Before the January 2010 earthquake rattled Haiti, healthcare access for the country's citizens was unreliable, but after the disaster, everything changed. How has an influx of foreign physicians impacted Haiti's healthcare system, and what lessons can the US learn from the proposed public-private partnership solutions in Haiti? Dr. James Wilentz, assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and co-director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research at Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York, volunteered at the General Hospital in Port Au Prince shortly after the disaster struck, and explains the downsides to well-intentioned humanitarian aid. Hosted by Dr. Jack Lewin.
From Haiti to the US: Public-Private Partnerships in Healthcare

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Before the January 2010 earthquake rattled Haiti, healthcare access for the country's citizens was unreliable, but after the disaster, everything changed. How has an influx of foreign physicians impacted Haiti's healthcare system, and what lessons can the US learn from the proposed public-private partnership solutions in Haiti? Dr. James Wilentz, assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and co-director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research at Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York, volunteered at the General Hospital in Port Au Prince shortly after the disaster struck, and explains the downsides to well-intentioned humanitarian aid. Hosted by Dr. Jack Lewin.
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