188: How your surroundings can help or hurt your health with Amitha Kalaichandran, M.D.

“How can we redesign the patient experience so that it's more conducive to healing? How can we help health care professionals do their best work?”  Epidemiologist and New York Times contributor Amitha Kalaichandran, M.D., MHS, CPH, joins Jason Wachob to discuss how our physical environments can either help heal or harm our overall health, plus: *How we should really be reading research studies* *The benefits of forest bathing* *How we should redesign our hospitals* *Why we should heal the healer* *How to be less anxious about scary headlines* Enjoy this episode, and don't forget to subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, or your preferred platform!   Comments: [email protected] Sponsorship inquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices