What if the healthcare system was never actually designed to make you healthy?

Dr. Zeev Neuwirth spent decades inside major health systems as a physician, Chief Medical Officer, and Population Health Officer. What he found there shocked him, then frustrated him, then ultimately set him free.

In this conversation, Dr. Neuwirth breaks down three phases of his career-long awakening: from realizing that even world-class hospitals were failing patients relationally, to discovering that improving healthcare delivery was not the same as improving health, to his most unsettling realization of all: that the entire system, including much of the wellness industry, is built around consumption rather than creation.

This is one of the most riveting conversations we have had on Thrive on Plants. We ran out of time before we ran out of ideas. Part 2 is coming.

What We Cover

Why the US ranks 40th in lifespan and 80th in healthy adjusted life years despite spending over $5 trillion on healthcare annually
The Groundhog Day moment that changed Dr. Neuwirth's career trajectory
Why willpower is the least reliable health tool you have and what actually works instead
The three reframes that shift you from self-blame to self-protection
How your social environment is shaping your health behaviors, whether you realize it or not
The wellness industrial complex: when the solution becomes part of the problem

About Dr. Zeev Neuwirth

Dr. Zeev Neuwirth is a physician, healthcare executive, and author of Reframing Healthcare. He is the host of the podcast Creating a New Healthcare and spent decades in senior leadership roles at major US health systems, including Atrium Health (now Advocate Health), one of the three largest health systems in the country. His work sits at the intersection of healthcare systems reform, behavior change science, and personal health agency.

Connect with Dr. Zeev Neuwirth

X: https://x.com/ZeevNeuwirth

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeevneuwirth

Apple Podcast: https://www.creatinganewhealthcare.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bU0A671AbKoeKIKLlaKSk

Amazon (books): https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07NK5YP7H

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