Dr.Carlotta Rinke - A Provider for the People

Hello Connectors,

Today I have the pleasure of sitting down with Carlotta Rinke, MD, MBA, FACP.

Dr. Rinke is an internist and geriatric physician who completed a medical journalism fellowship for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) following her residency. She worked as a contributing editor at JAMA for six years while also working part-time in emergency departments and as an assistant clinical professor at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago. She excels at directing multidisciplinary teams of hospital-based surgical and medical professionals to develop clinical pathways and standardize treatment. 

She’s deeply passionate about using population health to revolutionize healthcare and offer better, more patient-centered results. Having worked on both the payer and provider side of healthcare at companies like Kentucky One Health, CVS, and Aetna, she excels in creating programs to encourage healthy behaviors, while accounting for the medical risk posed by acute and chronic diseases. In her current role as a clinical consultant and advisor, she empowers innovation and startup tech companies to transform, disrupt, or enhance health care delivery. 

Our conversation today draws on her wisdom and experience, offering an informed and balanced perspective on modern healthcare. We discuss her journey through the male-dominated healthcare culture of the 70s and 80s, the effects of unfettered capitalism on physician burnout, and much more. Dr.Rinke is an inspiring and kind leader, and has been that way throughout her entire career. I’m proud to call Carlotta a mentor, and I was delighted to see that she still has so much to teach. 

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