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A model is only useful if people understand it. So how do you turn complex outputs into real-world decisions?

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Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 22 episodes
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Welcome to “Shaping the Future: Insights into Healthcare”, a podcast series that demystifies the complex economic decisions and global challenges shaping the healthcare landscape. Join Dr. Marc Evans, a medical doctor, and Phil McEwan, CEO of the research agency HEOR, as they explore the intersection of medicine, economics, and policy. Each episode offers expert analysis and compelling discussions on the major hurdles facing healthcare systems worldwide, from funding and resource allocation to technological innovation and equitable access. Marc and Phil cut through the jargon to provide listeners with clear, actionable insights into how healthcare decisions are made and what potential solutions could look like. Whether you’re a healthcare professional, a policy maker, or simply curious about the future of global health, this podcast provides a unique and accessible perspective on the forces driving one of the world’s most critical sectors.
Unknown Host hosts Shaping the future, a science show with 22 episodes published.

A model is only useful if people understand it. So how do you turn complex outputs into real-world decisions?

From simple equations to complex simulations how to choose the tools that shape healthcare policy

Models simplify reality but at what cost? We break down their strengths, limits, and risks

Health economic models shape billion pound decisions but how do they actually work? This episode breaks down the fundamentals in a clear, practical way.

We already know how to reduce health inequalities, so why hasn’t it happened? This episode explores the gap between evidence and action.

The NHS promises equal access, but reality tells a different story. Phil and Marc unpack the root causes of healthcare inequality and whether a two-tier system is emerging.

Is the current reimbursement system outdated? Phil, Marc, and Hamzah Aideed explore alternative approaches and whether they could lead to better outcomes.

Every decision in healthcare has ripple effects. Using the UK doctors’ strike as a case study, this episode explores the unintended consequences that often go unnoticed.

Phil and Marc are joined by Hamzah Aideed to continue their discussion of the reimbursement process. How does market access work both in the UK and worldwide?

Tom Padgett joins Marc and Phil again to discuss the reimbursement framework. What is it? How does it work? And is it fair?

In this episode Phil and Marc are joined by Tom Padgett and Cerys Mitchell to discuss what happened when the public virtually grappled with the undead.

In this episode Phil introduces producer Charlotte Evans and discusses what the undead can teach us about infectious disease.

In this episode Phil and Marc discuss population economics and the importance of thinking about the whole healthcare system.

In our first guest episode Phil is joined by Tom Padgett to discuss a new approach to assessing value in healthcare that takes into account the entire healthcare system.

In this episode Phil and Marc discuss what the word ‘safe’ means in a healthcare context and how it can be applied to emotive subjects like vaccines.

In this episode Phil and Marc react to recent healthcare announcements in the US and discuss the difference between correlation and causation.

In this episode Phil and Marc discuss what value actually means in healthcare: how it’s worked out, who gets a say in what matters, and who decides what ‘good value’ is.

Phil and Marc discuss Phil’s company HEOR. What does it do, how does it do it and what makes it unique?

Phil and Marc discuss the rollout of the chickenpox vaccine in the UK, and the history of the treatment of obesity.

In this first episode, hosts Phil McEwan and Dr Marc Evans introduce the concept of this brand new health economics podcast. When it comes to healthcare, what can we do differently to shape the future?
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Shaping the future is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under science (life) and has published 22 episodes.
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