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Prescription for Hope

Health & Wellness Podcasts

“Prescription for Hope” captures the stories inside Cleveland’s public hospital system. Told by the people and patients on the front lines of care, “Prescription for Hope” offers a behind-the-scenes look at how The MetroHealth System is moving beyond medical treatment to improve the foundations of community health and well-being. Since 1837, MetroHealth has served the community, neighborhoods and people of Greater Cleveland. Its nearly 8,000 caregivers are devoted to a mission of health, healing, humanity … and hope. “Prescription for Hope” is an in-house production of MetroHealth’s Communication Department. Please visit www.metrohealth.org

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United States

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“Prescription for Hope” captures the stories inside Cleveland’s public hospital system. Told by the people and patients on the front lines of care, “Prescription for Hope” offers a behind-the-scenes look at how The MetroHealth System is moving beyond medical treatment to improve the foundations of community health and well-being. Since 1837, MetroHealth has served the community, neighborhoods and people of Greater Cleveland. Its nearly 8,000 caregivers are devoted to a mission of health, healing, humanity … and hope. “Prescription for Hope” is an in-house production of MetroHealth’s Communication Department. Please visit www.metrohealth.org

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English

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4405921336


Episodes

Dr. Steed Like You Have Never Heard Her

11/7/2023
MetroHealth President and CEO Dr. Airica Steed sits down for an open and vulnerable conversation about growing up in Chicago, about being muted and held back as a young woman, about her passion for equity, and about how the tragic death of her mother called her to a career in healthcare leadership.

Duration:00:42:40

A Look Inside the Hospital Morgue

10/17/2023
A never-before-heard, behind-the-scenes look inside a hospital morgue. Two years ago, in 2021, we spent some time with the amazing team inside MetroHealth’s Department of Mortality and Autopsy Services – the hospital morgue. We wanted to answer questions, dispel myths and capture the amazing professionalism and compassion these workers show every day of the year – how they prove that MetroHealth’s mission of quality care for everyone, no matter their means, doesn’t stop when a patient passes. And we think we succeeded, except that we didn’t get this episode done in time for Halloween 2021. So it stayed on the shelf – until now.

Duration:00:25:33

MetroHealth's Visionary New Leader, Part 1

1/24/2023
“I want to be known for giving the voiceless a voice. I want to be known for positioning people and adding a seat at the table. I want to be known for having those footprints in the sand, delivering health care for everyone regardless of their ability to pay. I want to be known for shattering health care disparities. At the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about.” It’s a new year and a new era at The MetroHealth System in Cleveland. New President and CEO Dr. Airica Steed has hit the ground … sprinting. As the first woman, first Black person and first nurse to serve as Metro’s chief executive, she is on a passionate mission to reverse racial disparities and make sure every person – in Cuyahoga County and beyond – has an equal chance at a long and healthy life. That is just one part of her bold vision for the future of the $1.7 billion, 8,000-employee safety-net health system. As a proud fourth-generation nurse, her initial vision for MetroHealth is focused on excellent patient care, innovation, accelerating growth and health equity. She plans to turn that vision into reality by using her favorite leadership tools: partnering with others and listening. A Listening and Engagement Tour, the central piece of her 100-day-and-beyond plan, has her in ongoing meetings with employees throughout the health system, leaders throughout the state, and community members throughout Cuyahoga County. Dr. Steed, who started on December 5, 2022, took some time from her whirlwind tour to take part in a wide-ranging conversation with Diane Suchetka, MetroHealth’s Senior Manager of External Affairs. This is Part 1 of their conversation.

Duration:00:21:14

It's Somebody's Child Out There

10/5/2021
Every weekday, from a big white box truck parked in the vacant lot at 3370 West 25th Street, MetroHealth’s Project DAWN Expanded Mobile Unit dispenses sterile syringes, Narcan kits, condoms and other supplies to those living with opioid-use disorder. Perhaps most important, the team also dispenses hope – a light in the darkness, a hand to grab and hold until a user finally can say, “I’m ready.” Join us as we spend a day with this incredible team of caregivers. MetroHealth’s Office of Opioid Safety operates the Project DAWN Expanded Mobile Unit, which is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays at 3370 West 25th Street in Cleveland. Anyone can visit, and clients remain anonymous. Find out more about the Office of Opioid Safety by visiting www.metrohealth.org/office-of-opioid-safety

Duration:00:23:14

This is Really What It's About

3/24/2021
The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on our relationships is something that doesn’t get talked about enough. And we are witnessing a mental-health crisis as a result. MetroHealth’s Dr. Robert L. Smith – aka “Dr. Bob” – joins us again to offer his trademark voice of comfort and kindness as he shares his thoughts on COVID’s damage to our relationships and how the pandemic just might be the opportunity we all need to focus on love.

Duration:00:23:36

Welcome to Moms House

3/2/2021
The caregivers in MetroHealth’s Mother and Children Dependency Program have always had a wish: a place, a home – with a “mother hen” – where new moms struggling with substance-use disorder could stay to continue their recovery and healing while also caring for their newborns. … Well, sometimes wishes do come true. … This is an UPDATE of an episode from Season 1 titled “I Feel Like a Monster.” Listen to that episode here: https://soundcloud.com/metrohealth/4-i-feel-like-a-monster

Duration:00:07:59

The Ministers Have a Message

2/24/2021
The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, it’s been rigorously tested, and it works – really, really well. Still, some people may be hesitant to receive it. To build trust within the community, MetroHealth invited faith leaders from around Greater Cleveland to come in, roll up their sleeves and set a lifesaving example for their flocks. Check out a video version of this extraordinary event here: https://vimeo.com/500569138

Duration:00:11:02

"What a Beautiful Day to Start Vaccinating People"

12/17/2020
The vaccine has arrived, the vaccinations have begun and the prescription for hope is finally being filled. Join us for an up-close look at the historic Wednesday when MetroHealth took the first steps in the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Duration:00:17:20

"At the Precipice"

12/12/2020
If all goes according to plan, we are just days away from the arrival of a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Amy Ray, MetroHealth’s Medical Director of Infection Prevention, leads the system’s Vaccine Preparedness Committee, which has been planning for the arrival of a vaccine for months. She shares some of those plans, some important info on the shots and her thoughts on this historic – and hopeful – moment.

Duration:00:12:52

Facing Winter and the Third Wave

11/30/2020
We are exhausted. Caregivers – and everyone else – have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic for nine long months. We’re not only tired, we’re facing a frightening third wave of COVID-19 infections and a long winter ahead. MetroHealth’s Dr. Robert L. Smith, aka “Dr. Bob,” the caregiver for the caregivers, joins us to provide guidance on how to approach the coming days with hope, gratitude and optimism.

Duration:00:27:01

COVID is Collective Trauma

9/15/2020
For the first time in our lifetimes, a crisis has affected every person, every family, every street, town, school, church and business in America. It’s important to label the impact of COVID-19 for what it is: trauma. All of us, individually and collectively, have been traumatized by the coronavirus pandemic. Katie Kurtz, Community Resilience Educator with MetroHealth’s Center for Health Resilience, joins us to explain the collective trauma of COVID-19 and how we can heal and find resilience in days to come.

Duration:00:18:57

A Coronavirus Conversation with the CEO

8/14/2020
More than four months after the crazy, early days of the coronavirus crisis, MetroHealth President and CEO Akram Boutros looks back and takes stock on what we learned, what we did right, some potential regrets, some silver linings, how we plan to help distribute a vaccine, what we fear going forward and how we are going to continue battling racism and health-care injustice.

Duration:00:31:48

Mind the Care Gaps

7/21/2020
The coronavirus crisis put non-urgent health care on hold. Screenings, elective surgeries, tests, well visits and vaccinations were all delayed to keep people from spreading the virus. But the missed, avoided and postponed appointments have created a different potential public health crisis. Dr. Bernie Boulanger, MetroHealth’s Chief Clinical Officer, joined us to discuss “care gaps” and how MetroHealth is trying to close them.

Duration:00:16:00

Fighting Two Pandemics: COVID-19 and Racism

7/15/2020
How do you lead an HR department, responsible for 8,000 employees and thousands of front-line workers, through the worst public-health crisis in memory? How do you push a 183-year-old public health system to face, fight and reverse society’s systemic racism and injustice? Just ask Alan Nevel, MetroHealth’s Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity and Human Resources Officer. He’s doing both jobs … at the same time. Watch the video referenced in this episode here: https://vimeo.com/433983547/772b9a3c56

Duration:00:22:05

"We Would Be Crippled" - Preventing a COVID Tragedy at the County Jail

6/18/2020
Eight of the nation’s top 10 COVID-19 outbreaks have been in jails or prisons. And back in early March, the beleaguered and chronically overcrowded Cuyahoga County Jail seemed to be the perfect petri dish for infection. But thanks to quick action, teamwork and compassion, the jail avoided a coronavirus catastrophe and became a national model for inmate care during the pandemic. Here’s how it happened.

Duration:00:26:09

Caring for Adolescents During the Crisis

6/11/2020
Dr. Margaret Stager, MetroHealth’s Director of the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, talks about caring for teens and young adults during the coronavirus lockdown and afterward.

Duration:00:20:08

A Hospital Chaplain in the Time of COVID-19

5/20/2020
The coronavirus has changed how hospital chaplains do their jobs, but the job itself remains the same: provide emotional and spiritual support to patients and staff, when they need it most. MetroHealth’s Jim Kulma, supervisor of pastoral care, gives us an emotional behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to be a hospital chaplain in the time of COVID-19.

Duration:00:16:39

Caring for the Homeless During COVID-19

5/7/2020
How do you stay at home if you don’t have one? How do you shelter in place when your only place is a shelter? We follow MetroHealth family medicine Drs. Kelly Manger, Rahul Shenoy and Michael Seidman as they crisscross the city to screen homeless members of our community for COVID-19.

Duration:00:09:19

An ER Doc Gets COVID-19

5/4/2020
Dr. Dan Kinker is a second-year resident in emergency medicine. In mid-March, he developed a cough and discovered he had COVID-19. He shares his experience and how things in the MetroHealth Emergency Department have changed since the arrival of the coronavirus.

Duration:00:20:19

Coming Clean About How We Clean

4/28/2020
The small army that keeps every part of a hospital clean – the doorknobs, the elevator buttons, the bathrooms, the patient rooms – they are so much more than sweepers, moppers and wipers. They are healers. MetroHealth Environmental Services Aide Janice Longcoy and Director of Environmental Services and Logistics Thomas Jones share with us how our housekeepers are winning the war against the coronavirus.

Duration:00:14:14