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Beyond the Stethoscope: Dr. Peter Kowey on Stories That Shape Healthcare
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In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm, Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Peter Kowey, MD, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at Thomas Jefferson University, Emeritus Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the Lankenau Heart Institute, and the William Wikoff
Smith Chair in Cardiovascular Research at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research.
Dr. Kowey discusses his book Failure to Treat, using patient-inspired stories to show how modern healthcare has grown less human and more complicated. He highlights harms from electronic medical records, profit-driven screening, malpractice-driven defensive medicine, administrative control, drug advertising, and burnout, and calls for universal access to basic care.
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The views and opinions expressed by the host and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views, positions, or policies of Quality Insights. Publication number QI-061226-GK