38 episodes
Prescription for Hope The MetroHealth System
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5.0 • 34 Ratings
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“Prescription for Hope” captures the stories inside Cleveland’s public hospital system.
Told by the people and patients on the front lines of care, “Prescription for Hope” offers a behind-the-scenes look at how The MetroHealth System is moving beyond medical treatment to improve the foundations of community health and well-being.
Since 1837, MetroHealth has served the community, neighborhoods and people of Greater Cleveland. Its nearly 8,000 caregivers are devoted to a mission of health, healing, humanity … and hope.
“Prescription for Hope” is an in-house production of MetroHealth’s Communication Department.
Please visit www.metrohealth.org
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Dr. Steed Like You Have Never Heard Her
MetroHealth President and CEO Dr. Airica Steed sits down for an open and vulnerable conversation about growing up in Chicago, about being muted and held back as a young woman, about her passion for equity, and about how the tragic death of her mother called her to a career in healthcare leadership.
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A Look Inside the Hospital Morgue
A never-before-heard, behind-the-scenes look inside a hospital morgue.
Two years ago, in 2021, we spent some time with the amazing team inside MetroHealth’s Department of Mortality and Autopsy Services – the hospital morgue.
We wanted to answer questions, dispel myths and capture the amazing professionalism and compassion these workers show every day of the year – how they prove that MetroHealth’s mission of quality care for everyone, no matter their means, doesn’t stop when a patient passes.
And we think we succeeded, except that we didn’t get this episode done in time for Halloween 2021. So it stayed on the shelf – until now. -
MetroHealth's Visionary New Leader, Part 1
“I want to be known for giving the voiceless a voice. I want to be known for positioning people and adding a seat at the table. I want to be known for having those footprints in the sand, delivering health care for everyone regardless of their ability to pay. I want to be known for shattering health care disparities. At the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about.”
It’s a new year and a new era at The MetroHealth System in Cleveland.
New President and CEO Dr. Airica Steed has hit the ground … sprinting.
As the first woman, first Black person and first nurse to serve as Metro’s chief executive, she is on a passionate mission to reverse racial disparities and make sure every person – in Cuyahoga County and beyond – has an equal chance at a long and healthy life. That is just one part of her bold vision for the future of the $1.7 billion, 8,000-employee safety-net health system.
As a proud fourth-generation nurse, her initial vision for MetroHealth is focused on excellent patient care, innovation, accelerating growth and health equity. She plans to turn that vision into reality by using her favorite leadership tools: partnering with others and listening.
A Listening and Engagement Tour, the central piece of her 100-day-and-beyond plan, has her in ongoing meetings with employees throughout the health system, leaders throughout the state, and community members throughout Cuyahoga County.
Dr. Steed, who started on December 5, 2022, took some time from her whirlwind tour to take part in a wide-ranging conversation with Diane Suchetka, MetroHealth’s Senior Manager of External Affairs.
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It's Somebody's Child Out There
Every weekday, from a big white box truck parked in the vacant lot at 3370 West 25th Street, MetroHealth’s Project DAWN Expanded Mobile Unit dispenses sterile syringes, Narcan kits, condoms and other supplies to those living with opioid-use disorder.
Perhaps most important, the team also dispenses hope – a light in the darkness, a hand to grab and hold until a user finally can say, “I’m ready.”
Join us as we spend a day with this incredible team of caregivers.
MetroHealth’s Office of Opioid Safety operates the Project DAWN Expanded Mobile Unit, which is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays at 3370 West 25th Street in Cleveland.
Anyone can visit, and clients remain anonymous.
Find out more about the Office of Opioid Safety by visiting www.metrohealth.org/office-of-opioid-safety -
This is Really What It's About
The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on our relationships is something that doesn’t get talked about enough. And we are witnessing a mental-health crisis as a result. MetroHealth’s Dr. Robert L. Smith – aka “Dr. Bob” – joins us again to offer his trademark voice of comfort and kindness as he shares his thoughts on COVID’s damage to our relationships and how the pandemic just might be the opportunity we all need to focus on love.
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Welcome to Moms House
The caregivers in MetroHealth’s Mother and Children Dependency Program have always had a wish: a place, a home – with a “mother hen” – where new moms struggling with substance-use disorder could stay to continue their recovery and healing while also caring for their newborns. … Well, sometimes wishes do come true. … This is an UPDATE of an episode from Season 1 titled “I Feel Like a Monster.” Listen to that episode here: https://soundcloud.com/metrohealth/4-i-feel-like-a-monster
Customer Reviews
Thank you.
Emotional, engaging, educational. Thank you, MetroHealth, for helping fight to end this public health crisis.
Inspirational and important
These episodes are full of inspiration and real solutions to Cleveland’s opioid crisis. I’m so proud of the important work that MetroHealth is doing to address the many urgent needs in our community. Keep it up!
Inspiring Podcast!
MetroHealth once again goes beyond the call of duty by creating this innovative and thoughtful podcast. They tackle a critical topic with care, providing top notch storytelling that is interesting, entertaining, and provides a real sense of how they’re providing care on the front lines of the opioid crisis. Bravo and thanks to the team who made it. I look forward to every episode.