Business Of Health: Narrative Matters
by Health Affairs
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Description
Stories about the business-including the Big Business-of health, from Narrative Matters, a section of first-person essays in the policy journal Health Affairs.
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John Lantos - "A Tale Of Dollars, Pediatrics, And Late-Night Calls About Infant Constipation" Full Essay | In accounting terms, nighttime phone help from a doctor was deemed to lose money. In human terms, it was priceless. (May 2012) | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dan Shapiro - "Titanium Hip Star" Abridged Version | An inside look at how mission and money mix in an academic health center. (April 2010) | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dan Shapiro - "Titanium Hip Star" Full Essay | An inside look at how mission and money mix in an academic health center. (April 2010) | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roger Hughes - "From The Talk To The Walk" Full Essay | A health care foundation executive struggles with moving from the abstract world of health policy to the real world of mental illness. (May/June 2003) | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roger Hughes - "From The Talk To The Walk" Abridged Version | A health care foundation executive struggles with moving from the abstract world of health policy to the real world of mental illness. (May/June 2003) | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Offner - "Politics And The Public Hospital In Our Capital" Abridged Version | Delving into a city health care system in need of fixing. (July/August 2001) | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Offner - "Politics And The Public Hospital In Our Capital" Full Essay | Delving into a city health care system in need of fixing. (July/August 2001) | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steven P. Ringel - "Practicing Medicine Versus Pushing Paper" Abridged Version | A neurologist reflects on the realities of his workday after a patient asks why doctors complain about payers' bureaucratic oversight. (June 2011) | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steven P. Ringel - "Practicing Medicine Versus Pushing Paper" Full Essay | A neurologist reflects on the realities of his workday after a patient asks why doctors complain about payers' bureaucratic oversight. (June 2011) | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fitzhugh Mullan - "Tin-Cup Medicine" Abridged Version | Resourcefulness, patience, and a willingness to beg are key to practicing medicine on the "safety net." (November 2010) | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fitzhugh Mullan - "Tin-Cup Medicine" Full Essay | Resourcefulness, patience, and a willingness to beg are key to practicing medicine on the "safety net." (November 2010) | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Amy Dockser Marcus - "The Loneliness of Fighting A Rare Cancer" Full Essay | After her mother is diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, a journalist researches how to help find effective therapies for patients who get rare diseases. (January 2010) | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Amy Dockser Marcus - "The Loneliness of Fighting A Rare Cancer" Abridged Version | After her mother is diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, a journalist researches how to help find effective therapies for patients who get rare diseases. (January 2010) | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Philip Musgrove - "Life And Death And Who's Going To Pay" Full Essay | After rushing a stranger to the emergency room, a health economist discovers the getting insurance information can trump getting emergency care. (November/December 2006) | 9/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Lerner - "On Being A Grantmaker" Abridged Version | A foundation head sustains others’ work while nourishing his own. (May/June 2003) | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Lerner - "On Being A Grantmaker" Full Essay | A foundation head sustains others’ work while nourishing his own. (May/June 2003) | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Irene Wielawski - "Gouging The Medically Uninsured: A Tale Of Two Bills" Full Essay | A health journalist encounters the gap between what providers charge insured patients and what they charge the uninsured. (September/October 2000) | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Irene Wielawski - "Gouging The Medically Uninsured: A Tale Of Two Bills" Abridged Version | A health journalist encounters the gap between what providers charge insured patients and what they charge the uninsured. (September/October 2000) | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 18 Episodes |
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