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Hosted by Heather Johnston · health · EN-US
I was a patient then a doctor then a patient again. I write and podcast about healthcare from both sides of the bed.
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Signup to Generate a PitchI was a patient then a doctor then a patient again. I write and podcast about healthcare from both sides of the bed.
Dr. Patient is hosted by Heather Johnston. The show has published 42 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep 37 A What, Not a Who - AI for Healthcare, Part 2" (25 August 2026, 33 minutes), "Ep 36 A What, Not a Who - AI for Healthcare" (11 August 2026, 40 minutes), and "Ep 35 Healthcare Laws That Protect Patients" (21 July 2026, 41 minutes).
Dr. Patient publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 42 episodes.
Booking probability for Dr. Patient is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Dr. Patient requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Dr. Patient's contact route on record: verified email.
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Heather Johnston hosts Dr. Patient, a health podcast with 42 episodes published.
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Episode #37
I break down what “doctor-side” AI actually looks like in real clinics and hospitals, from note-writing tools to radiology triage and sepsis alerts. The throughline is simple: AI helps most when it removes...
Episode #36
AI can translate an MRI report into plain English, summarize your test results, and answer a medication question with total confidence. The problem is that confidence is false, and in healthcare, the cost of a bad...
Episode #35
You sign the clipboard forms, tap the signature pad, and hope for the best but what if you actually understood the laws sitting underneath that moment? I’m Heather Johnston, MD, and I went down the rabbit hole on...
Episode #34
Date: 6/30/26 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 34 Comfort Care: Palliative and Hospice Episode summary: Palliative and hospice care can be confusing, and are often synonymous with the idea of...
Episode #33
Date: 6/18/26 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 33 Second Opinions in Healthcare Episode summary: In Episode 33 of Dr.Patient , host and physician Dr. Heather Johnston is joined by two guests — Mia...
Episode #32
Date: 5/19/26 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 32 Last Call: Alcohol, Breast Cancer and the Advice Gap Episode summary: In this episode of the Dr. Paitnet Podcast, I’m going to be exploring the...
Episode #31
Date: 4/27/26 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 31 How to Find a Doctor Episode summary: This is a follow-up episode to 30 Preventing Illness in the First Place, where we discuss the importance of...
Episode #30
Date: 4/15/26 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 30 Prevent Illness in the First Place Episode summary: Preventive healthcare involves trying to keep illness from occurring, and trying to catch...
Episode #29
Date: 3/18/26 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 29 Hospital Discharge Survival Guide Episode summary: Getting discharged from the hospital can be easy or confusing, depending on many factors: the...
Episode #28
Date: 2/24/26 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 28 How to Do the ER (Better Than I Did) Episode summary: Getting through the ER feels like an uphill battle, and there are frictions on both sides of...
Episode #27
Date: 02/10/26 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 27 Healthcare Paperwork That's Worth Your Time Summary In this episode of the Dr. Patient Podcast, Dr. Heather Johnston discusses the importance of...
Dr. Patient
This season I'll be diving into more topics related to patient advocacy: healthcare paperwork, laws that protect patients, how to manage a hospital discharge and more. Of course, there will be amusing personal...
Episode #26
Date: 7/30/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 26 Advocate Toolkit, Hospital Edition Episode summary: It's so incredibly complicated to be a patient today, as I recently observed when I hung out at...
Episode #25
Date: 7/22/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 25 The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage, Part 2 Episode summary: Part 2 discussing why Medicare Advantage plans are an actual DISadvantage for you...
Episode #24
Date: 6/16/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 24 The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage, Part 1 Episode summary: Wow, I knew Medicare was complicated but didn't realize just how complicated. I've...
Episode #23
Date: 6/18/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 23 In Doctors We Trust Episode summary: What is trust as it relates to the doctor-patient relationship? How is it fostered when the very healthcare...
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Date: 6/11/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 22 Doctors in Distress Episode summary: The majority of doctors today are dissatisfied with the healthcare system. That's not to say that they don't...
Episode #21
Date: 6/4/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 21 How We Learn to Be a Patient, Part 2 Episode summary: Continuing from the end of last season, Ep 12, where I talked with my own daughter about her...
Episode #20
Date: 5/28/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 20 Short Stories on Being a Patient Episode summary: I have this never-ending quest to help doctors and patients understand each other better. This...
Episode #19
Date: 5/21/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 19 US Drug Costs Are Insane, Part 2 Episode summary: Part 2 follows the last episode, where I reviewed how we got to where we are with insane drug...
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