Good morning! I'm sharing Episode 70 of Stand Up (for) Doctors! 😁...
Mark Smiley, MD MBA is an ER physician, investor, and CEO of Beyond Equity Group. Ramin Rafie, M.D., MBA is a primary care and hospice physician, healthcare consultant, and leader. We have quite an impactful conversation about how the environments that Smiley and Ramin grew up in have influenced the doctors they’ve become, and how their work in healthcare, in turn, impacts the environments their patients live in. Smiley says that the block he grew up on “Changed my life, changed my trajectory for so many different reasons, even how I see medicine and business today….I really believe that I’m here for a purpose, because he didn’t pull the trigger…I just remember being home. Home was my safe place….” Smiley speaks to his mission with Beyond Equity Group, how he is using medicine and real estate to serve communities by simultaneously providing affordable housing, an investment opportunity for physicians, and tracking the health impact.
Ramin talks about his work with the Independence at Home model, and how he helped establish the Hospital at Home model of care. He is also looking to become a leader in AI for healthcare, “I’m always looking for new and interesting opportunities!” Ramin also says, “It goes to show even as a physician there’s so many other things you can do outside of medicine. There’s no boundaries; the boundaries are only your imagination!” Speaking to AI, “AI is not only here to stay, it’s going to lead the change for practicing physicians…ultimately I think it’s up to us to help shape that future!”
Smiley and Ramin both speak to what their parents had to overcome to provide them with the opportunities that led to them becoming physicians, and how “It’s a privilege to be in a seat where we can be creative and innovative to solve some of these complex issues!”
There is so much wisdom shared in our conversation, it is inspiring! Smiley says, “I have a vision that we can change how things work!” Ramin offers, “If the public wants a working healthcare system, they need to appreciate the healthcare workers!”
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Our physician partner, Dr. Brady Steineck MD, MBA of Community Health Care, Inc. talks about how agilon empowered him to reignite his passion for delivering the quality care that seniors deserve.
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Let’s celebrate this moment! This alliance could be one of the most important turning points in American culture shift to one of healing health environments vs one that is all too often marked with self destructive environments. A spark we desperately need.
A united front against the momentum of average corporate food & “comfort” (eg “no need for a sidewalk or safe bike lane, we’ve got a moving sidewalk and car to take you the few feet away so your feet can go away - don’t need ‘em!”), which conveniently serves corporate pharma.
Though now corporate pharma has gone “rogue” with next gen GLP-1 drugs to which I’m sure corporate food execs are saying an equivalent of “et tu Brute?!” - ie finding a way to sell “solutions” to us that are more parasitic to a root cause than addresssing it: our CRRAHP (calorie rich, refined and highly processed) food & beverage saturated environments.
Btw, if you know me and The Flex5 Lifestyle, I’m not an “absolute zero tolerance to CRRAHP” food dude. I’m a realist - after all my health and wellbeing company is “Reality Meets Science®” for a reason (zero tolerance is a bridge too far for most of the people open to hearing about Health Longevity & Lifestyle Medicine).
But we’re drowning in CRRAHP foods to a destructive fault rather than having it - like Blue Zones do - in very low doses as a “small amount of spice of life”.
My trip to Sardinia for Visionalist Entertainment Productions’ PBS documentary “The Embrace of Aging” (where I met my now good friend and Blue Zones founder, Dan Buettner) was marked with an unforgettable food environment moment - see 45 seconds into this video for 15 second clip and post your thoughts on “McDonalds in the mountains”: https://lnkd.in/ebKzhnY8American College of Lifestyle Medicine
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Blue Zones are joining forces to bring a vision of a nation and world of healthier, stronger, and more resilient communities to fruition.
The partnership represents a convergence of the expertise delivered by lifestyle medicine-trained and certified clinicians with Blue Zones-proven longevity research and community-based solutions.
Learn more about the partnership and becoming a Blue Zones-Certified Physician or Blue Zones-Certified Healthcare Professional at https://lnkd.in/ejs9CMng.
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💔💔 Healing Physician Morale: Time for Change! 💪🩺
As a physician community, we must confront an alarming truth—many of us are grappling with moral injury. 😔 This occurs when we find ourselves compelled to act against our own values and moral beliefs. It's heartbreaking to admit, but sometimes we are forced to harm our patients by over-testing, over-ordering, and over-treating. This isn't what we signed up for.
In the current system, we face constant pressure to rush through patient encounters and ignore their concerns to keep our jobs. The toll is immense—we're left morally injured. 😢 It's high time we put an end to this. We must be brave enough to say no and walk away from jobs that don't treat us with respect. We owe it to ourselves and our patients.
We, the physician community, are the true value creators in this system. Without us, the entire healthcare system would crumble. Patients rely on our competence, skills, and most importantly, our compassion. But that compassion has been stifled due to the abuse we endure. This needs to change, and it's in our hands to make it happen.
💪💔Let's unite and reclaim the essence of why we became doctors—to heal and care for our patients with integrity and compassion. It's time for healing, not just for ourselves but for the entire healthcare ecosystem. Together, we can reshape the system into one that truly puts patients and their well-being first. 🌟🌿
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The underlying magic ✨ of Blue Zones is that the culture of these communities supports health and well-being.
Culture is the shared behaviors, beliefs and attitudes of a group of people who share a common denominator. The commonality of a Blue Zone is geography.
Cultures can also be defined by schools, religions, the workplace, etc.
To my #LifestyleMedicine colleagues. We are doing important work that is not only changing the trajectory of our patients, but also #healthcare delivery in general.
Our adult patients spend most of their waking hours in the workplace. If we are not helping our patients identify and address how their workplace is either supporting their health or harming their health, then we are not giving them the greatest chance of success on their health journey.
If you are attending the annual American College of Lifestyle Medicine conference in Orlando this fall and you want to learn more about how the workplace influences our health and well-being, consider attending a pre-conference workshop on the topic. If that’s not your cup of tea and you just want to chat, send me a message.
Best wishes on your own health and well-being journey.
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The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Blue Zones are joining forces to bring a vision of a nation and world of healthier, stronger, and more resilient communities to fruition.
The partnership represents a convergence of the expertise delivered by lifestyle medicine-trained and certified clinicians with Blue Zones-proven longevity research and community-based solutions.
Learn more about the partnership and becoming a Blue Zones-Certified Physician or Blue Zones-Certified Healthcare Professional at https://lnkd.in/ejs9CMng.
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American College of Lifestyle Medicine + Blue Zones = perfect match!
Our current healthcare crisis is NOT a national willpower problem.
Here me out... One of the MANY things I love about the Blue Zones is the emphasis on an entire ENVIRONMENT that supports the behaviors that lead to longevity.
Blue Zone inhabitants don't get up every day and use their willpower thousands of times to make decisions.
Their world just supports the decisions that lead to doing the things that lead to wellness with their food, movement, stress management, sleep, and social connections.
ACLM and Blue Zones are teaching us all to make our own micro-environment and macro-environments support the decisions that make longevity easy.
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The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Blue Zones are joining forces to bring a vision of a nation and world of healthier, stronger, and more resilient communities to fruition.
The partnership represents a convergence of the expertise delivered by lifestyle medicine-trained and certified clinicians with Blue Zones-proven longevity research and community-based solutions.
Learn more about the partnership and becoming a Blue Zones-Certified Physician or Blue Zones-Certified Healthcare Professional at https://lnkd.in/ejs9CMng.
#ACLMxBlueZones#bluezones#livebetterlonger#lifestylemedicine
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