One in four ChatGPT users — roughly 200 million people a week — use it for health questions. About a third of them end up changing their medications or requesting referrals based on what it tells them. Is that brilliant, terrifying, or both? In this episode, we dig into the question everyone is asking themselves,…

People are sharing medical results from their online portals, just like they do with college acceptances and baby gender reveals. How did we get to this point? And what are the real effects on how patients understand their medical records and how doctors document them? In this episode, we explore how technology and regulatory changes…

We’ve all had this experience: you go to your doctor or hospital’s web page to do something. Maybe you want to make an appointment. Maybe you want to refill a prescription. Maybe you just want to know when the lab opens. What should be a simple task—something you can easily do on any other website—instead…

Doctors’ ability to see inside their patients with lab and imaging tests is one of the miracles of modern medicine. Without tests, we’re just guessing!  But the unsaid truth is that doctors overtest patients, and that may be doing more harm than good to patients, doctors, and the entire health care system. In this episode,…

Nothing says ‘quality care’ like showing a stranger your throat via a grainy webcam while your cat walks across the keyboard.   Telehealth — or medical care without the doctor and patient being in the same room — has exploded, partly enhanced by the COVID pandemic.

If a primary care physician is the quarterback of our healthcare system…OUCH!…they’re getting sacked time and time again by some burly bureaucratic linebackers. 

Like all good—and not so good—ideas, the concept for this podcast was born over pizza and beer. We found ourselves sharing healthcare stories that made us cringe. One pint and slice led to another, and we decided what we really needed was an audience for this conversation. And Healthcare is Stupid was born.