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Welcome back to the podcast.

I am here with Dr. David Vence Strahlin.

He is a expert in healthcare leadership.

He is someone who is a pediatric ICU doctor.

So he's kind of at the forefront of the issues that we're currently facing.

We've been having conversations for several months, and I thought now would be a good

time to bring him on to really talk about in this season of COVID-19, the unique stresses

on the healthcare system, how we might rise above and handle the stresses, the unique stresses

that are on.

So this is kind of an episode for the healthcare worker, in my mind, it's for the person

in the trenches, for the person who might be seeing people die frequently.

And so let's just jump into it.

How do you think that the healthcare system could improve the way that things are currently

being done, especially in this season, like how do people handle stress and the stress

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