Your Health University Podcast

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The Your Health University Podcast explores the ever-evolving world of healthcare, bringing together industry leaders, medical professionals, and business innovators to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and breakthroughs in patient care. Hosted by Jamie Preston, this podcast highlights real-world strategies that improve healthcare delivery, from primary care and chronic disease management to hospice, senior living, and emerging medical technologies. Each episode features insightful conversations with experts who are challenging the status quo and redefining how healthcare is delivered. Whether you’re a provider, healthcare executive, or someone passionate about improving patient outcomes, the Your Health University Podcast provides valuable discussions and practical insights to help you stay ahead in the industry. Tune in to stay informed, inspired, and equipped to drive meaningful change in healthcare.

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August 17, 202625 min

Is Peptide Therapy Actually Working? The Data Says…

What actually happens to a patient a year into real, supervised peptide therapy? In the final episode of our peptides series, Dr. Melissa Jones and host Jamie Preston close the loop on the story that opened this whole series — and get honest about what changed, what didn't, and what every provider and patient still needs to know. This episode goes beyond the science into the human side of the story: what it actually feels like when chronic pain resolves, when weight loss becomes life-changing rather than cosmetic, and when a skeptical clinician becomes one of the most passionate advocates in the building. Jamie also shares his own journey — turning 50, managing diabetes, and reaching his goal weight — as a real example of what supervised, responsible care can look like over time. In this episode, you'll hear: An update on the chronic pain patient from Episode 1 — where he is now, and what's kept his results sustainable What the actual clinical data shows about supervised BPC-157 therapy, and where its limits are Why GLP-1 success is about far more than the number on the scale — confidence, mobility, and mental health The advice Dr. Jones gives new providers who feel nervous bringing up peptides with patients The single biggest myth about peptides she wants to put to rest for good The three things every patient should understand before they ever start a peptide This is the episode that ties the whole series together — not as a sales pitch for peptides, but as a case for doing this the right way, with the right people, for the right reasons. It's the last episode in this run, but it won't be the last time we talk about this. www.YourHealth.Org

August 10, 202633 min

From Guesswork to Precision: How Peptides Actually Get Prescribed

What if the peptide you just ordered online isn't wrong — it's just wrong for you? In Episode 2 of our peptides series, clinical pharmacist Dr. Melissa Jones takes us inside the actual decision-making process providers use to match a peptide to a patient, and why skipping that process is how people end up wasting money, or worse, hurting themselves. Host Jamie Preston and Dr. Jones dig into the real science: what a peptide is, how peptides signal the body, and why a healthy foundation — hormones and gut health — has to come before any peptide is even considered. From there, they cover the wide menu of options (tissue repair, skin and hair, sexual health, growth hormone support, metabolic health, sleep and stress) and what it actually means to “stack” or “cycle” peptides responsibly. In this episode, you'll hear: Why there isn't — and won't be — one peptide that does it all, and what that means for how providers build a plan How stacking and cycling actually work, and where cost becomes a real factor in the decision The difference between FDA-approved peptide uses (like Tesamorelin for visceral fat) and the anecdotal dosing happening across the wellness world The real danger in reconstituting and self-dosing peptides ordered online, explained in plain terms What responsible, supervised GLP-1 (Mounjaro, Ozempic, tirzepatide) therapy looks like — and what goes wrong with compounded, unregulated versions The specific list of patients who should avoid peptides or use extra caution, and why providers need to know it cold If you've ever wondered whether a peptide could actually help you — or wondered what your provider is really weighing before saying yes — this episode gives you the real answer, not the Instagram version. www.YourHealth.Org

August 3, 202632 min

Instagram Is Not Your Pharmacist: The Peptide Misinformation Problem

You've seen the ads. You've heard the buzz. But do you actually know what peptides are — or what they're doing inside your body? In this first episode of a three-part series, Jamie Preston sits down with Dr. Melissa Jones, a 25-year clinical pharmacist and VP at Your Health, to lay the foundation every patient and provider needs before entering the peptide conversation. Dr. Jones brings rare credibility to this space — she didn't come in as a believer, she came in as a scientist who was challenged to learn, and what she found changed how she practices. What you'll hear in this episode: Why insulin is a peptide — and why that means peptides have been in your medicine cabinet for years How BPC 157 and TB 500 work together to signal the body to heal — and the real patient stories behind that science Why GLP-1 medications like Mounjaro and Ozempic are peptides, and how they actually produce weight loss The difference between peptides and steroids (hint: one sends signals, one messes with your hormones) Why "research use only" labels are a red flag — and why compounding pharmacies matter more than you think What providers need to start asking patients right now Whether you're a patient who's been curious or a provider who's been hesitant, this episode gives you the grounded, evidence-informed starting point you've been looking for. Part two goes even deeper — but this is where it begins. www.YourHealth.Org

July 27, 202650 min

The Ambassadors: Purpose Path in Action

What if the biggest driver of a good patient experience has nothing to do with the patient at all — at least not at first? In this episode, Jamie sits down with four leaders behind Your Health's new Ambassador program: Rebecca Dillard (Chief Patient Experience Officer), Eddie Caldwell (VP of Talent & Workforce Strategy), Stephanie Martin (Executive Director of Employee Performance), and Whitney Myers (Executive Field Director of Patient Experience). Together they built a 36-person volunteer network designed to move Your Health's values off the wall and into everyday conversations. • Why colleague experience has to come before patient experience — not after it • The five-part Ambassador framework — Observe, Encourage, Celebrate, Listen, Connect — and which piece each guest personally underestimated • How Eddie has changed what he listens for in job interviews to hire for culture fit, not just skill • The simple three-word question — “tell me more” — that's changing how the team listens to understand instead of listening to respond • Why Purpose Partners, a peer-support network launched at the Ambassador retreat, is built to outlast the excitement of any single training day This is a conversation about what culture change actually requires — not slogans, but sustained, person-to-person influence. Press play to hear what a good “ordinary Tuesday” looks like when a culture initiative actually works. www.YourHealth.Org

July 20, 202636 min

Data Driven Outcomes Part 2 with Brodie Wall

A scale. A phone call at the end of the week. A data alert at 6 a.m. Monday morning. These aren't high-tech fantasies — they're the tools that are quietly keeping people out of hospitals and in their homes. In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Jamie and Brody Wall, Division President of Operations at Your Health, go inside what data-driven care actually looks like on the ground — for the staff delivering it and the patients whose lives depend on it. This episode is less about the architecture of the system and more about what happens when you turn it on. Jamie and Brody cover: The Monday and Tuesday ER spike — and what the data revealed about a weekend coverage gap that was hiding in plain sight How remote patient monitoring caught a CHF patient's five-pound weight gain before it became a Monday emergency room visit — and what that prevented What staff data reveals about burnout, scheduling, and where care quietly falls through the cracks The math that should change how every healthcare organization operates: $800,000 in proactive primary care versus $16 million in hospitalizations for the same 800 patients A hip fracture story — and the 80% mortality statistic behind it — that captures everything Your Health is trying to prevent before it ever becomes a catastrophe This episode is about what it looks like when an organization decides that data isn't there to watch over people — it's there to protect them. If you have a parent, a patient, or a neighbor who deserves this kind of care, share this episode with them. www.YourHealth.Org

July 13, 202621 min

Data Driven Outcomes with Brodie Wall

The American healthcare system is built around a simple idea: get sick, get treated. But what if the problem isn't how we treat illness — it's that we've never seriously tried to prevent it? In this first installment of a two-part conversation , Jamie sits down with Brody Wall, Division President of Operations at Your Health , to trace the arc from a broken, reactive healthcare system to one where data tells you what's coming before the patient even knows something is wrong. Brody's path to healthcare wasn't through a textbook — it was through a father who was a Methodist minister and a mother who spent her career caring for underprivileged children. The mission was always there. The data just became the most honest way to fulfill it. In Part 1, Jamie and Brody cover: Why fee-for-service healthcare financially rewards volume of sick visits — not health — and how that one incentive structure explains why 17-20% of America's GDP goes to healthcare costs with outcomes that still lag behind other developed nations What Your Health was flying blind on before it committed to building a real data infrastructure — and what gut-feeling decisions look like when data finally proves them wrong How social determinants of health (Z codes) and behavioral health conditions (F codes) reveal which patients are actually at the highest risk of hospitalization The finding that changed everything: patients with four or more behavioral health conditions were ten times more likely to have multiple ER visits — and the clinical response that followed This isn't just a conversation about numbers. It's about what happens when an organization decides that preventing the crisis matters more than reacting to it. Part 2 drops next week. www.YourHealth.Org

July 6, 202631 min

Building Interns Who Build the Company with Heather Bower

Most companies recruit interns to take work off someone's plate. Your Health does the opposite — and it's why several of its current executives, including a Chief Information Officer, first walked in the door as interns. In this episode, Jamie sits down with Heather Bower, Director of Experiential Learning, who has taken the reins of Your Health's internship, mentorship, preceptorship, and apprenticeship programs. Heather shares how a long-standing program is being rebuilt with structure, data, and intention — organized into semester cohorts, anchored by a four-day all-company orientation, and designed so every intern owns a project with genuine stakes. In this conversation, you'll hear: Why "get interns because they're cheap" is exactly the wrong spirit — and what replaces it How one MBA intern's shadowing experience redirected him toward nursing school The "spreadsheet whisperer" intern who taught regional leadership to pull data faster What surprises interns most once they're inside healthcare: the human complexity How Your Health uses feedback loops to move interns toward roles where they'll actually shine If you're early in your career and unsure where you fit, this episode is a map to possibilities you may not know exist. Press play and rethink what an internship can really be. www.YourHealth.Org

June 29, 202634 min

Let's Get Political, with Dr. Jimmie Williamson

Sixty percent of Medicare's mental health workforce is made up of clinical social workers — and they're being reimbursed at 75 cents on the dollar compared to clinical psychologists. That's not a footnote. That's a workforce crisis hiding in plain sight. In this episode, Jamie sits down with Dr. Jimmy Williamson — social worker, NASW Vice President, and seasoned Capitol Hill advocate — for one of the most practical, non-partisan conversations about politics and healthcare you'll hear anywhere. Jimmy just returned from a full day of lobbying on the Hill, and he breaks down exactly what that looks like, what's at stake, and why every healthcare employee — not just the C-suite — has a role to play. You'll hear: Why clinical social workers are fighting to move their Medicare reimbursement rate from 75% to 85% — and how it would actually save Medicare $420 million How the Department of Education's reclassification of nursing and social work is quietly capping the next generation's borrowing limits and shrinking the workforce pipeline The Farm Bill's Hot Foods Act and why a working single mother's ability to buy a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store is a healthcare issue Why politicians want to hear from constituents — and how to get your voice in front of the right people without spending hours doing it The first move anyone can make this week to stop being a bystander and start being a citizen This episode won't make you angry. It'll make you want to make a phone call. www.YourHealth.Org

June 22, 202631 min

Trust, On Schedule With Whitney Dillard and Alexis Reuter

What if the biggest obstacle to great patient care wasn't a clinical problem at all — but a zip code? At Your Health, patients on opposite ends of the same zip code could mean an hour of unnecessary drive time, surprise visits, and the slow erosion of trust every time a provider couldn't say exactly when they'd arrive. In this episode, Jamie sits down with Whitney Dillard, ACT Executive Director, and Alexis Reuter, Executive Director of Training , to unpack how a homegrown scheduling tool changed everything. Both came to healthcare from unexpected places — Whitney challenged her CNA boards without schooling; Alexis started at a spa front desk — and that outsider's clarity shows in how they rethought the entire scheduling experience. In this conversation, you'll hear: Why scheduling by zip code was quietly sabotaging both providers and patients The "aha moment" when a tool went from nice-to-have to non-negotiable How real care managers were brought in to "break the tool" and shape what it became Why predictable scheduling rebuilds trust in a patient's most sensitive space — their home How proactive, geolocated visits make preventative care actually work in rural Georgia and South Carolina Press play to hear how the right tool — and the right team — turned scheduling into a competitive advantage for patient trust. www.YourHealth.Org

June 15, 202636 min

What If Your Company Trained You to Outgrow Your Job?

What if educating your people so well that they could leave was exactly the point? At Your Health, that's not a risk to manage — it's the philosophy that built an entire learning ecosystem. In this episode, Jamie talks with Aubrey Wall , who came to Your Health from a background in education and now leads Your Health University, the organization's learning management system and continuous-development engine. Aubrey brings an educator's eye to a fast-evolving healthcare environment, where best practice changes by the day and meeting patients where they are demands that staff never stop learning. Here's what you'll hear: Why a healthcare company runs 12-month, Department of Labor–registered apprenticeships — including programs in management, value-based care, population health, and hospice aide preparation How gamification is being built into nurse instruction (straight from Aubrey's dissertation research) The difference between Your Health University (your classroom) and the Hub (your resource library) How LinkedIn Learning delivered roughly $4.2 million in CEUs to staff last year Meeting Leah — the new AI assistant that helps employees find exactly the right course If you've ever believed growing your people is a cost rather than the whole point, this conversation will change how you think. Press play, then go ask Leah a question. www.YourHealth.Org