Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 12th Edition

05:37 | Mar 22nd, 2019

One of the future projections of health care delivery in the United States includes telemedicine, which is predicted to increase in usage as technologies continue to emerge and bring healthcare to mor...Show More

05:58 | Mar 22nd, 2019

Recent years have witnessed a spike in opioid addiction in the United States, and this episode connects the national public health emergency of opioid addiction to the developments of safeguards utili...Show More

05:44 | Mar 22nd, 2019

By analyzing the current case of a major medical center, this episode takes a look at the ethics of medical care administrators. What do these governing boards do, and what are the challenges they fac...Show More

04:53 | Mar 22nd, 2019

How we define the best medical care often varies from the care that is provided, which implies that improvement to the quality of care is necessary. We see here from recent trends in quality improveme...Show More

05:12 | Mar 22nd, 2019

What does health care look like when we consider it to be subject to the free-market forces? This episode delves into walk-in clinics and concierge medicine as examples of free-market health care.

05:00 | Mar 22nd, 2019

Insurance plans and costs are at the core of this episode as we compare short-term insurance policies under the Trump and Obama presidential administrations. What are the drawbacks to the current avai...Show More

04:50 | Mar 22nd, 2019

It is predicted that in the upcoming years, the nation’s health care sector will face a shortage of new workers right as the country’s aging population requires them the most. What are the reasons for...Show More

05:10 | Mar 22nd, 2019

Vulnerable and marginalized population groups experience differences in health equity, and this episode explores the fragmented way in which the U.S. health care system provides services to these popu...Show More