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Podcast: The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast
Episode: 🏆 Meet the Shkreli Award "Winners" | Lown Institute President Dr. Vikas Saini
Description: From selling deceased patients' body parts to denying cancer treatment over upfront payments, the Lown Institute's annual Shkreli Awards spotlight the most egregious examples of profiteering and dysfunction in American healthcare. Dr. Vikas Saini, President of the Lown Institute, walks us through 2024's (dis)honorees and what they reveal about the state of our healthcare system.We cover:🏆 The origin and impact of the Shkreli Awards🏥 How a Texas medical school sold body parts without family consent💉 The booming business of unnecessary infant tongue-tie procedures💊 A Montana oncologist's shocking pattern of p...