Health & Veritas
Yale School of Management
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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Nov 11, 2021 • 31min
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.
Nov 4, 2021 • 33min
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.
Oct 28, 2021 • 31min
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.
Oct 21, 2021 • 28min
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.
Oct 14, 2021 • 25min
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.
Oct 7, 2021 • 25min
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.
Oct 6, 2021 • 24min
Medical Education
Howie and Harlan consider what medical schools can do differently to identify and train the doctors we’ll need in the future
Sep 30, 2021 • 24min
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.
