This video showcases the USNS Comfort, a military hospital ship that has been deployed to Latin America on a humanitarian mission to provide advanced medical care to those in need. The focus of the video is on the treatment of cataracts,...

We ring fence NHS spending and western countries spend ever more on medicine. But a third of all deaths are due to medical intervention and some argue poverty not pathogens makes the biggest difference. Is it a fantasy to believe that...

At some point in our lives, we're bound to have one medical condition or another. Fortunately few of us have to deal with the anomalies in this list.

American healthcare spending is still WAY higher than pretty much all other industrialized countries. But not that long ago, things were different. The US didn't spend nearly as much in this realm. What changed? Demographics? More...

This video showcases the revolutionary design of the Barrera District hospital in Rwanda, which provides high-quality healthcare in even the poorest countries. The hospital's innovative and affordable design addresses the shortage of...

Aside from whatever a visit to the doctor costs you in money, it also costs you in time. A lot of it. Can we make that better? That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.

In this video, we spend time with a cow protection group to understand why they are so passionate about the cow. The video highlights the deep-rooted cultural and religious significance of cattle in India and the controversy surrounding...

In this video, viewers will learn about the history of hospital ships and how they have helped save lives throughout the ages.

Dr. Tim Broach is our guest on this installment of the Healthcare Triage Podcast. Tim is a palliative care physician at Indiana University, an internist by training, and also an excellent Dungeon Master with a flair for storytelling....

Fun 3D animated learning episodes to support the early years development areas of PSED. Suzi Smiles is a Super Geek Hero on a mission to learn! Suzi wakes up and opens her toy box. Inside she discovers lots of dressing up clothes and...

It turns out, hospital and health system consolidations can result in worse outcomes for patients. These mergers reduce competition, and it turns out that hospitals compete more often on quality than they do on prices. The result is that...

Malpractice is a complicated subject. Studies seem to indicate, however that there are some effective strategies for reducing the costs associated with medical errors.

We've got Dr. Tyson Neumann on the program today, talking about his work in critical care. Tyson tells us all about his work treating critical health situations, and helping patients and their families decide the best course of action....

At a time when health care spending seems only to go up, an initiative in California has slashed the prices of many common procedures.

This video provides an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the origins of the virus, the impact on society, the development of vaccines, the emergence of variants, and the importance of global cooperation and vaccination in...

When Aaron went to Malaysia to learn about medical tourism, he became a medical tourist himself after he was mugged by a monkey. The monkey stole Aaron's glasses, and he had to have new ones made. It turned out to be pretty easy!...

This video highlights the efforts of the government of Rwanda and Partners in Health to improve access to healthcare in rural areas by building a flagship hospital and a network of health centers and community health workers. The...

Baruch S. Krauss is a pediatrician and emergency physician at Boston Children's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He is an international expert on the pharmacological and non-pharmacological...

The video discusses a clinical trial being conducted at Churchill Hospital in Oxford, where doctors are using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat kidney and liver cancer. The video features David Atwell, a tennis player who...

Do you find yourself overlooking little medical issues, after all it can sometimes be a real effort to go see a doctor about something that's probably nothing? Well, maybe you shouldn't. Alltime 10s brings you 10 seemingly tiny health...

In this video, the owner of a legendary Mumbai restaurant discusses how they continue to serve beef despite a statewide ban. The video also highlights the impact of the ban on the beef industry, including job losses and the exclusion of...

Most of the more than 7,000 US women who served in Vietnam were nurses. In this public radio story you hear first hand from a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam. The experience had a strong impact on her life. She later realised she...

This week on the HCT podcast, we're talking to Dr. Rachel Vreeman, who is going to tell us about her super cool job. She works on a partnership between a hospital in Indiana and a hospital in Kenya, and researches AIDS treatment in...

Many studies have demonstrated what economics theory tells us must be true: When consumers have to pay more for their prescriptions, they take fewer drugs. That can be a big problem. This is Healthcare Triage News.