Episode 11 - Cost of Caring: The Personal Toll of Improving American Healthcare

In Episode 11 hosts Jo O’Hanlon and Dr. Elisha Yaghmai take a step aside to talk about Elisha’s personal suffering during the early years of building a telehealth business (a new innovation for the US healthcare system at the time).

Through several initial years of not getting paid for their telemedicine services, Elisha and his partners encountered one hurdle after another. Eventually, his partners pulled out of the venture, leaving Elisha at the helm alone to face extreme hardship on both professional and personal levels.

But he saw that they had actually created something that solved a major gap in access to healthcare in America, he couldn’t let himself stop until he saw it become a reality.

How does a change-maker, a leader in industry innovation feel when they’re hustling to make something happen for the world and they’re blocked at every turn? How do they feel when their partners leave and it’s just them alone left pushing for the acceptance of something revolutionary? How does it feel to pay such a high personal cost to make the world better?

Hear about what drove Elisha to keep going even when the journey took such a great personal toll on him.

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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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