The Global Health Podcast - Learning From Our Patients

What happens when an anthropologist an engineer and a physician come together to tackle the problems of global health in the developing world? Well, it looks like the answer doesn’t necessarily come from just those three areas alone. Instead some of the very people in need of help are doing the most to shape this new breed of cross-disciplinary medicine. Physicians, clinicians, engineers, designers and anthropologists are all learning from the people they help and it is transforming the way we deliver care and the solutions we create. The age of top down medical is coming to an end.

On January 6th, 2008 we are holding a Forum on Global Health at MGH - Read more about it here

In preparation we had the opportunity to talk for a few minutes with Kris Olson about the Global Health Initiative and how the face of care delivery is changing rapidly.

Second, we sat down with Jose Gomez Marquez who tells us a story about how when caring for TB patients in Nicaragua many of the solutions came directly from the patients. One such innovative way used cell phone minutes as currency.

Kris Olson, & Lynn Osborn discuss the New World of the Old World

Jose Gomez Marquez & Lynn Osborn tell us a story about revolutionizing care delivery in Nicaragua and learning from our patients

And we’ll see you at the forum!

Systems Thinking: Using the Tools of Ethnography and Technology to Transform Healthcare Delivery
SPEAKER: JOHN SHERRY

Innovations in International Health Initiative, MIT
SPEAKER: JOSE GOMEZ MARQUEZ

Global Health Initiative
SPEAKER: KRIS OLSON