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Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator of SAMHSA

Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator of SAMHSA

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the division of the HHS dedicated to mental health disorders and addiction. She talks about SAMHSA’s initiatives aimed at improving access to treatment, improving treatment outcomes and expanding the nation’s behavioral health work force.

Jeff Williams, Chief Operating Officer of Apple

Jeff Williams, Chief Operating Officer of Apple

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Jeff Williams, Chief Operating Officer of Apple. Mr. Williams is in charge of the tech giant’s entire distribution chain and is overseeing Apple’s foray into health care with the development of the Apple Watch, Apple HealthKit and ResearchKit, which are aimed at simplifying health and medical research by leveraging participation from Apple’s 700 million users around the globe.

Dr. Christine Cassel, President and CEO of the National Quality Forum

Dr. Christine Cassel, President and CEO of the National Quality Forum

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Christine Cassel, President and CEO of the National Quality Forum a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving health and health care through developing better health quality measures and data-sharing.Dr. Cassel will be leaving her post to lead the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, which is based on Kaiser’s integrated, high-quality model of care.  

Kevin Robert Frost, CEO of amfAR

Kevin Robert Frost, CEO of amfAR

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Kevin Robert Frost, CEO of amfAR, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting research on a cure for HIV/AIDS. Mr. Frost discusses the organization’s 30 year quest to confront the AIDS epidemic, as well as their support for promising research that has paved the way for the treatments and protocols currently in use today which are helping contain HIV/AIDS in the US and around the globe.

Dr. Robert Wachter, Author of the “The Digital Doctor”

Dr. Robert Wachter, Author of the “The Digital Doctor”

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Robert Wachter, Associate Chair of the Department of Medicine at U.C. San Francisco. He is considered the founder of the “hospitalist” movement and is author of The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age which examines the challenges being experienced in the rapid transition to digital medicine.

Stuart Altman, Ph.D, Heller School of Public Policy, Brandeis University

Stuart Altman, Ph.D, Heller School of Public Policy, Brandeis University

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Stuart Altman, PhD, Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Dr. Altman is an expert on universal health coverage and discusses his recent work as Chair of the IOM Committee assessing progress on recommendations made in the 2010 Institute of Medicine Report on The Future of Nursing, which advocates for a stronger role for nurses in the…

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