Upstream: Dr. Bala Simon

One of the best strategies for improving health outcomes involves prevention and addressing health issues before they escalate into a costly hospital stay, chronic condition, or something worse. Achieving that level of care at scale, however, isn’t exactly easy. It requires healthy systems that encourage things like regular preventive screenings, coverage options and policies that consistently support that level of care, and a workforce focused on preventive medicine. To learn more about efforts to develop that workforce, we’re joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Dr. Bala Simon with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, which has received initial accreditation to form the Dr. Joseph H. Bates Preventive Medicine Residency Program.