Healthcare Insights Northwest Area Health Education Center

Marvin and his team of licensed Medicare guides aim to liberate individuals from the confusion surrounding Medicare, empowering them with knowledge and guidance for a worry-free retirement
through optimal Medicare plans. Find out more at https://medicareschool.com/

Rachel Patricia Zimmer, DNP, NP is an assistant professor in implementation science at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Reverend Tembila Covington is the Senior Pastor at Exodus United Baptist Church and a Program Director at Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods, both in Winston-Salem, NC. We discuss social drivers of health factors including access to care, food insecurity, poverty, housing, violence, and how community health workers and food prescriptions can help bridge the gap between healthcare systems and historically underserved communities. Learn more about Rachel at https://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/z/rachel-patricia-zimmer and Rev. Covington at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tembila-covington-3ab1581b/

Soon, 20% of the US population will be over the age of 65, and amouting to 40-50% of clinical and hospital encounters. Hal Atkinson is a professor and clinician in gerontology and geriatric medicine and Wake Forest University School of Medicine and joins us to talk about the two main hypothesis for the cause for Alzhieimer's disease and the latest in treatments for slowing cognitive decline. We learn about the difference between dementia and Alzheimers, factors related to cognitive decline, and the GUIDE program for supporting patients, families, and caregivers including cargiver respite funding. More about Hal here: https://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/a/hal-huntley-atkinson

Gretchen is a pediatric physician with Twin City Pediatrics in Clemmons, NC. She talks about the rise in depression, anxiety, and ADHD in pediatrics and the need for more mental health providers for that population. More about Gretchen here: https://www.shotshurtless.com/providers/gretchen-hoyle

Dr. Gligorovic returns to the podcast to discuss the role of tele-psychiatry in the emergency department and shares his findings from a study of psychiatry visits in the ED before and during the COVID-19 pandemic response. We also discuss Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and other modalities to treat severe depression and OCD.

Kenneth T. Kishida is an Associate Professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine with appointments in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, the Department of Neurosurgery, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. His research grapples with the questions of how the human brain gives rise to conscious subjective experiences and how those processes guide human behavior and decision-making. Leanr more at https://www.kishidalab.com/