A Radical Approach to Cutting Costs and Empowering Employees In this week’s special edition of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio I sat down with Adam Russo, CEO and Founder of Phia, to explore the company and its benefits program and rethinking the way you offer benefits to your employees. This is part 1 […]
The stream of news, articles, and commentary on AI has not let up for months, and if, like me, you are wondering what it all means to you, you are not alone. You are probably having a hard time deciding on the personal impact and depending but no matter where you fall on the spectrum […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of March 2026 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, and myself, where […]
The TSA PreCheck for Your Doctor’s Office If you have flown commercially in the last decade, you know the exact moment the frustration sets in, and if you are flying now, all I can say is good luck. 🙁 It isn’t when the middle seat reclines into your knees. It isn’t even the turbulence. It […]
Years ago, in my first performance review at a multinational company, I encountered something I’d never seen before: a “Helicopter Rating.” I remember pausing. What does that even mean? The explanation stuck with me. The most valuable employees, I was told, were those who could operate like a helicopter, hovering high enough to see the full landscape, […]
I love people watching, and airports are a perfect space and excellent laboratories of human behavior. We’re tired, stressed, hungry, and operating on partial information, and that’s before you even get through the security obstacle course. It is basically the same conditions that define much of our healthcare system. On a recent trip, I […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of February 2026 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, and myself, where […]
Every year, like clockwork, snow falls… and so do a subset of middle-aged men with shovels. We joke about it. The guy in shorts is clearing his driveway at 6 a.m. in a blizzard. The neighbor who treats a Nor’easter like it’s the CrossFit Games. But here’s the punchline that isn’t funny: intense, unaccustomed exertion, […]
If you’ve ever tried to see the Mona Lisa in person, you know the feeling: a shuffling mass of humanity, phones held aloft like ritual offerings, security guards barking orders, and a vague sense that whatever you’re looking at cannot possibly justify this level of chaos. You finally glimpse her, tiny, distant, behind glass, and […]
In this special edition of News You Can Use on HealthcareNOWRadio, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., MD, FACS an orthopedic surgeon based in New Albany, Ohio, who has performed more than 38,000 joint replacements over nearly four decades. We explored why total hip replacement, once called the “operation […]
Sit at a busy café in Paris long enough and something unsettling happens: nothing. The waiter doesn’t sprint. No one is shouting about table turnover. There’s no laminated sign behind the counter promising a “Server of the Month” bonus for fastest espresso delivery. And yet, miracle of miracles, the place runs smoothly. Orders arrive. Coffee […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of January 2026 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, and myself, where […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of December 2025 US Healthcare: Now Featuring Robots, Sepsis Confusion, and Spam The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief […]
Loans, Hormones, Measles This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of November 2025 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of October 2025 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, and myself, where […]
Shots, Plots, and Smelly Socks This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of September 2025 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer at Nordic […]
I sat down with Dr. Chris Olson, Vice President of Design Impact at Mass General Brigham, and was struck by how his journey through medicine and global health has shaped his work today. From refugee camps on the Thai-Burmese border to post-tsunami recovery in Aceh, Chris learned firsthand that healthcare innovation doesn’t come from […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of August 2025 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, and myself, where […]
In this week’s special edition of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio I sat down with John Bou, President of Modio Health (a CHG company), to explore the company’s remarkable journey from a garage startup to a NASDAQ-listed pioneer in Edge AI. Healthcare’s Worst Escape Room John Bou is the co-founder and President of Modio […]
In this week’s special edition of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio I sat down with Dinakar Munagala, CEO of Blaze, to explore the company’s remarkable journey from a garage startup to a NASDAQ-listed pioneer in Edge AI. Dinakar shares his background in chip design at Intel, where he contributed to graphics processors for Apple […]
Delete Your DNA and Eat a Steak This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of May 2025 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer […]
What an outstanding experience and learning opportunity put on by the Lown Institute on May 15, 2025 in Washington DC Medical Debt in America: A Research and Policy Forum From start to finish, this conference was filled with insights, great speakers, riveting discussions, and evidence of real change and positive impact brought by many to […]
Healthcare’s Wildest Hallucinations (And No, We’re Not Talking About AI… Or Are We?) This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of April 2025 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of February 2025 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of January 2025 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where […]
