In this episode, Elisha and Jo discuss the systemic issues in American Healthcare that brought Elisha to his first major experience of professional burnout.

While still working in Seattle, Elisha started to experience more and more fatigue and psychological corrosion from working as a physician in a hospital setting. He doesn’t simply attribute his burnout to the seemingly unceasing work schedule he was under at the time, but rather that it was that paired with the mental taxation from the insurance hoops physicians were expected to jump through.

Elisha explains how he was expected to code patients for billing in ways that ultimately can and do contribute to more systemic issues down the line — not just for patients, but for everyone (except possibly insurance companies)…

Come back next week to hear what Elisha did next in the face of burnout which led him to a major shift in his professional trajectory.

Watch or listen in to get a peak behind the curtain of what really goes into becoming a doctor in America and how that influences the healthcare the American public actually receives.

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Credits:

Dr. Elisha Yaghmai, M.D. - Host, Executive Producer

Jo O'Hanlon - Host, Set Design, Producer

Monica Salmeron - Director, Producer

Ben Laffen - Videographer

Austin Engler - Video Editor

Harmony Marketing - Marketing & Production

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Dear Healthcare, It’s You — A new podcast investigating the broken U.S. Healthcare system.

Why is it failing? How are you getting screwed over? Who is profiting? How can it change?

Season 1 follows internal medicine physician Dr. Elisha Yaghmai's story. As a medical student and beyond, Elisha begins to discover the systemic toxicity & failings of the US healthcare model and those discoveries have shaped his life's work and purpose: To find a better way.

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Available on YouTube and major podcast platforms.

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