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I Don't Care
by Kevin Stevenson
The challenges healthcare executives and administrators face are constantly changing. Host Kevin Stevenson talks with the heroes behind the heroes that are enabling hospitals, urgent care centers and telemedicine operators to spend their time tending to patients, while they handle the logistics.
Episodes
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Who's Really Running Healthcare? (When Physicians No Longer Have a Voice) - Dr. Krishna Vedala
Who is really running healthcare when the physicians delivering care no longer have a meaningful voice in how the system operates? On this episode of I Don’t Care, host Dr. Kevin Stevenson speaks with Dr. Krishna Vedala, a practicing internist and obesity medicine specialist at Norman Regional...
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From Data to Decisions: Leadership, Trust, and AI in Healthcare with Dr. Julia Rehman
Healthcare organizations are investing rapidly in artificial intelligence, but technology alone cannot create better decisions, stronger operations, or more compassionate care. In this episode of I Don’t Care, Dr. Kevin Stevenson speaks with international healthcare executive Dr. Julia Rehman…
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The Cost of Waiting: Why Healthcare Can't Afford Slow Decisions with Mark Van Sumeren
Healthcare leaders often blame financial pressure, labor shortages, and market forces for the industry’s challenges, but Mark Van Sumeren argues that one of healthcare’s biggest constraints is self-imposed: the inability to make decisions quickly enough. On this episode of I Don’t Care, Dr. Kevin...
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Why Childcare is a CEO Problem: The Hidden Link Between Care, Staffing and Workforce Competitiveness
Childcare has quietly become one of the biggest pressure points in the labor market, reshaping how people choose jobs, stay in jobs and build careers. What was once treated as a private family problem is now showing up in employers’ bottom lines through absenteeism, turnover, delayed returns to...
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Biotech in the Balance: Dr. Jeremy Levin on Trust, Innovation, and the Future of American Medicine
Biotech is living through a paradox: the science has rarely looked more powerful, while the institutions behind it have rarely seemed less trusted. The sector that helped accelerate vaccines, advance cancer treatment, and open new frontiers in brain disease is now facing public skepticism,...
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Leading with Purpose: Dr. David Foster on Faith, Healthcare Leadership, and Physician Collaboration
Modern healthcare is caught between extraordinary clinical possibility and an increasingly strained delivery system: patients have more treatment options, data and information than ever, while hospitals and physician networks must coordinate care amid workforce pressure, rising complexity and...
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Food as Medicine: Can Nutrition Become a Scalable Strategy for Prevention, Care and Long-Term Health?
For years, nutrition has sat awkwardly between personal responsibility and medical care: important enough for doctors to mention, but rarely supported like a real treatment plan. That gap is becoming harder to defend as diet-related diseases continue to strain patients, employers and the…
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How One Healthcare Leader’s Lived Experience Reframed Access, Empathy, and Operations
Healthcare leaders spend their careers designing better systems for patients, but the work looks different when they have had to move through those systems themselves. For Patrick Makarewich, a diagnosis of HPV-related head and neck cancer transformed familiar operational issues — scheduling,...
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The Future of Healthcare Is Already Here: Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge on Virtual Care, AI, and Access
Primary care in America is under pressure from nearly every direction: physician shortages, long appointment wait times, rising patient demand, and a care model still built around physical offices. The U.S. is expected to face a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036, according to…
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Insights Into the Emergency Department: Why America’s Front Door to Care Is Under Pressure
Emergency departments have become the place where nearly every fracture in the healthcare system eventually shows up: behavioral health gaps, delayed primary care, staffing shortages, transfer disputes and inpatient bottlenecks. As demand rises and care becomes more complex, the ED is no longer...
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The Future of Physician House Calls: How Home-Based Care Could Restore Time, Trust, and Access
As healthcare access strains under specialist shortages, long wait times, and rising administrative burden, some physicians are looking backward to move medicine forward. Patients can wait months for specialty care, doctors are often asked to see dozens of people in a single clinic session, and…
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From Chaos to Control: Dr. Maureen Canellas on AI, Emergency Medicine & Why Most “AI Companies” Fake It
Artificial intelligence has moved from experimental promise to boardroom priority, but healthcare leaders are still trying to understand what is real, what is risky and what is just clever marketing. In emergency medicine, where patient status changes minute by minute and operational bottlenecks...
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Running the Length of Africa: One Woman, 15,000 Kilometers, and a Mission to Tackle the Drinking Water Crisis
Access to clean water is still out of reach for a staggering number of people—and it’s not just a distant problem. According to estimates from WHO and UNICEF, over 2 billion people still don’t have safely managed drinking water at home, a reality that impacts everything from health to education…
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EMR Strategy, Consulting, and Career Pivots with MedSys Co-Founder Mark Embry
Electronic medical records (EMRs) have moved from a back-office upgrade to a frontline determinant of care quality, clinician burnout, and hospital economics. With U.S. hospitals often spending tens to hundreds of millions—sometimes exceeding $100 million—on EMR implementations, the stakes have...
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From Institutional Excellence to Population-Level Access: How Pakistan Can Bridge Its Healthcare Divide
Healthcare systems are under pressure almost everywhere, but the strain is especially visible in lower-resource settings where demand is rising faster than infrastructure. In Pakistan, that pressure is playing out across a system that has to serve more than 250 million people with limited public...
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When Geography Meets Purpose: How One Move Reshaped a Vascular Surgeon’s Career
Medicine isn’t what it used to be—not for the people practicing it. Independent physicians are becoming the exception, not the norm, as more doctors move into hospital systems, corporate groups, and academic networks. At the same time, the pipeline of specialists isn’t keeping pace with growing...
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From the C-Suite to the Classroom: A Healthcare Leader’s Bet on the Next Generation
Healthcare isn’t short on strategy right now—it’s short on people, access, and experienced leadership where it matters most. In Texas alone, more rural hospitals have closed than in any other state over the past decade, leaving entire communities with limited access to care. At the same time…
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At the Center of Care: How Specialty Pharmacy Aligns Patients, Providers, and Payers
As healthcare costs continue to rise, more patients are finding themselves navigating not just illness, but the growing complexity of paying for treatment. Specialty pharmacy sits right at the center of that challenge—often out of sight, but increasingly essential to how modern care actually…
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The Healthcare Talent Fix: Build Pipelines Early, Use Data, and Get the Experience Right
There’s a growing tension inside healthcare right now—between the people leaving the workforce and the patients still arriving every day. It’s a dynamic that leaders can no longer afford to ignore. The numbers make that clear: the Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the U.S....
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The Art of Recovery: Where Music and Medicine Meet in Patient Care
Healthcare today can feel overwhelming—not just for patients, but for the teams caring for them. After a major illness or injury, recovery isn’t handled by one doctor alone; it often involves a whole network of specialists, from physical therapists to nurses to social workers, all trying to help...
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A Physician Entrepreneur’s Playbook for Fixing America’s Specialty Care Gap
The U.S. healthcare system is facing a quiet but accelerating crisis: a widening gap between where specialists are needed and where they actually practice. In urology alone, there are roughly 1,100 open positions but only about 400 new specialists trained each year—a mismatch that’s only getting...
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The Best Healthcare Platforms Are Built on Clear Communication, AI-Human Collaboration, and a Deep Understanding of the “Why”
Healthcare is being pushed to modernize faster than ever, as AI tools, virtual care, and digital patient experiences shift from innovation to expectation. Recent survey data from McKinsey & Company indicates that about half of U.S. healthcare leaders say their organizations have already put...
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Policy, Patients, and the Future of Healthcare: How Texas Plans to Fix a Strained System
The U.S. healthcare system is under real strain—and it’s something both patients and physicians are feeling in everyday care. In Texas, those pressures are even more visible, where rapid population growth, rural access challenges, and regulatory complexity are making it harder for patients to get...
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Called to Lead: Joel Allison on Faith, Risk, and the Future of Healthcare Leadership
Healthcare leadership is being redefined in real time. With the rise of AI, mounting financial pressures, and workforce burnout, executives today are operating in an environment of continuous disruption and uncertainty. In fact, industry leaders now rank workforce shortages and digital...
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From Classroom to Clinic: Pre-Clinical Talent Steps Into Healthcare’s Hard-to-Fill Roles
Healthcare systems are facing a workforce crisis that’s no longer temporary—it’s structural. Even before COVID-19, staffing shortages across nursing, technical, and administrative roles were already straining capacity; today, those gaps are wider, costlier, and directly impacting patient access....
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Healthcare’s 2026 Reality: Growing Workforce Gaps, Tiered Access, and the Rise of AI Support
Healthcare systems are entering 2026 under mounting pressure. A growing, aging population and rising disease burden are colliding with persistent workforce shortages—highlighted by projections that new cancer diagnoses in the U.S. will surpass two million this year alone. The stakes are no longer...
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Policy, AI, and New Funding Models Are Reshaping Mental Health Care Delivery
Mental health care isn’t a new problem—but it’s finally being treated like an urgent one. After years of being sidelined, the cracks in the system are becoming impossible to ignore: overstretched clinicians, long wait times, and entire communities without consistent access to care. In the U.S.…
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The Early-Stage Playbook for Healthcare Founders: Credibility, Founder Mindset, and Real Market Fit
Healthcare innovation is having a moment. With over 500 startups applying annually to leading accelerators like Health Wildcatters, the sector is seeing a surge of founders eager to tackle inefficiencies in care delivery, diagnostics, and patient experience. At the same time, digital health is...
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Diagnosing Your Capital Asset Health: Why Asset Visibility Is the New Financial Imperative in Healthcare
Hospitals and surgery centers own millions of dollars in equipment — but owning assets and having actionable visibility into them are two different things. Most systems maintain inventories, yet many struggle with outdated records, fragmented tracking, and limited insight into useful life or...
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Exploring the Intersection of Board Governance, Community Engagement and Creativity with Ann Margolin
Behind every city vote, hospital budget or zoning decision is a leader navigating tough, often conflicting priorities. Right now, public leaders are operating in an environment of rising healthcare costs, workforce shortages and heightened community expectations—especially within safety-net…
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How Predictive AI Is Helping Hospitals Anticipate Admissions and Optimize Emergency Department Throughput
Emergency departments across the U.S. are under unprecedented strain, with overcrowding, staffing shortages, and inpatient bed constraints converging into a throughput crisis. The American Hospital Association reports that hospital capacity and workforce growth have lagged, intensifying delays…
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Bridging the Gap Between Hospital Discharge and Daily Life: How In-Home Senior Care Improves Outcomes and Reduces Readmissions
As hospitals across the U.S. shorten length of stay and push more recovery into the home, families are increasingly left to manage complex care needs without formal training or support. Roughly one in five patients with chronic conditions like COPD or congestive heart failure is readmitted within...
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How Simulation-Based Education Is Transforming Healthcare Leadership and Decision-Making Worldwide
As healthcare systems worldwide face rising costs, workforce shortages, and increasing pressure to balance quality with financial sustainability, traditional classroom-based management education is struggling to keep pace. According to the World Economic Forum, healthcare spending now accounts…
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Hot Takes on Rural Healthcare: Lessons from the Frontlines of a System in Decline
Across America, rural hospitals are facing an existential crisis. From physician burnout and recruitment struggles to malpractice insurance woes and shrinking OB units, the challenges facing small health systems are multiplying. According to the National Rural Health Association, roughly 190…
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Technology Is Transforming Cardiovascular Care But Can Access Keep Up?
Cardiovascular care is entering one of its most transformative periods in decades. Advances in AI imaging and minimally invasive procedures are transforming the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 19.8 million people died from...
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Smarter, Faster, Kinder: How AI Can Help Hospitals Deliver Better Care, All While Keeping Care Human
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a buzzword in healthcare — it’s becoming a real partner in how providers care for patients and improve everyday experiences. With rising patient expectations, limited resources, and mounting administrative complexity, hospitals and insurers alike are...
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Dr. Kevin Stevenson Gives His Thoughts on the Evolution of Healthcare Over the Past Decades
As healthcare continues to transform faster than ever — shaped by post-pandemic burnout, staffing shortages, and the rise of AI — leaders are being forced to rethink what it truly means to deliver both value and compassion in medicine. With the U.S. expected to face a shortage of 64,000 nurses in...
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The Future of Sleep Apnea Treatment: Vivos’ Oral Appliance Technology Offers an Alternative to CPAP
Obstructive sleep apnea affects a whopping 30 million Americans, yet millions remain undiagnosed or abandon CPAP therapy due to its discomfort and inconvenience. Recent innovations in oral appliance therapy, however, are opening up new possibilities for patients seeking safe, effective, and…
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Transforming the ICU Through Technology: Advances in Critical Care Telehealth Delivering Gold-Standard Care Anywhere
Critical care in the United States faces a mounting crisis. With a shortage of board-certified intensivists and younger, less experienced nurses filling ICUs, hospitals often struggle to provide timely, gold-standard care. Studies show that hospitals with board-certified intensivists in their…
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Transforming Healthcare Workforce Development: Sustainable Solutions Through Early Engagement, Access, and Leadership
Healthcare systems continue to face intense workforce challenges, with nursing at the center of concern. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of registered nurses is expected to grow 5% between 2024 and 2034—faster than the average growth across all jobs in the U.S.…
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The Future of Employer Benefits: Balancing Rising Healthcare Costs with Creative, Employee-Centered Perks
The landscape of employee benefits has undergone a seismic shift in the last decade. From the rise of telemedicine to the introduction of lifestyle spending accounts and stipends for services like DoorDash and HelloFresh, employers are reimagining how they support workers in a post-pandemic,...
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Improving Employee Engagement Through CAREmunication — A Conversation with Burl Stamp
With the healthcare landscape seeing many evolving changes, employee engagement is no longer just a buzzword—it’s now a business imperative. Amid rising turnover and persistent staffing shortages, organizations are under pressure to build resilient, engaged teams. According to Gallup, 70% of the...
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How THA Strengthens Texas Healthcare Through Policy, Workforce Solutions, and Community Collaboration
As healthcare continues to evolve in response to post-pandemic challenges, workforce shortages, and an ongoing mental health crisis, the institutions that support the backbone of healthcare—hospitals—are under immense pressure. In Texas, where geographic and demographic diversity create unique...
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From Missed Diagnoses to Life-Saving Alerts: How AI is Helping Doctors Detect Structural Heart Disease Before It Turns Deadly
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming healthcare diagnostics, with some of the most promising breakthroughs happening in cardiology. Structural heart disease affects millions and frequently goes undiagnosed in its early stages, leaving patients vulnerable to serious complications. One...
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SHMS Optimizes Operations for Medicare Advantage Plan Operators in the Healthcare Payer Enterprise
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans is projected to reach about 35.7 million, according to a 2025 Senate Finance Committee report. Yet, many startup and midsize organizations face steep technical and regulatory hurdles when launching or scaling operations. As part of the broader healthcare…
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HealthSearch Partners’ Neill Marshall and Kurt Mosley Urge New CEOs to Listen First, Diagnose Early, and Lead with Purpose in the First 90 Days
CEO turnover across U.S. hospitals is accelerating. Hospitals and health systems announced 146 CEO changes in 2023—a 42% increase over the 103 exits recorded in 2022, according to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas report. As more leaders transition into new roles, the importance of making a good…
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Rewriting the Odds: Leadership Resilience at the Heart of Norberto Orellana’s Rise
Economic mobility is often portrayed as a straight climb. In reality, it’s shaped by adversity, identity, and access to opportunity. As research from the University of Michigan notes, mobility requires not only income, education, and employment, but also more intangible resources such as social...
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AI-Powered Care Navigation Reduces Healthcare Spend and Improves Patient Access
The U.S. healthcare system is strained by rising costs, uneven quality, and fragmented care navigation. Employers are bearing the brunt, spending more without always securing better care for their teams. According to the RAND Corporation, one effective strategy is to “change their network and...
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Healthcare Operations Improve with AI That Unites Data, Automation, and Ethics
Generative AI has captured the public imagination, but its most transformative use cases may lie far from flashy consumer tools. In healthcare operations, where complexity, inefficiency, and fragmentation remain persistent challenges, AI is now driving measurable improvements. Research suggests...
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Patient Physician Network Provides Financial Integration and Value-Based Care Support to Keep Independent Physicians Viable.
As healthcare systems continue to consolidate, independent physicians are facing unprecedented challenges in maintaining their viability. Rising operational costs, shifting value-based care metrics, and payer pressures are squeezing independent doctors more than ever before. Nearly 80% of...
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The challenges healthcare executives and administrators face are constantly changing. Host Kevin Stevenson talks with the heroes behind the heroes that are enabling hospitals, urgent care centers and telemedicine operators to spend their time tending to patients, while they handle the logistics.
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