Experiencing Healthcare Podcast

James Preston, Matt Staub

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Human leadership for complicated healthcare days.

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Experiencing Healthcare is a conversational leadership show built around Matt Staub, Jamie Preston, and the everyday problems inside care delivery. It moves from weather, Disney trips, golf, or dental work into questions about focus, decision fatigue, patient trust, and serving people well.

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About Experiencing Healthcare Podcast

Experiencing Healthcare is a healthcare leadership show with the shape of a workday conversation. It is relaxed, but not aimless. Matt Staub and Jamie Preston move through small talk about weather, holidays, illness, golf, Disney, and root canals before arriving at questions with real professional weight. That looseness is part of the point. The show makes leadership feel like something that happens between meetings, in patient conversations, and in the decisions people make while tired. Its recurring concern is the gap between healthcare systems and human care. Processes matter. So do apps, reminders, data, and operational discipline. But the episodes keep asking how the person inside the system remains visible. A conversation about patients with chronic issues turns into a reflection on proactive care, hospital visits, and the difference a healthcare partner can make. A discussion of systems becomes a warning against letting efficiency drain the humanity out of the experience. The leadership material is practical and plainspoken. Focus is treated as different from motion. Solving problems starts with asking whether the team has named the real problem at all. Decision-making is not presented as a clean spreadsheet exercise; ego, fear, vulnerability, fatigue, and consensus all have a way of entering the room. The show also has a habit of turning personal examples into management principles. A fitness goal becomes a way to talk about progress. A bad day can become a lesson about service. A busy calendar becomes a test of priorities. Matt Staub often supplies the longer reflection, while Jamie Preston frames the questions and keeps the conversation moving. The tone stays warm even when the subject turns grave. For healthcare leaders, team members, and people making decisions who want grounded reminders about trust, attention, and serving people well, Experiencing Healthcare offers steady, human-sized counsel.

Made for: For healthcare leaders, team members, and decision-makers who want practical reflections on patient experience, team focus, and service. It also suits listeners who prefer leadership talk grounded in stories rather than slogans.

What sets it apart: The show stands out by letting ordinary banter lead into serious healthcare questions without losing warmth. Its best material connects personal stories, operational discipline, and patient trust in a way that feels lived rather than packaged.

In their own words

Welcome to the Experiencing Healthcare Podcast with Matt Staub. Our goal is to provide you with experiential healthcare information and leadership ideas that you can learn from.

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · August 2026

A practical healthcare leadership show about focus, problem solving, patient trust, and resource stewardship as everyday operating judgment.

Experiencing Healthcare Podcast belongs on PlayNext's Business & Finance beat because it treats healthcare as operating work. The sampled episodes keep returning to attention, resources, systems, patient needs, and the judgment leaders need when service pressure is not…

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When your healthcare meeting needs fewer excuses and one real problem to own.

Press play if you want

  • a nudge to trade busywork for the one thing that actually moves care forward
  • healthcare shop talk that treats patient trust as a relationship problem, not a dashboard problem
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Best episodes of Experiencing Healthcare Podcast

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Quarter 1 at Your HealthApr 8, 2026

A plainspoken look at proactive care for patients with chronic, costly needs.

Opening on Easter weekend banter, food, fellowship, and a little cornhole, the episode settles into a plainspoken look at the small share of patients with chronic, costly, recurring needs.

People Serving PeopleMar 27, 2026

A loose Monday conversation that lands on why healthcare still depends on human attention.

Jamie and Matt keep the focus on healthcare as something lived, not just managed. The Monday morning check in gives the episode its shape, but the real thread is the pressure on the people doing the work and the routines that either help them or get in the way.

The Discipline of FocusJan 26, 2026

A plainspoken reset for anyone confusing motion with progress.

Experiencing Healthcare turns a familiar leadership problem into something concrete: being busy is not the same as being focused. Matt Staub and Jamie Preston keep the point anchored with the brick-wall image, the reminder to know your resources, and the Arnold Schwarzenegger…

Problems Are CurrencyJan 16, 2026

A plainspoken reminder that solving the wrong problem wastes time.

This episode opens with winter chatter, then settles into a clear, practical look at progress, root-cause thinking, and the cost of solving the wrong problem.

What Patients Want vs. What They Need: Who Decides?Jun 5, 2025

The strongest care balances evidence, autonomy, and trust.

The piece frames health care as a steady tradeoff between what a person asks for and what they actually need. It stays on the practical work of care, where providers, administrators, and support staff weigh long-term outcomes, stewardship of resources, risk mitigation, and…

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Episodes

  1. 1

    The Detour

    Aug 25, 2026·39m
  2. 2

    Give Them The Pickle!

    Aug 11, 2026·38m
  3. 3

    Are You A Healthcare Advocate?

    Jul 21, 2026·47m
  4. 4

    For The Win Part 2: The Gift of Failure

    Jul 7, 2026·29m
  5. 5

    For The Win

    Jun 30, 2026·33m
  6. 6

    The Merger with Matt Staub

    Jun 23, 2026·45m
  7. 7

    Matt Goes To The Capital

    Jun 16, 2026·42m
  8. 8

    What If You Don't Train Them — and They Stay?

    Apr 24, 2026·44m
  9. 9

    Quarter 1 at Your Health

    Hidden gem

    A day after Easter, things start easy.

    Apr 8, 2026·42m·2 clips
  10. 10

    People Serving People

    Hidden gem

    Monday starts easy.

    Mar 27, 2026·41m·2 clips
  11. 11

    Is American Healthcare a Commodity?

    The hosts discuss extreme weather and tornado warnings while introducing the podcast, but do not yet address the topic of whether American healthcare is a commodity.

    Mar 14, 2026·51m
  12. 12

    Catch Them Doing It Right: The Case for Intentional Positive Reinforcement in Healthcare"

    This episode discusses the importance of intentional positive reinforcement in healthcare settings to improve employee performance and workplace culture.

    Feb 28, 2026·41m
  13. 13

    Productivity Dysmorphia: When “Busy” Still Feels Like Failure

    This episode discusses productivity dysmorphia, exploring why feeling busy can still lead to feelings of failure and its impact on mental health.

    Feb 11, 2026·44m
  14. 14

    The Discipline of Focus

    Matt Staub and Jamie Preston open with winter weather and a little South Carolina one-upmanship.

    Jan 26, 2026·56m·3 clips
  15. 15

    Problems Are Currency

    Jamie and Matt open with a winter check-in and a bit of banter about the cold.

    Jan 16, 2026·55m·3 clips
  16. 16

    Leading The Most Difficult Person

    Jan 9, 2026·36m
  17. 17

    The Year of the Horse: Direction, Action, and What Comes Next

    Dec 31, 2025·49m
  18. 18

    Episode 100: When Healthcare Gets Personal

    Dec 18, 2025·1h 1m
  19. 19

    When Healthcare Gets Personal: Matt's Story

    Dec 12, 2025·52m
  20. 20

    Purpose and Values Part 2

    Dec 4, 2025·27m
  21. 21

    Purpose & Values

    Nov 26, 2025·29m
  22. 22

    The Power of Connection Part 2

    Nov 14, 2025·24m
  23. 23

    Connection Is the Core of Care

    Nov 6, 2025·31m
  24. 24

    Leading through complexity, not just change Part 2

    Oct 9, 2025·28m
  25. 25

    Leading Through Complexity, Not Just Change

    Oct 2, 2025·28m
  26. 26

    Coaching Done Right Part 2

    Sep 18, 2025·31m
  27. 27

    Coaching Done Right

    Sep 10, 2025·24m
  28. 28

    Fear, Courage, and Hot Water Heaters Part 2

    Aug 28, 2025·25m
  29. 29

    Fear, Courage, and Hot Water Heaters Part 1

    Aug 21, 2025·28m
  30. 30

    35,000 Choices Part 2

    This episode explores the emotional drivers behind decision-making, focusing on how ego, fear, and vulnerability impact leadership and hard choices in healthcare.

    Jul 29, 2025·29m
  31. 31

    35,000 Choices Part 1

    Jul 22, 2025·24m
  32. 32

    Healthcare’s Secret Weapon? It’s Not AI. It’s Teamwork.

    This episode of Experiencing Healthcare discusses the importance of teamwork in healthcare, using holiday weekend emergencies like burns and dehydration as examples.

    Jul 10, 2025·36m
  33. 33

    BBQ, Blood Sugar & Bureaucracy: Happy Birthday America!

    Jul 3, 2025·29m
  34. 34

    If You’re Always Right, You’re Probably Alone: Developing Your Inner Circle

    Jun 26, 2025·33m
  35. 35

    What Patients Want vs. What They Need: Who Decides?

    Hidden gem

    The hosts open with their familiar easy rhythm and a quick joke about a familiar sign-on.

    Jun 5, 2025·37m·2 clips
  36. 36

    The Identity of Healthcare — Are We a Service, a Right, or a Business?

    May 29, 2025·37m
  37. 37

    Deadpool vs. Green Lantern: Innovation Under Constraint

    This episode explores how constraints can foster innovation and creativity, using examples like Deadpool and Green Lantern to discuss thinking differently in healthcare and other industries.

    May 22, 2025·35m
  38. 38

    The Cost of Excuses and the Power of Ownership

    May 16, 2025·32m
  39. 39

    Whose Responsibility Is the New Thing?

    May 8, 2025·35m
  40. 40

    The Value of Disruption: Finding Clarity in Chaos

    May 1, 2025·34m
  41. 41

    Small Actions, Big Impact: The Ripple Effect of Caring Leadership

    Apr 17, 2025·33m
  42. 42

    What Could Go Right? Rethinking Change in Healthcare

    Apr 11, 2025·33m
  43. 43

    Who Are You Fighting For? Lessons from the Rise Conference

    Mar 19, 2025·34m
  44. 44

    Balancing Growth and Purpose: Lessons from Your Health’s Expansion

    Feb 14, 2025·38m
  45. 45

    Breaking Barriers: How Your Health is Revolutionizing Patient Care in 2025

    This episode features an interview with CEO Matt Staub discussing Your Health's innovative programs, including the Community Health Initiative, and how they are revolutionizing patient care in 2025 amid changes in Medicare and new business expansions.

    Jan 31, 2025·37m
  46. 46

    A Season of Gratitude: Reflecting on Healthcare, Friendship, and Innovation

    Nov 21, 2024·37m
  47. 47

    The Power of Relationships: Revolutionizing Healthcare at Your Health

    Sep 19, 2024·29m
  48. 48

    In & Out Burger

    Sep 2, 2024·31m
  49. 49

    How much does it cost to do nothing?

    Aug 22, 2024·35m
  50. 50

    Unstuck Yourself

    Jun 6, 2024·30m
  51. 51

    Excellence Is Mundane

    May 30, 2024·29m
  52. 52

    Inquiry Insights

    May 17, 2024·33m
  53. 53

    To Do or Not to Do

    May 9, 2024·31m
  54. 54

    Relationships, Communication, & Feedback

    Apr 29, 2024·34m
  55. 55

    Health Coaches & Dietitians

    Apr 4, 2024·33m
  56. 56

    The HIMSS Conference Recap

    Mar 25, 2024·38m
  57. 57

    Palliatiive Care Specialty

    Mar 14, 2024·28m
  58. 58

    Consulting PharmD & Diabetic Specialists

    Mar 4, 2024·0m
  59. 59

    Care Teams, Specialties Part 2

    Feb 20, 2024·43m
  60. 60

    Patient-Centered Care Teams: Specialties Part 1

    Feb 12, 2024·28m
  61. 61

    Patient Centered Care Teams

    Feb 6, 2024·43m
  62. 62

    Your Health 2024

    Jan 8, 2024·32m
  63. 63

    End of The Year As We Know It

    Jan 1, 2024·28m
  64. 64

    The Future of Your Health in 2024

    Dec 11, 2023·49m
  65. 65

    Tale of Two Patients

    Nov 24, 2023·36m
  66. 66

    Your Health

    Nov 6, 2023·31m
  67. 67

    2023 Healthcare Con Recap

    Oct 24, 2023·35m
  68. 68

    New Roles & New Opportunities

    Oct 16, 2023·29m
  69. 69

    Team

    Oct 2, 2023·31m
  70. 70

    Chan, Chan, Change!

    Sep 18, 2023·33m
  71. 71

    Success & Failure

    Sep 4, 2023·31m
  72. 72

    The Plan

    Aug 28, 2023·34m
  73. 73

    The Guide

    Aug 8, 2023·35m
  74. 74

    Three Problems

    Jul 31, 2023·30m
  75. 75

    What A Patient Wants

    Jul 24, 2023·29m
  76. 76

    Patient Transformation

    Jul 17, 2023·34m
  77. 77

    Patient Experience

    Jul 10, 2023·29m
  78. 78

    Narrative Based Marketing

    May 29, 2023·37m
  79. 79

    HIMSS Conference Recap

    May 1, 2023·30m
  80. 80

    Solutions

    Apr 10, 2023·36m
  81. 81

    Mental Health & Ted Lasso

    Mar 27, 2023·36m
  82. 82

    Success

    Feb 13, 2023·31m
  83. 83

    Failure

    Jan 23, 2023·33m
  84. 84

    2022 & 2023

    Jan 2, 2023·32m
  85. 85

    What's Wrong with Healthcare Part III

    Dec 30, 2022·35m
  86. 86

    What's Wrong With Healthcare Part II

    Dec 5, 2022·40m
  87. 87

    What's Wrong With Healthcare? Part 1

    Nov 21, 2022·33m
  88. 88

    Nurse Practitioner Week 2022

    Nov 14, 2022·26m
  89. 89

    Catching Up

    Nov 7, 2022·32m
  90. 90

    Assisted Living

    Sep 23, 2022·39m
  91. 91

    Motivation

    Sep 12, 2022·34m
  92. 92

    Goal Setting

    Aug 15, 2022·30m
  93. 93

    Priorities

    Jul 25, 2022·33m
  94. 94

    Patient Experience

    Jul 5, 2022·31m
  95. 95

    Change

    Jun 27, 2022·29m
  96. 96

    Partnerships

    Jun 6, 2022·35m
  97. 97

    Integrated Health Services

    May 23, 2022·37m
  98. 98

    The Letter

    May 16, 2022·34m
  99. 99

    Opportunity Knocks

    May 2, 2022·32m
  100. 100

    The Easy Button

    Apr 25, 2022·33m
  101. 101

    Hakuna Matata

    Apr 12, 2022·38m
  102. 102

    Better Together

    Apr 4, 2022·36m
  103. 103

    The Hero, The Guide, The Victim & The Villain

    Mar 22, 2022·31m
  104. 104

    Be Our Guest

    Feb 28, 2022·32m
  105. 105

    Effective Communication

    Feb 14, 2022·31m
  106. 106

    Value Based Care

    Feb 7, 2022·40m
  107. 107

    The Business of Healthcare

    Jan 28, 2022·34m
  108. 108

    Celebrating The Wins & Looking Forward

    Jan 10, 2022·43m
  109. 109

    Story

    Dec 30, 2021·24m
  110. 110

    Good Data = Good Care

    Dec 20, 2021·37m
  111. 111

    Focus

    Dec 6, 2021·30m
  112. 112

    What I Have Learned This Week

    Nov 22, 2021·26m
  113. 113

    Nurse Practitioner Week

    Nov 10, 2021·31m
  114. 114

    Leading Healthcare

    Nov 1, 2021·31m
  115. 115

    Two Types of People

    Oct 22, 2021·29m
  116. 116

    Why Ask Why?

    Oct 15, 2021·33m