# health system (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover health system. Page: Feed: --- ## [Alzheimer’s Care Could Change Overnight. Are We Ready?](https://solvingalzheimers.substack.com/p/alzheimers-care-could-change-overnight-are-we-ready) _2026-08-20 · Phil Coticelli · Solving Alzheimer's_ A Milken Institute report offers a clear view of how far blood tests have come, and why coverage can’t wait. ## [Two Moms, Two Hardships, One Comfort Show](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/comfort-shows-grief) _2026-08-18 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ How The Summer I Turned Pretty gave us hope and solace through pregnancy loss and a child’s illness. ## [Why we need metapolicy](https://restate.substack.com/p/why-we-need-metapolicy) _2026-08-18 · Joe Hill · Re:State_ What the state capacity field can learn from metascience ## [What Global Health Chooses to Cool](https://habibbenzian.substack.com/p/what-global-health-chooses-to-cool) _2026-08-18 · Habib Benzian · The Global Health Paradox_ Cold chains, exposed bodies and the politics of temperature ## [The mental health system is on trial with Lindsay Clancy](https://penelopetrunk.substack.com/p/the-mental-health-system-is-on-trial) _2026-08-18 · Penelope Trunk · Penelope Trunk_ Lindsay Clancy is on trial for strangling her three children, but her lawyers are putting the mental health system on trail. ## [The Contract That Isn't](https://physemp.substack.com/p/the-contract-that-isnt) _2026-08-16 · Healthcare Briefly · Healthcare Briefly_ Courts and legislators are dismantling the noncompete — and most health systems built their whole retention plan on it ## [The IEP the school writes protects the school. The IEP you fight for protects your kid.](https://penelopetrunk.substack.com/p/the-iep-the-school-writes-protects) _2026-08-13 · Penelope Trunk · Penelope Trunk_ Come to a discussion on this topic tomorrow! ## [Charting a Course to Improve Care Across America](https://solvingalzheimers.substack.com/p/charting-a-course-to-improve-care-across-america) _2026-08-13 · Solving Alzheimer's_ As Florida's Secretary of Elder Affairs and Chair of the Federal Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s, I helped finalize the new recommendations for our national strategy — now the hard work begins. ## [Most autism evaluations are useless. Get one for your kid anyway.](https://penelopetrunk.substack.com/p/most-autism-evaluations-are-useless) _2026-08-12 · Penelope Trunk · Penelope Trunk_ Parents think an evaluation is a moment of truth: you pay an expert, the expert gives you answers. ## [10 Ways the Maternal Health System Could Better Serve Moms](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/10-ways-the-maternal-health-system) _2026-08-12 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ The maternal health system was built for mothers. So why doesn’t it always feel like it? ## [Point once, get highlights (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HZEXfQVS1vZu) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Get minutes worth watching from a whole game — point once ## [Let’s Take a Walk](https://habibbenzian.substack.com/p/lets-take-a-walk) _2026-08-11 · Habib Benzian · The Global Health Paradox_ On streets, systems, and the quiet normalisation of inequality ## [Physicians' Newest Competitor Never Sleeps, Never Bills, and Is Frequently Wrong](https://physemp.substack.com/p/physicians-newest-competitor-never) _2026-08-09 · Healthcare Briefly · Healthcare Briefly_ The algorithm got the first appointment. The doctor gets the part that requires a spine. ## [It’s ‘a song and a prayer’: hidden cost of 1,300 unfilled nursing jobs](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wpcomstaging.com/2026/08/08/its-a-song-and-a-prayer-hidden-cost-of-1300-unfilled-nursing-jobs/) _2026-08-08 · otaihangasecondopinion · Otaihanga Second Opinion_ ‘A song and a prayer’ is an interesting phrase. It combines a song (words set to music) and a prayer (a petition or address to God). Biblically, by combining emotional expression with spiritual devotion, it refers to the idea that music can serve as a form of prayer. ‘A song and a prayer’ has been Continue reading "It’s ‘a song and a prayer’: hidden cost of 1,300 unfilled nursing jobs" ## [A Donor Dollar is not A Domestic Dollar](https://fiscalhealthinsights.substack.com/p/a-donor-dollar-is-not-a-domestic) _2026-08-07 · Afeef Mahmood · Fiscal Health Insights_ Why the same amount of money may not buy the same health service ## [The Re:View 7 August 2026](https://restate.substack.com/p/the-review-7-august-2026) _2026-08-07 · Re:State · Re:State_ It’s been less than three weeks since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister. Feels like much longer, right? It is remarkable how quick the new leadership have been to act and launch new policies. ## [Why We Ask 55-Year Olds About Their Memory](https://solvingalzheimers.substack.com/p/why-we-ask-55-year-olds-about-their-memory) _2026-08-06 · Solving Alzheimer's_ Inside Tufts Medicine's pilot to make early detection possible at scale. ## [Why procurement shouldn’t be based on social value](https://restate.substack.com/p/why-procurement-shouldnt-be-based) _2026-08-05 · Joe Hill · Re:State_ Analysing the Government’s procurement policy changes ## [How My Postpartum Anxiety Shaped the Therapist I Became](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/how-my-postpartum-anxiety-shaped) _2026-08-05 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ My experience with postpartum anxiety changed the course of my career—and taught me how to sit beside mothers and help them feel less alone. ## [We travel. But do we unpack?](https://habibbenzian.substack.com/p/we-travel-but-do-we-unpack) _2026-08-04 · Habib Benzian · The Global Health Paradox_ Dépaysement, mobility, and the practice of global health ## [My friends review the book I just wrote](https://penelopetrunk.substack.com/p/my-friends-review-the-book-i-just) _2026-08-04 · Penelope Trunk · Penelope Trunk_ Spoiler: Maybe it’s not a book. ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NU3t7weOOqNN) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Getting serious about social care](https://restate.substack.com/p/getting-serious-about-social-care) _2026-08-03 · Charlotte Pickles · Re:State_ Three reasons why a Later Life Care Fund is the right answer ## [The Infrastructure Divide](https://physemp.substack.com/p/the-infrastructure-divide) _2026-08-02 · Healthcare Briefly · Healthcare Briefly_ 39% of health systems have a retention strategy. The rest are hoping for the best. ## [I stole a cello and wrote a book](https://penelopetrunk.substack.com/p/i-stole-a-cello-and-wrote-a-book) _2026-08-01 · Penelope Trunk · Penelope Trunk_ I just finished a book about the last eight years of my life. ## [A microscopic view that highlights worsening crisis in public hospitals](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wpcomstaging.com/2026/08/01/a-microscopic-view-that-highlights-worsening-crisis-in-public-hospitals/) _2026-08-01 · otaihangasecondopinion · Otaihanga Second Opinion_ There are occasions when a crisis in a particular hospital department provides a microscopic insight into the wider crisis across all of Aotearoa New Zealand’s acute public hospitals. One such occasion was an article by experienced Stuff journalist Janine Rankin published in the Manawatu Standard on 18 July: Orthopaedic department nears breaking point. Journalist Janine Rankin Continue reading "A… ## [The Re:View 31 July 2026](https://restate.substack.com/p/the-review-31-july-2026) _2026-07-31 · Simon Kaye · Re:State_ Happy fiscal devo day to all of our readers who celebrate (most of you, I imagine?). ## [Getting to Diagnosis in Weeks, Not Years](https://solvingalzheimers.substack.com/p/getting-to-diagnosis-in-weeks-not-years) _2026-07-30 · Solving Alzheimer's · Solving Alzheimer's_ Two family physicians at the University of Kansas Medical Center on the brain health pathway that is transforming Alzheimer’s detection. ## [How to buy British](https://restate.substack.com/p/how-to-buy-british) _2026-07-30 · Joe Hill · Re:State_ The Governments plans for procurement reform ## [The revolution-in-progress](https://restate.substack.com/p/the-revolution-in-progress) _2026-07-29 · Simon Kaye · Re:State_ Today, we publish 'Devolution revolution: the case for radicalism', written with Jack Shaw of Groundwork Research. ## [Let's Talk About Men and Miscarriage](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/hows-your-wife-doing) _2026-07-28 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ On fatherhood, pregnancy loss, and the partners we fail to see. ## [Why Dentistry Thinks It Is Different](https://habibbenzian.substack.com/p/why-dentistry-thinks-it-is-different) _2026-07-28 · Habib Benzian · The Global Health Paradox_ And why health systems were happy to agree ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jtoXTkbGZ56f) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [Public hospitals increasingly dependent on ‘place-holder senior doctors](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wpcomstaging.com/2026/07/27/public-hospitals-increasingly-dependent-on-place-holder-senior-doctors/) _2026-07-27 · otaihangasecondopinion · Otaihanga Second Opinion_ The word locums originates from the Latin term ‘locum tenens’ which means ‘to hold the place of.’ Medical doctors and the clergy are where they are most likely to be found. Aotearoa New Zealand’s public hospitals operated by Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) are becoming increasingly dependent on ‘place-holder’ (locum) senior doctors (largely medical specialists). Continue reading "Public… ## [Three Pipelines, No Coordination](https://physemp.substack.com/p/three-pipelines-no-coordination) _2026-07-26 · Healthcare Briefly · Healthcare Briefly_ The physician supply chain spreadsheets are lying to themselves ## [Contracting Out Health Services: The PFM Blind Spot Governments Can No Longer Ignore](https://fiscalhealthinsights.substack.com/p/contracting-out-health-services-the) _2026-07-25 · Afeef Mahmood · Fiscal Health Insights_ As governments increasingly rely on NGOs, private providers and autonomous entities, public financial management must move beyond tracking payments to understanding what the state is actually buying. ## [The Re:View 24 July 2026](https://restate.substack.com/p/the-review-24-july-2026) _2026-07-24 · Alex Walker · Re:State_ This week, the UK got a new Prime Minister – its seventh in a decade. He is, he says, committed to “the remaking of the British state”. It’s a good line: our strapline here at Re:State is “bold ideas to remake the State”. We’ve long argued that the culture, structure, and operation of the British State hold the country back, and that fundamental reform is needed to improve its functioning and… ## [Medicare Wants Your Input](https://solvingalzheimers.substack.com/p/medicare-wants-your-input) _2026-07-23 · Solving Alzheimer's_ Here's how to weigh in on Alzheimer's care coverage. ## [Your country needs you](https://restate.substack.com/p/your-country-needs-you) _2026-07-23 · Joe Hill · Re:State_ Why you should join the Mid-Career Fast Stream ## [The Woman Who Wore My Engagement Ring](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/the-woman-who-wore-my-engagement) _2026-07-21 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ For years I told myself diapers kept me from wearing my engagement ring. The truth was far more complicated. ## [Nobody Sees Global Health Whole](https://habibbenzian.substack.com/p/nobody-sees-global-health-whole) _2026-07-21 · Habib Benzian · The Global Health Paradox_ Neither do I ## [Building No 10 North](https://restate.substack.com/p/building-no-10-north) _2026-07-21 · Simon Kaye · Re:State_ A plan to ensure that this is something more than a slice of Whitehall with a Manchester postcode ## [The Shortcut That Requires More Steps](https://physemp.substack.com/p/the-shortcut-that-requires-more-steps) _2026-07-19 · Healthcare Briefly · Healthcare Briefly_ AI was supposed to save time. The math isn't mathing. ## [Early Enough to Count](https://solvingalzheimers.substack.com/p/early-enough-to-count) _2026-07-16 · Phil Coticelli · Solving Alzheimer's_ Five people with Alzheimer's on what it means to catch it early. ## [What the Moon Taught Me About Motherhood](https://becomingmomrealtalk.substack.com/p/what-the-moon-taught-me-about-motherhood) _2026-07-14 · Vaughan | Becoming Mom · Becoming Mom_ The magic was there all along; I just needed to notice it. 💫 🌖 ## [The Diseases Global Health Can Hear](https://habibbenzian.substack.com/p/the-diseases-global-health-can-hear) _2026-07-14 · Habib Benzian · The Global Health Paradox_ The epidemic mind of global health, and what it struggles to hear ## [When Nurses Strike, Physicians Feel the Tremors](https://physemp.substack.com/p/when-nurses-strike-physicians-feel) _2026-07-12 · Healthcare Briefly · Healthcare Briefly_ Turns out the load-bearing wall in healthcare was nursing all along ## [Hospital laboratory privatisation unsustainable; leaving with a “heavy heart”](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wpcomstaging.com/2026/07/12/hospital-laboratory-privatisation-unsustainable-leaving-with-a-heavy-heart/) _2026-07-12 · otaihangasecondopinion · Otaihanga Second Opinion_ On 27 June the Otago Daily Times published a powerful paywalled article by journalist Matthew Littlewood on the concerns of a leading highly experienced blood cancer laboratory scientist who was resigning his position at Dunedin Hospital to take up a new position in Brisbane’s Princess Alexandria Hospital. The resignation was with a “heavy heart” and Continue reading "Hospital laboratory… ## [I took my son to a pain clinic and every parent there was autistic](https://penelopetrunk.substack.com/p/i-took-my-son-to-a-pain-clinic-and) _2026-07-12 · Penelope Trunk · Penelope Trunk_ Two years into Z’s head injury we went to a pain clinic. The program was for families with a teenager in chronic pain, and people flew in from all over the country. Z was the only musician who couldn’t play music anymore. But there was an all-state field hockey player who hadn’t played in years but still went to every practice. There was a girl who'd been a ballerina her whole life and then… ## [You don't care about your weakness + personality type post](https://penelopetrunk.substack.com/p/you-dont-care-about-your-weakness) _2026-07-10 · Penelope Trunk · Penelope Trunk_ Once you know your personality type, you read what you’re bad at and you think: so what? ## [Introducing Ahead of Alzheimer’s](https://solvingalzheimers.substack.com/p/introducing-ahead-of-alzheimers) _2026-07-09 · Phil Coticelli · Solving Alzheimer's_ An uplifting new show to raise the volume on early detection ## [The Republic of Coca-Cola](https://habibbenzian.substack.com/p/the-republic-of-coca-cola) _2026-07-07 · Habib Benzian · The Global Health Paradox_ What if one of the most powerful states in global health has no flag, no voters, and no obligation to either? ## [The Hospital Is Losing Its Grip](https://physemp.substack.com/p/the-hospital-is-losing-its-grip) _2026-07-05 · Healthcare Briefly · Healthcare Briefly_ CRNAs are leaving, Medicare isn't budging, and someone's phone is about to ring at 2am.