The Human Side of Healthcare

Texas statewide has a real issue with maternal mortality, up to even a year after giving birth. Cardiovascular disease is often a contributor, and that can lead to preeclampsia, or dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy or after delivery. Theresa Patton, MD, OB-GYN at Methodist Dallas Medical Center joins us to discuss what women can do to prevent or treat this serious condition.

Next, there is a way you can give the gift of life to a friend, relative, or even a total stranger. It is through Living Donor Kidney Transplantation. Dr. Johanna Bayer, MD, Abdominal Transplant Surgeon at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth explains.

Working in healthcare can be one of the most rewarding careers available. Helping others, whether from the clinical side as a physician, nurse or therapist, or from the administrative side as a manger, CEO, or simply working in housekeeping, hospitals are a “city within a city.”

Natalie Wilkins, Chief of Staff to the President and CEO at Cook Children’s Health Care System talks to us about her job and the landscape of working in healthcare.