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Healthcare Musings
This is the official podcast of Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, a NY Times-featured Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Author, and Healthcare Executive. Healthcare Musings discusses healthcare delivery and policy. Healthcare Musings Substack: http://healthcaremusings.substack.com
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Nov. 3, 2026
Why Healthcare Professionals Must Vote Today
Healthcare represents 20% of the entire US economy. Doctors, Nurses, and other healthcare professionals have a lot at stake. And so, today, Election Day, it is absolutely essential that we all go out and vote. We cannot afford to have our voices - the voices of those who are providing the care - be drowned out.
Oct. 27, 2026
Telecritical Care: Part of The Future and The Model Matters
Telecritical care is definitely part of the future of our field. And yet, the literature surrounding telecritical care implementation and outcomes in the ICU is conflicting. In this episode, Dr. Hassaballa explains how the model of telecritical care implementation makes all the difference in the world.
Oct. 20, 2026
Live From CHEST 2026: Dr. Eugene Yeh
Dr. Eugene Yeh is a telecritical care specialist and program director. I caught up with him at the CHEST 2026 Conference in Phoenix, where we discussed his research showing improved outcomes with a proactive telecritical care model in a rural hospital in the Midwest.
Oct. 13, 2026
Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The White Coat
Shakespeare wrote, "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." For the physician, there are many things that he or she must do that is perceived as a burden. We must never forget that these things are duties that come out of the privilege of being a Doctor. In this episode, Dr. Hassaballa reflects on the phrase in Shakespeare and what it means to him as a Doctor.
Oct. 6, 2026
One Team, One Fight
Dr. Rod Fontenette, board-certified Emergency AND Critical Care Medicine physician, told me that in the military, they always said, "One Team, One Fight." In this episode of Healthcare Musings, Dr. Hassaballa reflects over this phrase and what it means to him in light of his previous conversation with Dr. Fontenette.
Sept. 29, 2026
They Don't Make Residents Like They Used To - Fair Enough
"They don't make Residents like the used to." I have been saying that a lot. So, when I sat down and spoke with a Resident, Dr. Kumail Hussein, you know what I couldn't help but keep saying? "Fair Enough."
