I had GPT-3 generate some video topics. It went..... well, just watch the video.

Benefits of Technology discusses the many ways that technology increases the quality of human life with a focus on health, communication, exploration, and learning.

USC legal scholar and author Elyn Saks gives her views on ways of straddling the ethical divide between respecting the autonomy of mental health patients while finding ways to provide appropriate treatment for their conditions.

Elyn Saks, Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC, highlights the challenges of getting mental health patients to take their medication, and the importance of gently encouraging them to do so.

If you hear the word “asylum”, it most likely conjures creepy, horror vibes. Mental hospitals have long been the source of mystery and curiosity, but what if I told you that we need to bring them back. Just...better. Thanks to...

In which John is diagnosed with ebola by the Internet but turns out to be suffering from viral meningitis. How should we imagine novel diseases and how should we combat them? And why do we only focus on diseases that we fear will affect...

A special bonus video in which John Green and Microsoft founder Bill Gates talk about how Ethiopia has reduced its infant mortality dramatically in the past twenty years.

In which John discusses the complicated reasons why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, and along the way reveals some surprising information, including that Americans spend more of...

This video explains the concept of selection bias and how it can lead to false conclusions. Through examples like the story of Abraham Wald and the Simpson Paradox, it demonstrates the importance of understanding data and selecting...

This election season has seen relatively little campaigning on health care reform. Short of the occasional cry to "repeal Obamacare" or the offhand complaint about how much health care costs, there's been relatively little focus on how...

Each year, the Lown Institute gives out the Shkreli Awards, named for disgraced and imprisoned "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli. The awards go to the perpetrators of the most egregious examples of dysfunction and profiteering in healthcare....

Things sometimes go wrong with airbags, food and drugs, prompting recalls. It can also happen with medical devices, though you'd think lifesaving devices like heart defibrillators or artificial hips would be closely monitored.

Measuring safety might actually improve it. Unfortunately, those improvements fade away when the measurement is over. This is Healthcare Triage News.

We ring fence NHS spending and western countries spend ever more on medicine. But a third of all deaths are due to medical intervention and some argue poverty not pathogens makes the biggest difference. Is it a fantasy to believe that...

Up to 25% of health spending in the US is wasteful. Where is that money being lost? What can we do about it?

American healthcare spending is still WAY higher than pretty much all other industrialized countries. But not that long ago, things were different. The US didn't spend nearly as much in this realm. What changed? Demographics? More...

This video showcases the revolutionary design of the Barrera District hospital in Rwanda, which provides high-quality healthcare in even the poorest countries. The hospital's innovative and affordable design addresses the shortage of...

Aside from whatever a visit to the doctor costs you in money, it also costs you in time. A lot of it. Can we make that better? That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.

In this video, viewers will learn about the history of hospital ships and how they have helped save lives throughout the ages.

It turns out, hospital and health system consolidations can result in worse outcomes for patients. These mergers reduce competition, and it turns out that hospitals compete more often on quality than they do on prices. The result is that...

Malpractice is a complicated subject. Studies seem to indicate, however that there are some effective strategies for reducing the costs associated with medical errors.

The medical hospitals established during the American Civil War helped save thousands of lives – and change how the US military cares for troops to this day.

At a time when health care spending seems only to go up, an initiative in California has slashed the prices of many common procedures.

Pay for performance. We've got all the bugs worked out now, right? Yeah... not so much. This is Healthcare triage News.