NYC Health + Hospitals on March 5, 2024, released the fifth episode of its new podcast, The Remedy, featuring leaders and healthcare providers from the nation’s largest municipal healthcare system. Episode 5: Caring for the Newest New Yorkers covers how the staff at NYC Health + Hospitals are rising to the challenge of caring for the over 175,000 asylum seekers who have come to our city since spring 2022. Host Dr. Michael Shen is joined by Dr. Ted Long, Senior Vice President of Ambulatory Care and Population Health at NYC Health + Hospitals and Dr. Natalie Davis, Associate Medical Director of Ambulatory Women’s Health Services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue to discuss NYC Health + Hospitals’ humanitarian centers, providing access to healthcare for asylum seekers, helping migrants deal with trauma they’ve experienced on their journeys and more. Episode 5: Caring for the Newest New Yorkers is available now at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio and other podcast platforms.
“NYC Health + Hospitals’ new podcast The Remedy is a way to connect to our patients, our staff, and other healthcare providers,” said NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Mitchell Katz, MD. “We are proud to serve all patients regardless of their immigration status or ability to pay, and these conversations with some of our leaders across the health system shine a light on how we get it done.”
“What I’ve learned is that there’s so much thought that goes into running a big health system like ours. I hope the podcast is able to share some of that with our audience,” said The Remedy Host Michael S. Shen, MD.
The health system’s role as a city agency and the major safety net health system for New York City offers a singular voice that no other healthcare podcast can. The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals encompasses the ability to provide care to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay; offer new and exciting programs to its patients, including lifestyle medicine and telehealth abortion care; and respond to the challenges that face New York City, including the Covid-19 pandemic, the homelessness crisis, and the current asylum seeker crisis. The host and guests are all health system employees with a special perspective on the work they do for patients. The podcast will include seven episodes, with a new episode released every two weeks.
The host Michael S. Shen, MD is a primary care doctor at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull and the Clinical Director of Woodhull’s Primary Care Safety Net Clinic for people experiencing homelessness. Dr. Shen was recently selected to be a Health Affairs Podcast Fellow where he created a 3-episode series about safety net hospitals. He is also an artist who works in watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, and digital media. His illustrative work has been published by National Geographic Books, the American Medical Association’s Journal of Ethics, and the Annals of Internal Medicine. Find him on Twitter @MikeShenMD.
