Feb. 3, 2026

Season 3 Trailer

Season 3 Trailer
Season 3

This season I'll be diving into more topics related to patient advocacy: healthcare paperwork, laws that protect patients, how to manage a hospital discharge and more. Of course, there will be amusing personal healthcare stories sprinkled in.


Podcast website: www.drpatientpodcast.com

Podcast email, become a guest: drpatientpodcast@gmail.com

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This is Doctor Patient, a podcast that examines all the aspects of the patient provider relationship.

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I'm your host, Heather Johnston, MD, a real life doctor and patient.

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Well, as the saying goes, it's been a minute since I've sat in this chair with my headphones on to talk to all of you.

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And you know what?

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I am sorry that it's taken me so long to come back to you.

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I'm apparently excellent at letting life get in the way of the things that I mean to do.

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Go figure.

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For those of you joining me for the first time, this is Doctor Patient, a podcast about healthcare in the U.S.

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that largely focuses on the day-to-day experiences of both doctors and patients, but wanders pretty frequently into patient advocacy territory.

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For you newbies, I recommend that you start by listening to season one, episodes one and two, a day in the life of a patient and a day in the life of a doctor.

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To me, these are essential episodes because they lay bare the often shocking details of what it's really like to be living in those shoes.

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And I'm especially hoping that patients will listen to the doctor episode and doctors will listen to the patient episode.

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Understanding each other is step one in working together to figure out how to make this wack-a-doodle healthcare system that we have in the U.S.

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work for all of us.

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This season I'll be sharing some stories of what I've been up to in my own healthcare since last season.

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But I'll also be talking a lot about patient advocacy topics like healthcare paperwork, laws in the U.S.

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that are meant to protect patients, and I'll have a short series on being discharged from the hospital and for caring for someone at home afterwards.

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I hope you'll join me and tune in wherever you listen to podcasts.

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As always, if you have an idea for me or a story to tell, please contact me at drpatientpodcast at gmail.com.

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That's drpatientpodcast at gmail.com.

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Thanks for listening today.

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If you'd like to be a guest or have an idea for an episode, let me know at www.drpatientpodcast.com.

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That's doctorpatientpodcast.com.