The Scopewell Podcast

Your zip code shapes your health outcomes more than your genetic code. On Chicago's South Side, the Center for Better Aging (CBA) collaborative is doing something about it.In this episode of The Scopewell Podcast, host James Leuthe sits down with Executive Director Estrelitta Harmon to discuss the challenges facing older adults on Chicago's South Side and what CBA is building to help them age safely in their own communities.They talk about whole-person care, building trust, coordinating support across organizations, and what it takes to create a model that can improve lives at scale.Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Youth mental health care faces two distinct challenges: a shortage of clinicians to deliver it and the stigma that keeps young people from seeking it. Dr. Mike Stevens, Executive Director of Hopebound, on a model designed to address both at once.

Health care rarely fails at detection. It fails at what happens next. Angela Adams, founder and CEO of Inflow Health, on why care coordination breaks down at the transitions that matter most and what it takes to close the gap.

Sham Firdausi is the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Santa Clara County Health System, one of the largest public safety net health systems in the country. In this conversation, he shares what it takes to lead finance during a period of historic pressure, why the future CFO must think like an operator, and how public health systems can teach the rest of healthcare about mission driven leadership and breaking down silos.

Welcome to The Scopewell Podcast. Each season, host James Leuthe, CEO of Scopewell Solutions, goes deep into a different industry and the leaders driving meaningful change inside complex organizations. Subscribe now so you don't miss Season 1.