Not Otherwise Specified
Not Otherwise Specified
NEJM Group
In “Not Otherwise Specified,” Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, cardiologist and national correspondent for the New England Journal of Medicine, defies our sound-bite culture to go deep with some of medicine’s most innovative thinkers. Her guests’ stories and ideas about health care’s toughest challenges and greatest promise may change the way you think about medicine, health, and society.
When No One's Watching
In the final NOS episode of the season, host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests elucidate the quiet beauty of good primary care and consider how to induce the U.S. health care system to prize it more highly. A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514244.
Apr 15
1 hr
Dream Team
If the future of primary care lies in teams, what makes a team and how should it function? NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests consider the possibilities of team-based care. A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514243.
Mar 11
45 min
Of Trust, AI, and Green Beans
NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests discuss the extent to which online influencers and AI could someday substitute for trustworthy, caring, broad-spectrum family doctors. A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514241.
Feb 25
48 min
Autonomy vs. Equity
With increasing numbers of PCPs leaving traditional practice for concierge medicine or direct primary care, NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests explore the promise and perils. A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514240.
Jan 21
42 min
Who Can See Their PCP?
NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests consider what should be done to make primary care more accessible to the patients who need it most? A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514239.
Dec 29, 2025
35 min
Raising a RUCkus
NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests dissect the common notion that the key to improving the primary care system is simply increasing reimbursement. A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514238.
Dec 10, 2025
40 min
Doctor with a Capital D
NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests lay bare the joys and rewards of full-spectrum primary care practice and consider ways of stoking students’ passion, and strengthening their ability, to pursue it. A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514237.
Nov 26, 2025
43 min
Undervalued
Podcast host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests examine the value system of American medicine and the systematic denigration of primary care that creates a dangerous vicious cycle. A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514236.
Nov 12, 2025
35 min
If You Break It, They Won't Come
NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests explore the fraught relationship between medical training and primary care — and why even trainees who once aspired to be PCPs are changing course midstream. A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514235.
Nov 5, 2025
40 min
Misunderstandings
In this episode of NOS, Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests consider the ideals and realities of primary care — and the expectations and misunderstandings that are contributing to its current crisis. A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514234.
Oct 29, 2025
32 min
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