Healthcare Insights
Northwest Area Health Education Center
Timely and relevant discussions about professional and public healthcare in our 17-county region of northwest North Carolina. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views, policies, or positions of the institution or its affiliates.
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Dec 23, 2023 • 1h 6min
H.I. Ep. 90 - Jennifer Brown Coulombe: Economic growth and the health of the community
Jennifer is the VP of Industry Partnerships and Continuous Innovation at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, NC. We discuss the business climate and career growth potential in today's workforce. Learn more about FTCC at https://www.forsythtech.edu/

Dec 17, 2023 • 1h 6min
H.I. Ep. 89 - Sebastian Kaplan, PhD: What do you want to be different? Teens and Family Therapy
Sebastian Kaplan, PhD is a clinical psychologist at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. We discuss teens and family therapy and approaches to counseling parents and teens. Learn more about Sebastian at https://www.wakehealth.edu/providers/k/sebastian-g-kaplan

Dec 4, 2023 • 39min
H.I. Ep. 88 - Jamaul Ford - Business and Marketing Considerations for Healthcare Practices
Jamaul is a Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Jrumz Earwear, Director of Community Outreach at High Level Speech and Hearing Center, a musician, and a brand consultant for healthcare practices. He shares his ideas for creating revenue streams that compliment serving patients in the healthcare practice setting. Learn more about Jamaul at https://www.instagram.com/jamaulthemaven/?hl=en

Nov 27, 2023 • 1h 4min
H.I. Ep. 87 - William “Bo” McDonald - Homelessness in Forsyth County
Bo is the executive director of the Bethesda Center for the Homeless in Winston-Salem, NC. We talk about the center's services and the challenges and opportunities we face in serving a growing homeless population. More about the Bethesda Center here: https://www.bethesdacenter.org/
Earn 1 contact hour of CE credit for listening to this podcast. Details here: https://northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/courses-and-events/72832

Nov 21, 2023 • 37min
H.I. Ep. 86 - Katie Passaretti, MD - Epidemiology in Hospital Medicine
Katie Passaretti, MD, is vice president and enterprise chief epidemiologist at Atrium Health. Dr. Passaretti is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She is a member of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Learn more about Katie here: https://atriumhealth.org/clinical-expert-details/katie-passaretti-md

Nov 18, 2023 • 48min
H.I. Ep. 85 - Richard Hirsh - Fall detection and aging with dignity in the age of wearables
Marketing chief from UnaliWear talks about data-driven fall detection and wearables in the "I've fallen and I can't get up" world of caregiving. We discuss aging with dignity, privacy, and agency, as well as innovation and possibilities to ensure peach of mind for loved ones and usability and acceptability of the end user.
Disclosure: This podcast is for informational purposes only. The commercial product(s) discussed on this podcast are not in any way an endorsement by Northwest AHEC, WFU School of Medicine, AHWFB, NC AHEC, or any of its affiliates for the product or its purchase.
See more at https://www.unaliwear.com/
The Truth about Medical Devices YouTube https://youtu.be/xz_2jW-ooso?si=ed6AkKsqlp-aA1sK

Oct 12, 2023 • 1h 25min
H.I. Ep. 84 - James Traub - Coaching and Anxiety
Wellness and life satisfaction coach, James Traub talks about anxiety and how to find relief from anxiety to live a healthier and more stress-free life. Find out more at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamestraub/ and https://www.innerstate.life/

Oct 6, 2023 • 37min
H.I. Ep. 83 - Dennis Mistrioty - Cannabinoids and the Wellness Business
The CEO of BATCH, a Wisconsin-based wellness products e-commerce company, talks about growing hemp and producing high quality CBD products, doing business in the hemp and wellness markets, and breaks down the differences between CBD, CBG, CBN, THC, and the chemistry of isloates, synthetics such as THCp, Delta-8, and Delta-10, and natural compounds. Read more about BATCH at https://hellobatch.com/pages/about

Oct 4, 2023 • 1h 33min
H.I. Ep. 82 - Andrew Smiler, PhD - Teenage Boys and Masculinity
Andrew Smiler, PhD, is an author and licensed therapist with expertise in adolescent boys, men, and masculinity. We talk about the state of masculinity in Western culture and how boys turn into men. Read more about Andrew at https://andrewsmiler.com/

Sep 12, 2023 • 35min
H.I. Ep. 81 - Bill Chun, MD - Women's Health
With over 30 years of experience and over 200,000+ patient interactions, Dr. Byungyol “Bill” Chun has seen firsthand how the healthcare system fails women.
And now, the board certified OB-GYN is dedicating his life to fixing it.
See more at https://www.billchunmd.com/


