Healthcare Musings
Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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This is the official podcast of Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, a NY Times-featured Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Author, and Healthcare Executive. Healthcare Musings discusses healthcare delivery and healthcare policy, including the effects of artificial intelligence on the medical field.
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Weighed Down By Grief Over She Who Is “Weightless”
On June 7, 2009 my eldest daughter, Bayan, died from complications of lymphoma. Ever since that day, there have been songs that have helped me deal with the grief of her loss. I call them, “The…
AI, The Compass, The Hype, and The Parking Brake: My Conversation with Dr. Bobby Dubois
Will AI replace all Doctors? How good is the medical literature? What about the hype in Medicine today? I asked these and many more questions of Dr. Bobby Dubois, and our conversation was insightful…
Dr. H's Verbal Hassaboluses: We've Come Full Circle on Notes That Say Nothing
When I first started practicing, progress notes in the medical record said nothing because physicians did not write legibly. Now, we have multi-page progress notes that are legible and also say…
Dr. H’s Verbal Hassaboluses: Residents and Fellows: PLEASE Stop Writing System-Based Notes Right Now
This is the first in a new series of soliloquies by Dr. Hassaballa called “Dr. H’s Verbal Hassaboluses.” And for the very first one, he advises Residents and Fellows to PLEASE stop writing…
The Tension Between The Academy and The Community: My Conversation With Dr. Scott Matson
While we all trained at the Academy, most of the care provided to patients occurs in the Community. And it seems that, more and more, the research output from the Academy is not clinically relevant…
My Covid Reflection: Six Years Ago Today
Six years ago, today, was the darkest day of the Covid 19 pandemic for me. And it was good for me that all my emotion came out at the time it did.
Healing The Sick Care System: My Conversation With Gil Bashe
The purpose of the healthcare system is to heal the sick, and unfortunately, it seem that the system has strayed from this purpose. Gil Bashe, Chair of Global Health and Purpose for FINN Partners,…
Is Sepsis Even A Disease?: My Conversation With "The Thoughtful Intensivist"
Sepsis is the number one diagnosis treated in most intensive care units across the world, and it can be very deadly in short order. Yet, is sepsis even a disease? "No," according to Dr. Rafael Olive…
"We The Patients" Are Really Pissed Off: My Conversation with Matthew Zachary
The healthcare system is supposed to be centered around just one person: the patient. According to Matthew Zachary, however, the healthcare system has failed miserably in its mission. Of all the…
2026 Sepsis Guidelines: The 17 Strong Recommendations Everyone Needs to Know
The 2026 Surviving Sepsis Guidelines were released last March in Chicago. Among the dozens of recommendations, there are 17 “strong” recommendations. In this episode, Dr. Hassaballa speaks about…
2026 Sepsis Guidelines: What Changed & What Has Not — Dr. Hassabolus Vindicated Again
The new Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines were released late last month in Chicago. This week’s episode highlights the most important changes to Dr. Hassaballa. Hint: Dr. Hassabolus is…
The Why of CDI: Why Doctors Need to Care
Physicians’ jobs today are very hard. There are so many demands on their time, and there is not enough time in the day to do everything they need to do. So it is understandable that a busy clinician…
Obesity or Malnutrition: Document It Every Time It’s There
Both obesity and protein calorie malnutrition are major comorbid conditions (MCC), and they are frequent targets of post-discharge denials by payers. In this episode of Healthcare Musings, Dr.…
Fear and the COVID Response: A Conversation with Dr. Joseph Marine
It has been six years, almost to the day, since I saw my first Covid patient in the ICU. So much has changed since then. In this insightful interview, Dr. Joseph Marine, a Johns Hopkins Cardiologist…
Returning Goals of Care Conversations to Where They Belong
The hospital ED or ICU is the absolute worst place to have a goals of care conversation.
Do We Need A PCP For Everything?: My Conversation with Dr. Bobby Scott
Primary Care is in trouble. The job is very hard, doesn’t pay as much as it should, and the numbers of PCPs is dwindling. How can we save the field? Dr. Bobby Scott has another novel idea to help…
Saving Primary Care: Dr. Colleen Smith’s Novel Idea
There is a dire shortage of Primary Care Physicians, and it is projected to get even worse. We need Primary Care Physicians, and creating more Residency slots takes years to come to…
What’s It Really Like To Run A Hospital?: My Conversation with Ken Kaufman
There is a common perception that hospitals are nonstop, money making machine machines. Reality, however, it’s quite different. In this episode, I sit down with Mr. Ken Kaufman, a Managing…
What's the Deal With the New Dietary Guidelines? I Asked America's Cardiologist.
There has been an uproar on the part of some over the new dietary guidelines published by the government (www.realfood.gov). Is the uproad justified? I asked the perfect person: America's…
A Day in the Life of a TeleIntensivist Leader: Dr. Mirko Villanueva
Telecritical care is part of the future of Critical Care Medicine in the United States and world. There are various models of implementing TeleICU programs, and one of them is a “hybrid” between on…
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Healthcare Musings has published 154 episodes since July 2023, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Medicine.
Healthcare Musings is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 17m.
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