CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (President U.S. Healthcare and EVP, Walgreens Boots Alliance) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. Visit us at www.CareTalkPodcast.com
Episodes
374 episodes
Why Value-Based Care Is Finally Hitting Its Tipping Point w/ David Snow, CEO, Cedar Gate Technologies, an IQVIA business
For decades, value-based care has been healthcare's promised future. Most health systems have stayed in upside-only arrangements, and the data infrastructure needed to manage real risk has never quite caught up to the ambition.That may ...
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Nicole Saphier vs. Casey Means For Surgeon General
Is it easier to change the medical establishment from the inside or the outside?In this clip from our episode "MAHA Split Over New Surgeon General," hosts David E. Williams and John Driscoll break down what separated Casey Means from Ni...
MAHA Split Over New Surgeon General
The collapse of Dr. Casey Means’ nomination this week has sent shockwaves through the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement. While the tech world debates AI, healthcare is debating the “Saphier Pivot,” the Trump administration’s sudden s...
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Why Healthcare Costs Keep Climbing
Is American healthcare collapsing?In this clip from our episode "How AI Could Save a Collapsing Healthcare System," host David E. Williams and Dr. Robert Pearl, Author of ChatGPT MD, break down why the current system is financially unsu...
How AI Could Save a Collapsing Healthcare System w/ Dr. Robert Pearl, Author, "ChatGPT, MD"
American employers now spend over $25,000 a year to cover a single family, and chronic disease is driving the system toward collapse. Yet medicine is still built around a doctor's office visit every three to four months.Dr. Robert Pearl...
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Could This Be the First Parkinson's Disease Modifier?
Is the era of just managing Parkinson's symptoms finally coming to an end?In this clip from our episode “How AI Is Helping The Fight Against Parkinson’s”, host David E. Williams and guest Gene Mack, CEO of Gain Therapeutics, share why t...
How AI Is Helping The Fight Against Parkinson’s w/ Gene Mack, CEO, Gain Therapeutics
For decades, Parkinson's patients have been offered only symptom management. No drug has ever slowed the disease itself. A small clinical stage biotech may be about to change that.Gene Mack, CEO, Gain Therapeutics joins host David E. Wi...
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What to Do After a Cancer Diagnosis
If you or someone you love just received a cancer diagnosis, what are the first three things you need to know?In this clip from our episode “Can AI Help Us Finally Beat Cancer”, host John Driscoll and guest Dr. Sanjay Juneja, TheOncDoc,...
Can AI Help Us Finally Beat Cancer? w/ Dr. Sanjay Juneja, TheOncDoc
A cancer diagnosis doesn't have to feel like a death sentence. The science is advancing faster than most people realize, and what patients know about their own diagnosis can change everything.Dr. Sanjay Juneja, TheOncDoc joins host John...
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Why Genetic Diagnoses Take So Long for Kids
Why does it take five years to diagnose a child with a genetic disease when the answer is available in 48 hours?In this clip from our episode “How Genomics Is Transforming Rare Disease Care”, host John Driscoll and guest Katherine Stuel...
How Genomics Is Transforming Rare Disease Care w/ Katherine Stueland, CEO, GeneDX
One in six children has a developmental delay, and it takes an average of five years to get a diagnosis for a genetic disease. But it doesn't have to. The technology to get answers in 48 hours already exists.Katherine Stueland, CEO, Gen...
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The Clinical Case for Food as Medicine
What if food worked better than medication for managing diabetes?In this clip from our episode “Food As Medicine: From Trend to Treatment”, CareTalk host John Driscoll and guest Spencer Pratt, Chief Growth Officer at NourishedRx, share ...
Food As Medicine: From Trend to Treatment w/ Spencer Pratt, Chief Growth Officer, NourishedRx
Food as medicine is moving from buzzword to real healthcare strategy.In this CareTalk episode, Spencer Pratt, Chief Growth Officer of NourishedRx, explains why nutrition is finally getting the policy, payer, and consumer support needed ...
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Why Primary Care Is on Life Support
Is American primary care already past the point of no return?In this clip from our episode “Why US Healthcare is Fundamentally Broken”, host David E. Williams and guest Zeev Neuwirth, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Rezilient Health, ...
Why US Healthcare is Fundamentally Broken w/ Zeev Neuwirth, Rezilient Health
Primary care is on life support. Administrative burden is crushing physicians, employer healthcare is broken, and decades of reform efforts have barely moved the needle. So what does real transformation actually look like?Zeev Neuwirth,...
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Why Now Is the Time for AI in Healthcare
Is this AI moment in healthcare really different from all the hype that came before?In this clip from our episode “A Brief History of AI in Healthcare”, Lekan Wang, Partner at JSL Health Capital, makes his case for why the data is final...
Why High-Acuity Care Is Moving Home w/ Lon Hecht, CEO, Care2U
Every year, millions of Americans end up in emergency rooms and hospital beds for conditions that could be treated just as well, and far more safely,in their own homes. So why does care still default to the most expensive, most disruptive setti...
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A Brief History of AI in Healthcare w/ Lekan Wang, Partner, JSL Health Capital
AI has been promising to transform healthcare for decades. So what's actually different this time? From Palantir's early data integration work to the frontier of AI-driven drug discovery, the evidence for optimism is growing and so is the urgen...
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The Two AI Strategies That Will Fail
How should healthcare leaders approach AI without getting swept up in the hype?In our recent episode of CareTalk, "Is AI Coming for Healthcare Jobs?", hosts David E. Williams and John Driscoll break down why healthcare leaders need to s...
Is AI Coming for Healthcare Jobs?
Block just laid off 4,000 people and CEO Jack Dorsey said AI made it possible. The AI jobs story is dominating the headlines in fintech and tech, but what does it mean for healthcare, where hiring has been growing and we hear so much about clin...
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How Loneliness Hurts Your Health
How dangerous is loneliness to your health? In this clip from our episode “The Wellness Industry Is Misleading You”, host John Driscoll speaks with Zeke Emanuel about the data linking close friendships to longer life, including rese...
The Wellness Industry Is Misleading You w/ Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Author, Eat Your Ice Cream
The wellness industry is booming, but is it actually helping people live better lives? With trillions spent on supplements, special diets, and longevity hacks, it raises a bigger question about what really matters for long-term health.D...
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Can AI Reduce Medical Errors?
Are medical errors still one of healthcare’s biggest failures? In this clip from our episode “One Giant Leap for Healthcare AI”, host John Driscoll speaks with Dr. Robert Wachter, Author of A Giant Leap, about how AI could help redu...
One Giant Leap for Healthcare AI w/ Dr. Robert Wachter, Author, A Giant Leap
Healthcare has long promised a digital revolution, yet many clinicians feel more burdened than empowered. With AI now accelerating at a rapid pace, can this moment finally deliver on that promise?Dr. Robert Wachter, author of A Giant Le...
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