Beam Dental CEO, Alex Frommeyer, says dentistry is 10 years behind healthcare, but he and his team are actively changing that.
He says dental insurance reform is the change agent that will move dentistry into the digital future – by influencing the purchasing decisions, how care is delivered, and how dentistry is practiced overall.
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Despite an ever-aging population, the number of geriatricians has steadily decreased.
Geriatricians are needed in hospitals, in nursing homes, long-term care facilities, primary care, and more.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, nursing homes received some additional attention, but more work needs to be done, and it must continue after the pandemic is gone.
We talked to geriatrician Dr. Asif Merchant of Newton-Wellesley Hospital & Tufts University about all-things geriatrics.
In this video, Stephanie and Apurv talk about their interview with Dr. Asif Merchant, a Boston-based geriatrician.
The conversation spanned everything from the need for more geriatricians, to the needs that the covid19 pandemic shined a light on in nursing homes.
Despite shortages of resources and providers, Dr. Merchant is hopeful about the field of geriatrics.
Dr. Arvind Singhal, expert in Positive Deviance and professor at the University of Texas where he teaches the subject, says context, communication, and micro behaviors are the keys to identifying and understanding positive outliers
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Dr. Arvind Singhal is an expert in Positive Deviance and is a professor at the University of Texas where he teaches a semester-long course in positive deviance. He also has a book on the subject, which will launch on June 11th.
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