Healthcare Uprising
This interview-based podcast focuses on how innovation in healthcare is showing up for the benefit of consumers, regular people, anyone who is seeking a way to be healthier and better manage their health. Finally healthcare is being designed "for the people".
We seek to shine a light on the movers, shakers, and innovators across the industry. This includes everything from the tech and digital-based startups providing care and services, to the academics and the medical researchers changing healthcare from inside our educational institutions, to the clinical, biomedical, and medical equipment organizations bringing innovation to our homes, phones and doctor’s offices. It gives a platform to those who are helping to change how healthcare is accessed, delivered, and experienced, for so many Americans.
And equally as important, to truly add the human side of healthcare to this podcast, we cover alot of human stories about real people and their experiences on their healthcare journeys.
Jeremy and Heather will cover some hot healthcare topics as they arise at the top of some of our pre-recorded episodes. Have an interesting topic or new consumer focused healthcare product, program or service you think we should cover? Let us know.
What's especially unique about this podcast is that you have a healthcare industry veteran coupled with your average Joe American to bring levity, authenticity, and a "real" human perspective to these conversations so they don't get too clinical, to in the weeds or complex that you have no idea what we're talking about.
Also available in video format on YouTube and Patreon!
https://www.youtube.com/@HealthcareUprising
https://www.patreon.com/healthcareuprising
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Episodes
Monday May 05, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
After our episode 6 conversation with the Art Pharmacy in the U.S., we knew we had to speak with Deb Alma from the Poetry Pharmacy in London and Shropshire, England when we saw her on NBC Morning News.
Poetry, often seen as a fading art, has the power to heal by addressing a range of emotions—sadness, grief, change, growth, learning, and loss. Deb took this concept and transformed it into something truly alive and accessible to anyone in need. Many forms of art, including reading or writing poetry, play a crucial role in mental healing, aligning with the idea of “social prescribing”—the practice of using creative expression, whether through music, painting, or poetry, as a therapeutic tool. The Poetry Pharmacy has done just that.
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Highlights from our conversation with Deb Alma, original Emergency Poet and founder of the Poetry Pharmacy.
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Guava Health is tackling one of the most significant challenges in healthcare—one that impacts both patients and providers. By revolutionizing the way health information is managed, Guava is transforming patient-provider interactions and empowering individuals to take control of their health. While especially valuable for those with chronic conditions, it’s just as useful for families or individuals who may not have major health issues but still benefit from having all their medical data in one place. Whether for routine care, unexpected emergencies, or simply gaining better insight into personal health, Guava provides a gateway to knowledge. And in healthcare, knowledge truly is power—allowing patients to make informed decisions and maximize the limited time they have with their doctors.
Resources:
Follow Guava Health on LinkedIn, Instagram and Tik Tok
Check out their website and download their app online here.
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Managing chronic and multiple health conditions, or comorbidities even, can be extremely challenging when your health records sit with double digit numbers of providers and various health systems. To fully understand your visits, your diagnoses, all the doctors you are seeing and the meds you are taking, is far too much to have in multiple places. But that’s the typical situation for many living with chronic health conditions. But enter Guava Health to truly bring it all together in one place, in one app. Isabel dives into the details of how this app functions and makes so many lives so much easier than they’ve ever experienced before.
Resources:Follow Guava Health on LinkedIn, Instagram and Tik TokCheck out their website and download their app online here.
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Highlights from our conversation with Isabelle from Guava Health, an app that compiles your healthcare files all in one place and much more.
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Thanks to innovative companies like Herafertility, they’re bringing new products straight into our homes. Men’s fertility testing, also known as sperm testing, no longer has to happen at a fertility clinic, eliminating any potential awkwardness that comes with it. Just as in-home testing has expanded across various health areas, sperm testing is now part of the mix. But it goes beyond just fertility—by checking biomarkers and identifying other potential health issues, it provides a valuable baseline for overall health. This aligns with the growing emphasis on value-based care, allowing individuals to be proactive about their health and address concerns before they become bigger issues. Historically men aren’t exactly on top of their health, so this is one simple way to change that behavior.
https://herafertility.co/
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Highlights from Episode 13 with Thiv from Herafertility discussing at-home testing for male fertility.
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Don’t read a healthcare industry vet by their cover. Even the most educated, connected and experience healthcare industry professionals are still baffled and overwhelmed when navigating their own personal healthcare scares and journeys.
In this episode, Stacey Meade shares the surprising, scary, and challenging tale, and it is indeed a tale, of her husband’s seemingly unknown serious and abrupt medical condition and the twists and turns they experienced in finding answers to get him back to health. But equally important to the story is the incredible doctors they encountered in the process and the pricelessness of flexibility and support from her employer.