milstein, Ph.D., and A Jay Holmgren, Ph.D., explain how their collaborative research center uses information to improve the use and impact of…

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Is Parental Leave Costly for Parents and Co-Workers? 36:01

1+ y ago36:01

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In this program, Heather Royer, Ph.D., discusses the challenges and benefits of parental leave, including the impact on families, companies, the labor force and the economy. Series: "Critically Human" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Business] [Show ID: 38278]Autor: UCTV

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Episode 2: It’s Time for Chunkin Pumpkin 2022! 20:21

1+ y ago20:21

20:21

KACC and Inside Kentucky Health Policy welcome several special guests to highlight this year's upcoming Chunkin Pumpkin event at Captain's Quarters Riverside Grille!Autor: Kentucky Access to Care Coalition

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Food and Nutrition Security 1:08:43

1+ y ago1:08:43

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COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives and policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to myriad problems, including health workforce burnout, ensuring food security and maintaining safety-net services, and keeping schools safely open. This program looks at effective and emerging policies and practices around food …

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Episode 44: Tracking the Pandemic with the Johns Hopkins COVID Dashboard 16:03

1+ y ago16:03

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In this episode we learn about the worldwide data collection process and presentation of the Johns Hopkins COVID Dashboard. We speak to Ensheng Dong, doctoral student and part of the team who started the dashboard. Are you interested in getting a public health degree? Register for the Public Health Grad School Fair: 9/17/22 9am pacific/12pm eastern…

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Design at Large: Future Prospects in Health Equity and Technological Innovations 58:42

1+ y ago58:42

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There is increasing awareness that health disparities are largely a result of the socioeconomic position in which you are born, the housing and neighborhood where you reside, and the accessibility of educational and job opportunities. These are known as the social and structural determinants of health. By the time a person arrives at a hospital, th…

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Triton Talks: Fighting Forward Through Public Service 20:07

2y ago20:07

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For San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, public office is about the opportunity to improve the lives of the people he serves. Fletcher's road to public service is grounded in a difficult upbringing where he and his mother endured domestic violence and poverty in the South. He worked during high school to support his family, went to college …

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Episode 43: Policy, Advocacy, and Activism for Pandemic Response: Interview with Kristin Urquiza 51:35

2y ago51:35

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In this episode we welcome Kristin Urquiza of Marked By COVID who shares the work she and her organization have partcipated in for COVID Memorial Day and commemorating the over 1 million lives lost in the United States alone due to COVID. We also discuss COVID policy needs, health equity issues, and the opportunities available for advocacy and acti…

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