The Dose is the Commonwealth Fund’s podcast that presents fresh ideas, new perspectives, and compelling conversations about where health care is headed. Join host Joel Bervell this season for conversations with leading and emerging experts in health care and health policy. Get the Dose in your inbox: https://thedose.show/signup
120 episodes transcribedDr. Elisabeth Potter was in the middle of operating on a patient with breast cancer when a nurse delivered an urgent message: UnitedHealthcare was on...
Eighty-five percent of all U.S. health care spending goes toward managing chronic diseases connected to poor diet and nutrition. Yet most doctors rece...
The prospect of 900,000 New York City residents losing Medicaid coverage under H.R. 1, the tax and spending law passed by Republicans last year, amoun...
Much of the AI used in health care today is tied up in helping the industry manage its revenue streams — think billing and coding assistance. But Dr....
When people receive a medical diagnosis or experience a new symptom, the first thing many of us do is reach for our phone. If a doctor isn't available...
Dr. Kaytura Felix didn't set out to document the Black maternal health crisis. She set out to find the people who are already doing something about it...
Four in 10 Americans have medical debt. Most don't know there's a federal law that could eliminate it. On this episode of The Dose podcast, host Joel...
Seventy billion dollars is flowing into health care AI, but the people building it and the patients who need it most are rarely in the same room. On...
Uterine fibroids may affect up to 80 percent of women in their lifetime, but they remain under-researched, underfunded, and routinely dismissed. Lupit...
AI therapy for children with anxiety, mental health training for staff at nonprofits that work with young people, and an "art pharmacy" that prescribe...
Across Oklahoma, a community-powered doula network is reshaping what equitable maternal care looks like. On this episode of The Dose, Dr. Joel Bervell...
A new movement in the United States is taking shape in maternal care, one that seeks to restore trust, center women, and protect lives. On this episod...
“The proportion of energy and resources that goes into getting paid instead of taking care of patients is out of whack.” That’s Dr. Mai Pham’s assessm...
Medical care for people with obesity is changing rapidly. Body mass index, or BMI, was once considered the gold standard for diagnosis but has proven...
“If people stop trusting science, they stop trusting each other. That has huge implications for everything, not just medicine.” Science, and medical s...
Look forward to a new season of The Dose, featuring your host Dr. Joel Bervell, launching this Friday.
What happens when your zip code threatens your health? Broadband access is often framed as a tech issue, but in some rural communities it’s a matter o...
Data is the engine of health innovation, but too often it can’t tell the full story. On this week’s episode of The Dose, Dr. Sema Sgaier joins host Jo...
We’re in a pivotal moment for health care equity and public health. Systems for tracking data on maternal mortality and chronic disease are being dism...
When private equity firms buy your local hospital, your primary care doctor’s office, or your local nursing home, they profit. But what happens to tho...
