Butterfly Arose

Emily Newberry

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Thoughts by writer and activist Emily Newberry

May 13

Episode 25 The Social Transformation of American Healthcare Since 2016

In this Episode of Butterfly Arose I complete my reporting on the 1982 edition of Paul Starr's book The Social Transformation of American Medicine. I include articles on how the system has evolved since he wrote his book and give my own thoughts on what might guide changes in the system. As a bonus, I include a description of a major private company in our system that takes specific steps that help it do the right thing even as it is profitable.

25 min
Mar 13

Episode 23 How The American Healthcare System Arose Part II

In this episode of Butterfly Arose I try to be honest about a theory or belief about how complex systems interact and grow becomes apparent as I learn from Paul Starr's book The Social Transformation of American Medicine.

22 min
Mar 13

Episode 23 How The American Healthcare System Arose Part II

In this episode of Butterfly Arose I try to be honest about a theory or belief about how complex systems interact and grow becomes apparent as I learn from Paul Starr's book The Social Transformation of American Medicine.

22 min
Feb 16

Episode 22 How the American Healthcare System Arose Part I

The founding of America's health care system from the beginning of European immigration to the early 1930's. What were the major factors in this story?

25 min
Jan 12

Episode 21 Thoughts on System Level Effects in Healthcare

In this Episode of Butterfly Arose I begin to look at the larger system of medical care in the Unted States. I use my own experiences with to keep from getting too much into ethereal ideas and to hold myself accountable to humility as I acknowledge that my own experiences influence my ability to be objective.

24 min
10/28/2025

Episode 20 Combining Patient Stories With Statistics

In this episode of Butterfly Arose I talk about an important way researchers turn qualitative information into quantitative information, and some of the challenges when we try to spread improvements throughout medical care.

27 min
09/28/2025

Episode 19 Storytelling as Valuable Scientific Information, Some Gifts and Challenges

In this episode of Butterfly Arose, I use specific examples from my own experiences to show why patient stories are important to improving the quality of health care. I also use them to demonstrate that, while it would be wonderful to have lots of patient stories, in reality we often have to make do with what is available, and some initial thoughts on the gifts and challenges this approach brings to health care improvement.

18 min
07/23/2025

Episode 18 Active Change Agents Outside of a Research Environment

In this episode of Butterfly Arose, I challenge you to appreciate the world of complexity we uncover when we actively try to improve and organization. Using the example of baking bread I show how complicated it can really get, and apply that seemingly simple example to changes being made in healthcare.

24 min

Thoughts by writer and activist Emily Newberry

Creator

Emily Newberry
Years Active

2023 - 2026
Episodes

25
Rating

Clean
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© Copyright 2026 by Emily Newberry
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Butterfly Arose