12:00 Seneca Falls: a small town with a big legacy
1:00 How can patients and doctors work together to improve health care?
We continue our tour of the Finger Lakes with a visit to Seneca Falls – a small town with a big legacy. Seneca Falls is home to just under 9,000 people, but it holds a major place in American history. It was here, in the summer of 1848, that a group of women gathered for tea and changed the world. More than 175 years later, the legacy of the Seneca Falls Convention and the women’s rights movement is foundational to the town’s identity. But this town isn’t something out of a history book. It’s a living place shaped by the people who live and work there, and keep its stories alive. Guest host Veronica Volk talks to four of those people.
In studio:
- Pam Becker, historian of Seneca County
- Nellie Ludemann, museum and community relations manager for the National Women's Hall of Fame
- Andrew Olden, Ph.D., executive director of the Seneca Falls Museum and Tourism Center and Home of the Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry
- Ahna Wilson, superintendent of the Women’s Rights National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
Then in our second hour, a rebroadcast of one of our favorite conversations. How can patients and providers work together to improve the health care system? It's a question the Patient Clinician Alliance has been exploring for about five years. Most recently, the coalition of patients, physicians, and other health care professionals has created a survey designed to better understand the challenges patients face. This hour, we sit down with members of the Alliance to discuss their work, what they've learned so far, and what the future of the health care system could look like.
Our guests:
- Mary L. Coan, Ph.D., M.D., lead of the patient survey project; steering committee member for the Patient Clinician Alliance; and physician in private practice, practicing integrative medicine
- Michael R. Privitera, M.D., founding member and steering committee member of the Patient Clinician Alliance
- Joel Elliot, steering committee member for the Patient Clinician Alliance
"Connections" is livestreamed each day on the WXXI News YouTube channel. Watch here.
