Nobody Asks About Ibuprofen (ft. Joel Selanikio)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Healthcare is getting better and smaller simultaneously. What do you mean by that?
We have so much technology that enables us to skip the doctor visit. How do we provide health to people in a world where doctors are not the center of providing health to people? Twenty years ago, you had to go to the doctor to get ibuprofen. I've never once had anybody ask me, do you think over-the-counter drugs are gonna replace doctors? Even though the whole purpose of over-the-counter drugs is to do what? Get rid of the doctor. Even though that's what they're for and that's what they do, right? We really, I think, have a blind spot about this stuff.
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What is the purpose of over‑the‑counter drugs and why isn’t anyone asking if they’ll replace doctors?
I have another great guest, and and it's all about the guests that make digital voices top ten in the world. So thanks for listening. And you will not be disappointed. You'll thoroughly enjoy this podcast just like the others. I have with me Dr. Joel Stella Nicchio. Joel, welcome to Digital Voices.
Great to be here.
Joel, you're like a physician, a TED keynote speaker. You speak to boards, uh, you speak to a lot of different health systems. You, your content is fabulous. I've been a longtime follower. That's kind of how we first met. I've been a stalker, Joel, of yours. I love the stuff that you put out. I use some of the material that you put out because it's very well thought and researched. And so I was like, I have to have. Joel on the podcast and talk about all these different things. So that's sort of how we first met. But Joel, the most important question in our 30 minutes together, what kind of music do you like to listen to?
You know, so I I like to listen to a very wide variety of things, but I I have a f uh five and a half year old in the house who uh is a bit of a musician and uh plays uh the piano and the guitar. And he he um kind of gets on these little jags. So he's currently he discovered Elton John, and so I'd say for about the last two weeks. Almost the only music I have listened to is is Elton John. Normally I have a much broader kind of uh a much broader reach, but it's it's Elton John for the next uh for the foreseeable future. Him and Bernie Taupin, uh they wrote some incredible music together. It's good stuff. I mean he's I'm I'm being reminded now I haven't listened to some of this stuff in a long time.
Yeah, and some of those notes are hard to reach. And uh, but I I I I love I love his music for sure. What about life message or mantra? Are there words that sort of guide how you live?
Well, you know, it's funny because uh uh uh my wife and I talk about this all the time in terms of again, in terms of our uh of our son. And uh, you know, the uh the thing that I keep trying to hit with him, uh, I'm not sure if it's taken root yet, but I I sort of feel like it's been my thing, which is Be useful. You know, the goal in life is to be, you know, useful. How do you how are you happy? You're you're happy when you feel like you're being useful, whether it's you know, ho hopefully both to yourself and and also to others, right? I mean that I've always been the happiest when it's been a great balance of that. Um just, you know, is what I'm doing right now, is it useful to folks?
Yeah, I love that. That's a good good frame of mind in in everything that we do. So before we jump in, and I and I'm dying to jump in, trust me. Uh I wanna I wanna learn a little bit more about you and about your career. But then we're gonna jump into some of the very provocative things that That you have talked about. In terms of where we're headed with health care and technology. in the future. So but before we get there, yeah, tell us a little bit about yourself. Like where did you grow up?
How did Joel’s early career and education shape his view of health‑tech and public health?
Tell us about your upbringing.
Oh sure. Uh I mean I I think had a pretty uh pretty unremarkable upbringing. I grew up in um suburban Long Island, uh one of four kids.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:52
2
What is the purpose of over‑the‑counter drugs and why isn’t anyone asking if they’ll replace doctors?
0:52–3:41
3
How did Joel’s early career and education shape his view of health‑tech and public health?
3:41–6:23
4
What music does Joel listen to and how does his family life influence his perspective?
6:23–10:15
5
Why does Joel say healthcare is getting both better and smaller at the same time?
10:15–16:54
6
What does the data actually show about physician shortages and primary‑care visit trends?
16:54–23:26
7
How are GLP‑1 drugs reshaping the food industry and what are health systems missing?
23:26–27:58
8
What strategic advice does Joel give to health‑system boards and C‑suites for the next decade?
27:58–33:00