Episode Transcript
The following is a summary of this episode.
Researchers at University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ keep their eyes on the big picture by tackling population-sized problems and ensuring their efforts add up to substantial impacts on public health. They pore over surveys from thousands of patients to understand their experiences with health care or meticulously test how many seconds a new technology can shave off a clinician’s administrative burden. Backed by their expertise, careful testing, and extensive data, their discoveries are changing health care practice and helping large segments of the population—from thousands to millions—address pervasive health issues to live better, healthier lives.
In this episode, host Kyle Wheeler interviews Rachel Hess, MD and .
Dr. Hess is the director of the (HSIR) program at University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and is also a professor of Internal Medicine and Population ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Sciences. She is board certified in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Bress is trained as a cardiovascular clinical pharmacist. He is an Associate Professor of Population ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Sciences with Tenure in the Division of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ System Innovation and Research. He’s also an Investigator at the VA Salt Lake City ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Care System.
Drs. Hess and Bress discuss general concepts of why population health science is a necessary area of research and illuminate how better health for everyone can be achieved only when we ask population level questions. They also discuss their work on blood pressure protocols that played a role in changing clinical guidelines for intervention in 2017.
For more on discoveries and innovations from University of Utah scientists that have had an impact on population health, visit .