Howie and Harlan are joined by Alexi Nazem, a Yale-trained internist who co-founded the healthcare staffing company Nomad Health and now leads healthcare investments at AlleyCorp. Harlan reports on new research from the American College of Cardiology meeting; Howie examines the consequences of vast staffing cuts in the federal healthcare infrastructure.
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Research from the American College of Cardiology Meeting
"Semaglutide and walking capacity in people with symptomatic peripheral artery disease and type 2 diabetes (STRIDE): a phase 3b, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial"
"Early Intra-Aortic Balloon Support for Heart Failure-Related Cardiogenic Shock: A Randomized Clinical Trial"
"Extended Reduced-Dose Apixaban for Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism"
Alexi Nazem
The Human Genome Project
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
"100,000 Lives Campaign: Ten Years Later"
"Continuous Improvement as an Ideal in Health Care"
"The Science of Improvement"
Health & Veritas Episode 145: Max Laurans: An Entrepreneurial Life in Medicine
Nomad Health
Yale School of Management case study: "Nomad Health: The disruption of physician staffing services"
"Staffing Marketplace Nomad Health Raises $105 Million As It Expands Beyond Travel Nurses"
"America Is Running Out of Nurses"
"Staffing Marketplace Nomad Health Lays Off 17% Of Workforce"
"Why AI deals in healthcare have grown faster than other areas of tech — and what VCs are paying close attention to"
Turmoil at Federal Health Agencies
"Mass Layoffs Hit Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food"
"The top FDA vaccine official is forced out, cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies'"
"NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults"
"Princeton's US grants frozen, follows Trump actions against other schools"
"Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services"
"Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years"
"As Trump pursues his policies, Democratic states block his path"
"Proposed foreign aid cuts could lead to millions of HIV deaths, study estimates"
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