In this episode we speak with Dr. Bryan Carmody, pediatric nephrologist and associate professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. We talk about whether America really faces a doctor shortage, why people in areas with plenty of doctors still struggle to access care, whether proposed solutions can address the access problems many patients face, and how AI may affect these problems in the near future. (00:00) Our introduction (04:03) Rethinking the doctor shortage narrative (09...
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In this episode we speak with Dr. Bryan Carmody, pediatric nephrologist and associate professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. We talk about whether America really faces a doctor shortage, why people in areas with plenty of doctors still struggle to access care, whether proposed solutions can address the access problems many patients face, and how AI may affect these problems in the near future. (00:00) Our introduction (04:03) Rethinking the doctor shortage narrative (09...
#2 Govind Persad: How (not) to allocate resources during a pandemic
Bio(un)ethical
1 hour 19 minutes
2 years ago
#2 Govind Persad: How (not) to allocate resources during a pandemic
In this episode, we interview Dr. Govind Persad, an expert on resource allocation whose work influenced COVID-19 allocation policies, about how we should allocate scarce medical resources, what stood in the way of optimal allocation during the covid pandemic, and how we can improve resource allocation within the US healthcare system. (00:00) Our Introduction (04:05) Interview begins (12:06) What is a “framework” for allocating health resources? (14:20) What normative assumptions are bak...
Bio(un)ethical
In this episode we speak with Dr. Bryan Carmody, pediatric nephrologist and associate professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. We talk about whether America really faces a doctor shortage, why people in areas with plenty of doctors still struggle to access care, whether proposed solutions can address the access problems many patients face, and how AI may affect these problems in the near future. (00:00) Our introduction (04:03) Rethinking the doctor shortage narrative (09...
