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How do you keep everyone safe? We look at HEART’s impact on the safety of Durham residents in crisis, the mental health workers responding, and the police.
Guests:
David Prater, Peer Support Specialist, Durham Department of Community Safety
Ryan Smith, Director, Durham Department of Community Safety
Yolanda, Durham resident
Sgt. Dan Leeder, Durham Police Department
Patrice Andrews, Police Chief, Durham Police Department
Christie Thompson, Staff Writer, The Marshall Project
EMS, Fire, Police and the 911 Call Center make up the existing four branches of the public safety system. A special series from Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project explores how a city radically changes its response to people in crisis, by creating a fifth branch. 
Nearly half of the country’s 50 largest cities - including San Francisco, New York, Houston, Chicago - have launched programs to send unarmed responders to 911 calls historically handled by cops. In the process creating a new generation of first responders made up of clinicians, EMTs and unarmed mental health workers all responding to people who struggle with addiction, homelessness and mental illness. 
To understand this work we head to Durham, North Carolina, which has - in the face of skepticism and downright opposition - built one of the most comprehensive programs in the country.
How did Durham pull off what so many cities have struggled to do? Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project examine this groundbreaking work and the challenges it’s facing, both in Durham and around the country.
The Marshall Project's Christie Thompson reports on the state of alternative crisis response across the country.
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How do you convince police officers that it makes sense to send unarmed mental health workers to some 911 calls?
Guests:
Patrice Andrews, Police Chief, Durham Police Department
Ryan Smith, Director, Durham Department of Community Safety
Sgt. Dan Leeder, Durham Police Department
Abena Bediako, Clinical Manager, Durham Department of Community Safety
Christie Thompson, Staff Writer, The Marshall Project
EMS, Fire, Police and the 911 Call Center make up the existing four branches of the public safety system. A special series from Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project explores how a city radically changes its response to people in crisis, by creating a fifth branch. 
Nearly half of the country’s 50 largest cities - including San Francisco, New York, Houston, Chicago - have launched programs to send unarmed responders to 911 calls historically handled by cops. In the process creating a new generation of first responders made up of clinicians, EMTs and unarmed mental health workers all responding to people who struggle with addiction, homelessness and mental illness. 
To understand this work we head to Durham, North Carolina, which has - in the face of skepticism and downright opposition - built one of the most comprehensive programs in the country.
How did Durham pull off what so many cities have struggled to do? Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project examine this groundbreaking work and the challenges it’s facing, both in Durham and around the country.
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EMS, Fire, Police and the 911 Call Center make up the existing four branches of the public safety system. A special series from Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project explores how a city radically changes its response to people in crisis, by creating a fifth branch. 
Nearly half of the country’s 50 largest cities - including San Francisco, New York, Houston, Chicago - have launched programs to send unarmed responders to 911 calls historically handled by cops. In the process creating a new generation of first responders made up of clinicians, EMTs and unarmed mental health workers all responding to people who struggle with addiction, homelessness and mental illness. 
To understand this work we head to Durham, North Carolina, which has - in the face of skepticism and downright opposition - built one of the most comprehensive programs in the country.
How did Durham pull off what so many cities have struggled to do? Join Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project for our new series The Fifth Branch as we examine this groundbreaking work and the challenges it’s facing, both in Durham and around the country. Episodes drop July 18, July 25 and August 1.
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In this special bonus episode, we break down the Supreme Court’s recent abortion rulings with help from health reporter Shefali Luthra.
Guest:
Shefali Luthra, Health Reporter, The 19th
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Medicare is betting that taking care of the caregiver will help dementia patients stay at home longer. Patients and their caregivers are often left to navigate the confusing world of dementia by themselves, but Medicare is launching a new program to change that.
Guests:
Malaz Boustani, MD, PhD, Founding Director, Sandra Eskenazi Center for Brain Care Innovation; Professor of Aging Research, Indiana University School of Medicine 
Rosanne Corcoran, Caregiver 
Liz Fowler, PhD, JD, Director of CMMI and Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  
Cindi Hart, Caregiver 
Alex Olgin, Reporter/Producer, Tradeoffs 
Lauren Sullivan, Care Coordinator, Eskenazi Health 
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One out of every four Medicare patients in the hospital is the victim of a medical error. Over the past 20 years, a growing number of hospitals have adopted practices that discuss medical mistakes and offer support to the people who must cope with the often tragic consequences. We examine why experts are calling on the Biden Administration to make patient safety a national priority.   
Guests:
Jack Gentry, patient 
Naomi Kirtner and Jeff Goldenberg, patient’s family and Founders of Talia’s Voice
Tom Gallagher, MD, Director, UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety
Stephen Kuracheck, MD, Former Chief of Critical Care and Medical Director of Quality at Children’s Minnesota
Julie Morath, RN, Member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology’s Working Group on Patient Safety
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