Mapping Healthcare

Dr. Ulfat Shaikh
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Mapping Healthcare is a radio show and podcast where a medic with a map explores ways in which people around the globe make the world of healthcare better and what we can learn from them. The host is a physician, medical educator, and researcher who leads programs to help people access high-quality healthcare and stay healthy.

  1. 28. Pharmacists Preventing Medication Mix‑Ups from Victoria

    FEB 28

    28. Pharmacists Preventing Medication Mix‑Ups from Victoria

    Transitions of care from hospital to home are some of the riskiest moments in a person’s healthcare journey. Medication lists change, high‑risk medications require careful monitoring, and patients often deal with overwhelming amounts of instructions. Linda Graudins tells us how pharmacists play crucial roles in helping people on complex medication regimens navigate these challenges safely. We’ll look at a process called medication reconciliation which is a bit like medication detective work and helps pharmacists keep those potentially dangerous transitions from home to hospital, and back to your home, smooth and safe.

    29 min
  2. 27. Bringing the Hospital to Your Home in Melbourne

    FEB 14

    27. Bringing the Hospital to Your Home in Melbourne

    Ever wish you could skip noisy hospitals and heal in your own bed? We explore Hospital at Home, a game-changing model that brings acute care—from IV meds to 24/7 monitoring—directly to your living room. We trace how this 1990s pilot became a global trend, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and new government payment models. Michael Montalto shares how Hospital at Home prevents unnecessary hospital admissions and emergency department visits and reduces healthcare costs in Australia. We also weigh the downsides, including caregiver stress and lack of integration with primary care.

    30 min
  3. 26. Spelling Out Who's Who in the Hospital from South Carolina

    JAN 31

    26. Spelling Out Who's Who in the Hospital from South Carolina

    You're in a hospital. There’s a whirlwind of people in scrubs and white coats. It can be confusing trying to figure out who's who. Is that person a nurse, a respiratory therapist, a resident physician, a senior doctor? Who's actually in charge? It sounds simple but can be quite complicated – knowing who is actually treating you in a hospital. It is a real problem because while those in the medical field understand the hierarchy, for patients these roles are often totally opaque. This is not just an identity crisis. Helen Haskell tells us why this is a serious patient safety concern and what we can do about it.

    28 min
  4. 25. Bridging Culture and Mental Health from Bergen

    JAN 17

    25. Bridging Culture and Mental Health from Bergen

    How much of our inner world is shaped by the world around us? And does depression in Oslo feel the same as depression in Oklahoma City? The language we use to talk about our pain and even the pain itself can be deeply cultural. For a long time the approach to mental health was to stick on a label and treat the symptoms. That's evolving from a one-size-fits-all approach to viewing mental health through a cultural lens. Ingunn Marie Engebretsen tells us how culture shapes how we perceive and express symptoms, our willingness to seek help, stigma around mental health, and family and community support.

    28 min
  5. 24. Resistance is Real – Safer and Smarter Antibiotic Use in Argentina

    12/27/2025

    24. Resistance is Real – Safer and Smarter Antibiotic Use in Argentina

    Antibiotic resistance is when bacteria evolve to withstand the medicines designed to kill them. About half the time that we use an antibiotic, it might not be needed or it's the wrong one for the job. That misuse is what's driving antibiotic resistance. Resistant infections threaten modern medicine's ability to manage infections and lead to longer illnesses, hospital stays, higher costs, and deaths. Facundo Jorro-Baron tells us about how public hospitals he worked with changed their antibiotic prescription practices. Hear why the fight against antibiotic resistance deals with some resistance of its own. And like most resistance, it too is local.

    28 min
  6. 23. Caring for Children with Medical Complexity – Navigating Choppy Waters Across the Atlantic

    12/13/2025

    23. Caring for Children with Medical Complexity – Navigating Choppy Waters Across the Atlantic

    Behind so many children with complex medical needs there is an often invisible support system. The people we're talking about are family members of children with medical complexity. Pediatric neurodisability specialist Helen Leonard shares her experience navigating the healthcare system with her son, Matthew. Health systems are generally better at handling single-issue fixable conditions, such as heart attacks or trauma, but fall short for people with complex needs. If we want to truly deliver coordinated and integrated care, we have to support the entire family, because caring for the caregiver is caring for the child.

    29 min
  7. 22. Changing Health Systems Through Clinician Advocacy from Chicago

    11/22/2025

    22. Changing Health Systems Through Clinician Advocacy from Chicago

    When we think of healthcare professionals we usually picture them treating illnesses. But the reality is that major health gaps aren't usually caused by clinical failures – they are the result of social, political, economic, or educational factors. Advocacy in healthcare involves using your voice and expertise to influence not only individual health, but the health of our society. Susan Kressly, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, tells us how healthcare professionals can step up to make big changes, not just for the person right in front of them, but for whole communities.

    29 min
  8. 21. Health and the Human Factor in Glasgow

    11/08/2025

    21. Health and the Human Factor in Glasgow

    Human factors as a field emerged during World War II because of the need to improve the design of aircrafts and other military equipment, while paying attention to human fatigue, perception, thinking, understanding, and usability. It's where psychology meets engineering to design processes that make it easy for people to do the right thing. Since then human factors has expanded into health care to improve how humans interact with health systems. It’s less about creating the perfect healthcare worker and more about designing the perfect (or at least a much better) interaction between the healthcare workers and their environments.

    29 min
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About

Mapping Healthcare is a radio show and podcast where a medic with a map explores ways in which people around the globe make the world of healthcare better and what we can learn from them. The host is a physician, medical educator, and researcher who leads programs to help people access high-quality healthcare and stay healthy.

Information

  • Creator
    Dr. Ulfat Shaikh
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ulfat Shaikh 2026
  • Show Website
    Mapping Healthcare