Health & Veritas
Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise.
Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health. New episodes are available every Thursday.
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Episodes
- PodcastEpisode 10Duration 32:53
Dr. Rohan Khera: AI, Machine Learning, and Medicine
Howie and Harlan talk with Dr. Rohan Khera, a Yale cardiologist whose research interests include the use of advanced data science tools to improve diagnosis and treatment. They discuss how artificial intelligence and machine learning can supplement human expertise in summarizing current literature, interpreting electrocardiograms, and other areas.
- PodcastEpisode 9Duration 31:57
Jason Abaluck: Health Economics
Howie and Harlan are joined by Jason Abaluck, a health economist at the Yale School of Management. They discuss a massive study co-authored by Abaluck that showed that masks reduce COVID infections in a community setting.
- PodcastEpisode 8Duration 30:39
Anne Wyllie: The Saliva Test
Howie and Harlan are joined by Anne Wyllie, the Yale scientist who developed the SalivaDirect test for COVID-19. They discuss the development of the technology and its potential for enabling easier testing in a variety of communities.
- PodcastEpisode 7Duration 33:18
Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet: Saving Mothers' Lives
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet, who leads Merck for Mothers and Merck's health equity efforts. They discuss the factors that lead to preventable death during pregnancy and childbirth—a risk that disproportionately affects women of color.
- PodcastEpisode 6Duration 30:32
Elizabeth Bradley: Leading Vassar through COVID-19
Howie and Harlan are joined by Elizabeth Bradley, an expert on global public health and the president of Vassar College. They discuss how the residential liberal arts college navigated the pandemic—and how defining a set of core values helped guide its response.
- PodcastEpisode 5Duration 28:02
Dr. Erica Spatz: Shared Decision-Making
Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale cardiologist Erica Spatz to discuss the benefits of making treatment decisions in collaboration with patients, and the challenges of shifting to a more patient-centered approach.
- PodcastEpisode 4Duration 25:05
Why Are We Paying for Ineffective Treatments?
Howie and Harlan discuss the financial, institutional, and psychological forces encouraging the use of unproven and disproven treatments and tests that drive up healthcare costs.
- PodcastEpisode 3Duration 24:54
Will AI Transform Radiology?
Howie, a Yale emergency department radiologist, and Harlan discuss whether artificial intelligence will replace human radiologists—or help them do their jobs better.
- PodcastEpisode 2Duration 23:39
Medical Education
Howie and Harlan consider what medical schools can do differently to identify and train the doctors we’ll need in the future
- PodcastEpisode 1Duration 24:15
Boosters and Nocebos
This week, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz discuss who would benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine booster, and the implications of a study on the side effects of statins.