Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise. Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health. New episodes are available every Thursday.
Health & Veritas
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Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise. Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health. New episodes are available every Thursday.
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July 16, 2026
Shivan Mehta: Designing Better Healthcare Decisions
<p>Howie and Harlan are joined by Shivan Mehta, associate chief innovation officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, to discuss how healthcare organizations can use behavioral science to remove barriers that keep patients from getting recommended care. Harlan warns that ill-defined rules governing scientific collaboration with China could chill medical research; Howie revisits the discovery of Legionnaires' disease 50 years ago as New York confronts a new outbreak.</p> <p><strong>Show notes:</strong></p> <p><strong>Restrictions on Collaboration</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nsf.gov/funding/information/dcl-prohibition-collaborations-entities-us-prohibited-party"> National Science Foundation "Prohibition on Collaborations with Restricted Entities"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://itif.org/publications/2025/06/09/china-surpassed-us-number-drug-clinical-trials-1-100-more/"> "Fact of the Week: China Has Surpassed the US in the Number of Drug Clinical Trials, With 1,100 More Trials Listed"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-48_Hardening_State_Government_FINAL_11-19-2024.pdf"> Texas Executive Order GA-48</a><br /> Governor Greg Abbott's executive order restricting travel to China and other countries.</p> <p><strong>Shivan Mehta</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2850974?guestAccessKey=fa81c278-0133-4345-90d4-d76158c3f4c6&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postup_jn&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamainternalmedicine&utm_content=olf-tfl_&utm_term=062926"> Shivan Mehta: "Texting in Health Care—Preserving Impact and Managing Influx"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://chibe.upenn.edu/expert/kevin-volpp-md-phd/">Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147751312400617X"> "Randomized controlled trials – The what, when, how and why"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/colorectal-cancer/screening/index.html">CDC: Screening for Colorectal Cancer</a></p> <p><a href= "https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24198-gastroenterologist"> Cleveland Clinic: What is a Gastroenterologist?</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cologuard.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=YR~26_BR~ES_PR~COLOGUARD_CU~DTC_KT~BRN_KC~GEN_SCT~SEMGOOG_SMT~MUL&utm_id=22377710781&utm_content=179883789489&utm_term=cologuard&utm_aud=e&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22377710781&gbraid=0AAAAADlEJizjaDCoEx-xLnynx732uGfq3&gclid=Cj0KCQjw39zSBhDhARIsANammDtZ3pImlQo7mjv4XqXeu3IC4B1sabUMKQSU4tLopY9RsPb3JQ4mECkaAqMKEALw_wcB"> Cologuard Plus Colon Cancer Screening Test</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/colonoscopy/about/pac-20393569"> Mayo Clinic: Colonoscopy</a></p> <p><a href= "https://preventcancer.org/article/colorectal-cancer-screening-is-a-blood-test-right-for-me/"> "What to know about the new blood-based test for colorectal cancer"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/fecal-immunochemical-test/about/pac-20591374"> Mayo Clinic: Fecal immunochemical test</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/colon-polyps/symptoms-causes/syc-20352875"> Mayo Clinic: Colon polyps</a></p> <p><a href= "https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/24227-fecal-occult-blood-test-fobt"> Cleveland Clinic: Fecal Occult Blood Test</a></p> <p><a href= "https://news.gastro.org/issues/2026/january/non-invasive-blood-and-stool-crc-screening-tests/#:~:text=Non-invasive%20screening%20options%20have%20expanded%20from%20stool%20occult,for%20patients%20who%20refuse%20colonoscopy%20and%20stool-based%20tests."> "Non-invasive blood and stool CRC screening tests: Available modalities and their clinical application"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-016-3792-1">"Race/Ethnicity and Adoption of a Population Health Management Approach to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Community-Based Healthcare System"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/integrated-delivery-system"> Integrated Delivery System</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8920542">Corinne M. Rhodes, MD, MPH</a></p> <p><strong>Legionnaires' Disease</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/museum/online/story-of-cdc/legionnaires/index.html"> CDC: Legionnaires' Disease</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/nyregion/legionnaires-disease-nyc-what-to-know.html"> "New York Is Having a Legionnaires' Outbreak. Here's What to Know."</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/07/mayor-mamdani-takes-aggressive-action-to-address-upper-east-side"> "Mayor Mamdani Takes Aggressive Action to Address Upper East Side Legionnaires' Disease Community Cluster"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faustfiles/122168">Jeremy Faust: "How New York Is Winning Against Legionnaires' Disease"</a></p> <p><br /> In the Yale School of Management's <a href= "http://som.yale.edu/emba">MBA for Executives program</a>, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time.</p> <p>Yale's <a href= "https://ysph.yale.edu/school-of-public-health/graduate-programs/online-mph-program/"> Executive Master of Public Health</a> offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings.</p> <p><a href="mailto:health.veritas@yale.edu">Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.</a></p>
July 9, 2026
Kate Heilpern: Redefining the Hospital's Role
<p>Howie and Harlan are joined by Kate Heilpern, president of Yale New Haven Hospital, to discuss the hospital's 200-year history, the financial pressures facing health systems, and how Yale New Haven is balancing innovation with its mission to serve the local community. Harlan examines the growing burden of U.S. healthcare costs; Howie highlights encouraging trends in infant mortality, life expectancy, overdose deaths, and cancer survival.</p> <p><strong>Show notes:</strong></p> <p><strong>Healthcare Costs</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/epdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2026.00642"> "National Health Expenditure Projections, 2025–34: Strong Utilization Growth Initially, Legislative Impacts Later"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-health-care-costs-expiring-aca-tax-credits-and-the-2026-midterms/"> "KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs, Expiring ACA Tax Credits, and the 2026 Midterms"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/05/11/americans-see-health-care-costs-deficit-inflation-as-big-problems-facing-the-nation/"> "Americans See Health Care Costs, Deficit, Inflation as Big Problems Facing the Nation"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-much-and-why-aca-marketplace-premiums-are-going-up-in-2027/"> "How Much and Why ACA Marketplace Premiums Are Going Up in 2027"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2026/may/us-health-care-global-perspective-2026"> "U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2026"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/health-insurance-premiums-up-6-percent-kff-reports/"> "The Cost of Health Insurance for a Family Jumps to $27,000"</a></p> <p><a href="https://economics.yale.edu/people/zack-cooper">Zack Cooper</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.healio.com/news/nephrology/20260707/fda-approves-trutakna-for-proteinuria-reduction-in-iga-nephropathy"> "FDA approves Trutakna for IgA nephropathy"</a></p> <p><strong>Kate Heilpern</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.ynhhs.org/about/corporate-overview/mission">Yale New Haven Hospital: Vision, Mission, and Values</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.ynhh.org/about/hospital-overview/history-heritage">Yale New Haven Hospital: History and Heritage</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.ynhh.org/news/a-bicentennial-milestone">"A Bicentennial Milestone: Yale New Haven Hospital Reflects on 200 Years of Care"</a></p> <p><a href="https://ysph.yale.edu/profile/megan-ranney/">Megan L. Ranney</a></p> <p><a href= "https://nursing.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/azita-emami-phd-rn-faan"> Azita Emami</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gateway/php/about/social-determinants-of-health.html"> CDC: Social Determinants of Health</a></p> <p><a href= "https://som.yale.edu/podcasts/health-veritas/kate-heilpern-jumping-deep-end-188"> Health & Veritas Episode 188: "Kate Heilpern: Jumping into the Deep End"</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.aha.org/costsofcaring">American Hospital Association: "Costs of Caring"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.ynhh.org/services/neurology-neurosurgery/neurosciences-center"> Adams Neurosciences Center</a></p> <p><strong>Positive Trends in Mortality</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/infant-mortality-dashboard.htm"> CDC: Infant Mortality Quarterly Provisional Estimates</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/life-expectancy-us-record-high-79-2024-cdc/"> "Life Expectancy in U.S. Hit Record High of 79 Years in 2024, CDC Says"</a></p> <p><a href="https://blogs.cdc.gov/nchs/2026/07/02/7934/">CDC: "Provisional Data: U.S. Death Rate Fell to a Record Low in 2025"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm">CDC: Provisional Drug Overdose Data</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/hestat113.htm">CDC: Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2024</a></p> <p><a href= "https://pressroom.cancer.org/cancer-statistics-report-2026">"American Cancer Society Releases Latest Cancer Statistics"</a></p> <p><br /> In the Yale School of Management's <a href= "http://som.yale.edu/emba">MBA for Executives program</a>, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time.</p> <p>Yale's <a href= "https://ysph.yale.edu/school-of-public-health/graduate-programs/online-mph-program/"> Executive Master of Public Health</a> offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings.</p> <p><a href="mailto:health.veritas@yale.edu">Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.</a></p>
July 7, 2026
Selwyn Rogers: Bearing Witness to Violence (Encore)
<p>In this special episode, Howie and Harlan revisit their conversation with trauma surgeon Selwyn Rogers, whose book Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic: Ending Violence, Rebuilding Communities, and a Trauma Surgeon's Vision for Restoring Hope was published on July 7.</p> <p><strong>Show notes:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/healing-the-gun-violence-epidemic/"> Selwyn Rogers: Healing the Gun Violence Epidemic: Ending Violence, Rebuilding Communities, and a Trauma Surgeon's Vision for Restoring Hope</a></p> <p><a href="https://ysph.yale.edu/profile/albert-ko/">Albert Ko</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/news/selwyn-rogers-nejm-associate-editor"> "Selwyn Rogers named associate editor of prestigious New England Journal of Medicine"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2214971">Selwyn Rogers: "Hope—Beyond Firearm Trauma"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.25.0082#:~:text=Abstract,30%20years%20after%20shuttering%20them."> Selwyn Rogers: "Structural Racism and Firearm Injury: Operationalizing Health Equity in Trauma Care"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/brain-death">Brain Death: What it is, Stages & Criteria</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/01/us/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship"> New York Times Live Updates: Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case</a></p> <p><a href= "https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/data/annual-gun-violence-data"> Annual Gun Violence Data 2023</a></p> <p><br /> In the Yale School of Management's <a href= "http://som.yale.edu/emba">MBA for Executives program</a>, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time.</p> <p>Yale's <a href= "https://ysph.yale.edu/school-of-public-health/graduate-programs/online-mph-program/"> Executive Master of Public Health</a> offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings.</p> <p><a href="mailto:health.veritas@yale.edu">Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.</a></p>
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