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This episode flips the script as producer Jimmie Markham interviews host Dan Karnuta about the year’s biggest healthcare themes.

Episode 131: Healing the Healers — Restoring Purpose and Leadership in Medicine

Host Dan Karnuta welcomes Don Taylor, director of the Alliance for Physician Leadership at The University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management, for a discussion about Taylor’s new book, Healing. They discuss how the U.S. healthcare system fails to support physicians’ well-being, both mentally and spiritually. Taylor describes how doctors struggle with the stress, isolation and burnout of leadership expectations although they do not get trained in that aspect of their careers.

Episode 130: Reimagining Nursing Through Innovation and Technology

In this episode, host Dan Karnuta speaks with Dr. Terry McDonnell, chief nursing officer at Duke University Health System. They focus on how technology is reshaping the nursing profession.

Episode 129: Centering Humans in Healthcare AI Implementation Basic Details

This episode explores how artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare, emphasizing that success depends more on people and processes than on the technology itself. Host Dan Karnuta and guest Dr. Matt Brubaker, chairman and CEO of healthcare consulting firm FMG Leading, discusses implementation challenges, fear of change and the importance of aligning AI adoption with organizational strategy, leadership and mission.

Episode 128: Alternative Health Plans: Do You Know the Risk?

Becky Greenfield, a healthcare attorney and a partner at boutique law firm Wolfe Pincavage, joins host Dan Karnuta for a discussion about the complexities and risks associated with alternative health plans that are not mandated by the Affordable Care Act. Plans like healthcare sharing ministries, limited benefit plans and short-term insurance can appear similar to conventional healthcare insurance but they lack essential consumer protections like coverage for pre-existing conditions, essential health benefits, and balance-billing safeguards.