Episodes

  • 'We Can Do Hard Things' A Chat With MetroHealth's New CEO

    'We Can Do Hard Things' A Chat With MetroHealth's New CEO
    Dec 13 2024
    Dr. Christine Alexander-Rager, MetroHealth’s new President and CEO, may be new to the corner office, but she's not new to MetroHealth, not even close. In her 28th year as a family physician at Metro, "Chrissy" as she's known to patients and colleagues, is bringing a patient-first focus to Cleveland's safety-net hospital. She recently sat down and shared her vision, her priorities ... and much more.
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    30 mins
  • A Look Inside the Hospital Morgue

    A Look Inside the Hospital Morgue
    Oct 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.
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    26 mins
  • It's Somebody's Child Out There

    It's Somebody's Child Out There
    Oct 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
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    23 mins
  • This is Really What It's About

    This is Really What It's About
    Mar 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.
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    24 mins
  • Welcome to Moms House

    Welcome to Moms House
    Mar 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
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    8 mins
  • The Ministers Have a Message

    The Ministers Have a Message
    Feb 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
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    11 mins
  • "What a Beautiful Day to Start Vaccinating People"

    "What a Beautiful Day to Start Vaccinating People"
    Dec 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.
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    17 mins
  • "At the Precipice"

    "At the Precipice"
    Dec 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.
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    13 mins