Listen in on the conversation about the forces reshaping healthcare and the therapy professions.
We begin with the upcoming midterm elections, potential shifts in healthcare policy, and the future of Medicare innovation models under changing political leadership.
From there, the conversation turns to a bigger question: Can artificial intelligence, digital health, and robotics fundamentally improve health outcomes, or does meaningful progress still depend on changing human behavior?
Dana and Alex explore patient agency, the slow and often underestimated nature of lasting change, and the possibilities technology creates for expanding access to care and reducing human suffering.
They close with a challenge to physical, occupational, and speech therapists: Are we placing too much value on hands-on techniques and too little on our greatest strengths and value we provide to the healthcare ecosystem and the population: clinical reasoning, patient engagement, and the ability to help people change their behavior?
The episode covers the intersection of policy, technology, and human potential, and what it will take to future-proof the therapy professions.
*All ideas and opinions are those of the podcast participants only and not advice. For informational and entertainment purposes only.*
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