Interviews • Podcasts • Talks
Wait times for doctor’s appointments at all-time high
NBC Nightly News | April 27, 2024
In the nation’s 15 largest cities, it takes nearly a month to see a new physician or heart doctor, and more than a month to see an OB/GYN. NBC News speaks with one doctor who says the situation is a crisis.
Death By 1,000 Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong
Fortune & Kaiser Health News | March 18, 2019
The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the system is an unholy mess. Inside a digital revolution that took a bad turn.
Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything)
October 4, 2018
I'm a physician at Stanford University and a medical journalist. Here to talk America's disjointed system of medical records, writing, and beyond. AMA.
Alumni Profile: Ilana Yurkiewicz (YC’10)
Yale Scientific Magazine | January 6, 2024
Writer, Copy Editor, News Editor, Features Editor, and eventually Editor-in-Chief: during her time at Yale, Ilana Yurkiewicz (YC ’10) wore many hats at the Yale Scientific Magazine (YSM). But she didn’t leave science writing behind after graduation.
Finding a Doctor After Cancer: A Conversation with Ilana Yurkiewicz
Health After Cancer Podcast | July 31, 2023
Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD, discusses opening her innovative clinic that manages cancer survivorship issues and primary care in one place.
Barriers to Accessing Medical Records for Patients and Providers, and How That Harms Care
Review of Systems Podcast | January 8, 2019
How long have we all, collectively in healthcare, spent on hold with medical records departments, listening to mind-numbing muzac or assembled around the fax machine, waiting for your patient’s crucial imaging reports or culture results from another hospital to come through?
The Heartbreaking Cost of Fragmented Care
The Undark Podcast | October 4, 2018
“And I think that’s the crux of the story right there, is that we do all of this work and then the records go missing. They vanish.”
Get to know Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD
Postcall Podcast | June 4, 2019
In this bonus edition, MDedge postcasts' voice Nick Andrews brings an interview from our sister show, the Postcall Podcast with Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD.
Ilana Yurkiewicz on Writing and Medicine
Medtech Boston | March 10, 2015
“Writing for the public has two goals: I value doing personal and reflective pieces. But writing is also an agent for change.”
Introducing: Ilana Yurkiewicz
Scientific American | February 7, 2013
“Sometimes if I am having a good conversation with someone, I think: this person should be writing. A good conversation reaches one person, or maybe a handful. Writing gets to many.”
M.D.s in the Family
White Coat, Black Art, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio | December 21, 2012
An interview with sisters Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz and Dr. Shara Yurkiewicz.
Selected Episodes
The Best of Clinical Correlation | January 2, 2020
Delivering Bad News to Patients | October 24, 2019
Difficult conversations Part 1: “How long do I have left?” | September 26, 2019
Difficult conversations Part 2: Ending curative therapy even when the family wants it | October 3, 2019
Difficult conversations Part 3: “What would you do if this were your family member?” | October 10, 2019
All Episodes
A hematology-oncology podcast from MDedge | January 31, 2019
Biosimilars | February 7, 2019
ESMO 2018 And More | February 14, 2019
How To Read and Review Scientific Papers | February 21, 2019
KATHERINE Trial And Breast Cancer | February 28, 2019
Anticoagulation In Cancer | March 7, 2019
Treating Lymphoma In Patients With HIV | March 14, 2019
Sickle Cell Treatment, Part I | March 21, 2019
Sickle Cell Treatment, Part II | March 28, 2019
Breast Cancer, CDK4/6 Inhibitors | April 4, 2019
Anemia In Cancer | April 11, 2019
Drug Development Stats And Research | April 18, 2019
ASCO GI 2019 | April 25, 2019
CAR T-Cell Therapy: Development To Access | May 2, 2019
ITP: When And How, Pregnant Patients | May 9, 2019
Lung cancer: PD, PDL-1, and Immunotherapy | May 16, 2019
Hazard ratio? P value? | May 23, 2019
Cancer-Related Fatigue | May 30, 2019
Ask about Constipation, Calling Patients in the Middle of the Night | June 6, 2019
Patient-Reported Outcomes In Cancer | June 13, 2019
Welcome to Cancerland with David Scadden, MD | June 20, 2019
Bloodless Medicine, Iron Deficiency, and ASCO Reflections | June 27, 2019
Emergency Oncology: ICYMI | July 4, 2019
Financial Toxicity of Cancer; the Illusion of Treatment Options | July 11, 2019
Pancreatic Cancer and Clinical Trials | July 17, 2019
Polypharmacy In Older Cancer Patients | July 23, 2019
Cancer Trials In The Community | August 1, 2019
The Pitfalls of P-Values | August 8, 2019
Geriatric Oncology | August 15, 2019
ASCO 2019 Breast Cancer Update | August 22, 2019
GI Malignancy Case Review | August 27, 2019
Decoding The Mystery Of The Meta-Analysis | September 5, 2019
Castleman Disease: Dr. David Fajgenbaum Chases His Cure | September 10, 2019
Updated ASCO Guidelines For VTE In Cancer | September 17, 2019
'How Long Do I Have Left?' Difficult Conversations For Trainees (Part 1) | September 26, 2019
Ending Curative Therapy Even When The Family Wants It (Part 2) | October 3, 2019
What Would You Do If This Were Your Family Member? (Part 3) | October 10, 2019
Choosing a Melanoma Therapy With Dr. Justine Cohen | October 17, 2019
Delivering Bad News To Patients | October 24, 2019
Reader Beware: Interpreting Post Hoc Analyses | October 31, 2019
Immunotherapy In Lung Cancer With Dr. Jack West, Part 1 | November 7, 2019
Immunotherapy In Lung Cancer With Dr. Jack West, Part 2 | November 14, 2019
Breast Cancer Case Review With Dr. Jame Abraham | November 21, 2019
The Human Side of Clinical Care From Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz | November 28, 2019
ASH 2019 Preview: Potentially Practice-Changing Studies | December 5, 2019
2019 Drug Approvals In Hematology-Oncology | December 12, 2019
ASCO President On Uniting The Oncology Field | December 19, 2019
ICYMI: Get to Know Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz | December 26, 2019
The Best of Clinical Correlation | January 2, 2020
Palliative Care: Not Just Another Word For Hospice | January 9, 2020
Practice-Changing Research In GI Cancer | January 16, 2020
Sickle Cell Update: Treating Pain and Progress Toward Cure | January 23, 2020
ASH19 Special Report | January 30, 2020
Understanding Biosimilars | February 6, 2020
When To Refer For CAR T-Cell Therapy | February 13, 2020
Treatment Tips In CLL | February 20, 2020
Treatment Approaches In AML | February 27, 2020
Is This a Good Study? The Statistics Tell The Story | March 5, 2020
Common Bleeding and Coagulation Issues | March 12, 2020
Tech Tools For Docs: Apps, Sites, and Software In The Virtual World | March 19, 2020
Grands Rounds In The Age Of COVID-19; Cardiotoxicity In Breast Cancer | March 26, 2020
COVID-19: The World Has Changed | April 2, 2020
An Internist’s Experience With COVID-19 | May 14, 2020
Patient Anxiety, Social Support, Optimism Bias, And 'How Long Do I Have Left?': The Best Of Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz | July 2, 2020
Selected Talks
Behind the Scenes of the Cancer CAR-T Gene Therapy. Precision Medicine World Conference. Silicon Valley, CA. 2020.
The Power of Voice: Using Narrative Medicine to Cure Disease. American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. 2018.
So, you want to write about medicine? American Medical Association (AMA) Medical Student Section. Chicago, IL. 2015.