120 episodes
For Your Health News National Minority Quality Forum
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- Health & Fitness
Previously the Reducing Patient Risk podcast, For Your Health News by the National Minority Quality Forum hosts healthcare providers, professionals, administrators, researchers, policy makers, and community and faith-based organizations to deliver health care information that empowers minoritized communities.
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How Can Emerging Technologies Improve Health Care?
Dr. Sebastian Garcia-Saiso, Director Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health at PAHO/WHO, joins the For Your Health News podcast to discuss emerging technologies in health care.
Dr. Garcia-Saiso discusses artificial intelligence, telehealth, and other technologies that have recently gained popularity in our health care systems.
Join us for this conversation on innovation and the changing healthcare landscape.
Learn more about PAHO/WHO and its work in the Americas to improve and protect people's health at paho.org.
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Learn more about NMQF at nmqf.org
00:00 Introductions
01:00 The Role of PAHO
03:00 Technology & Health
06:10 TeleHealth
08:01 AI: Benefits & Considerations -
How Can We Promote Diversity Within Clinical Research?
Jocelyn Ulrich, VP of Innovation Policy and Research at PhRMA, joins the For Your Health News podcast to discuss the importance of diversity in clinical research.
Ulrich discusses PhRMa's work to improve health equity and equitable access to medicines, as well as its efforts to represent minoritized populations within its research.
Join us for this conversation on clinical research diversity.
Learn more about PhRMA and its efforts to drive patient-centered progress in innovation and access to life saving medicines at phrma.org.
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Learn more about NMQF at nmqf.org.
00:00 Introductions
00:30 Socioeconomic Factors & Health Care
00:50 Grant Programs
01:45 Clinical Trial Diversity
03:29 Engaging with the Community
04:45 Upcoming Community Report -
Why is Early Detection of Cancer so Important?
Dr. Tom Beer, Chief Medical Officer of Multi-Cancer Early Detection at Exact Sciences, joins the For Your Health News podcast to discuss the latest technologies in cancer screening.
Dr. Beer describes his work with Exact Sciences and the different innovations that have changed the landscape of cancer screening in favor of early detection.
Join us for this conversation on the importance of making these early detection technologies available to all communities.
Learn more about Exact Sciences and its efforts to transform cancer care - before, during, and after diagnosis - by visiting exactsciences.com.
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Learn more about NMQF's Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative at shiftcancer.org. -
What are the Latest Innovations in Cancer Diagnostics?
Darrol Roberts, CEO of Hessian Labs, joins the For Your Health News podcast to discuss his journey into diagnostic technologies.
Roberts shares his personal health challenges, the financial burden of cancer, and what diagnostic tools are most beneficial to patients.
Join us for this conversation on the role that diagnostics plays in cancer care for all communities.
Learn more about Hessian Labs and their work to improve the patient experience at each stage of their illness with accurate, non-invasive diagnostic and therapy monitoring tools: https://www.hessian-labs.com/Visit fyh.news for more health care information that empowers minoritized communities.
Learn more about NMQF's Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative (CSSI): shiftcancer.org
00:00 Introductions
00:25 Why Focus on Diagnostics?
02:55 The Financial Burden of Cancer
04:13 The Challenges of Cancer Therapies
06:52 Molecular Diagnostics -
What do we Know About Cancer Prevention and Care in Underserved Communities?
Dr. Otis Brawley, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, joins the For Your Health News podcast to discuss his role in the fight for health care equity with the CEO Roundtable on Cancer and Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Brawley shares some findings from his work with HBCU's, highlights the importance of science-based detection and prevention methods, and assesses the state of cancer care in his home city of Baltimore and beyond.
Join us for this conversation with an influential voice in the fight for health care equity.
Learn more about the CEO Roundtable on Cancer and their efforts to eliminate cancer as a public health crisis: https://www.ceoroundtableoncancer.org/
Visit fyh.news for more health care information that empowers minoritized communities.
Learn more about NMQF's Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative (CSSI): shiftcancer.org
00:00 Introductions
00:30 Defining the Cancer Problem
01:28 Working with HBCU's
02:04 Science-based Screening & Prevention
03:35 Cancer Care in Baltimore -
Why is This a Critical Time for Cancer Care Equity?
Dr. Gary A. Puckrein, CEO and President of National Minority Quality Forum joins the For Your Health News podcast to discuss the current state of cancer care for underserved communities as well as the importance of making new technologies available to everyone.
Dr. Puckrein highlights January's Cancer Care Equity Summit for bringing together stakeholders from across the oncology community. Attendees of the summit included policy makers, oncologists, AI specialists, patient advocates and more — united by a common goal: addressing health disparities in minoritized communities.
Join us for this insightful conversation that explores the power of collaboration and the transformative influence of Dr. Gary Puckrein's leadership in the fight for health equity.
Learn more about NMQF's Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative (CSSI) that exists to #ShiftCancer toward early detection for all communities: shiftcancer.org
Visit fyh.news for more health care information that empowers minoritized communities.
00:00 Introductions
00:32 The Current State of Cancer Care
04:04 New Early Detection Technologies
07:34 Report: Cancer Moonshot, Public Policy, and Medically Underserved Cancer Care Communities
10:54 The Value of Public and Private Partnerships
12:54 How to Keep the Momentum Going
16:31 The History of American Disparities
18:04 A Look into the Future