Introducing the Pulse: Podcast!

The New Hampshire Medical Society Pulse: Inside the Reality of Practicing Medicine in the Granite State

What is it really like to practice medicine in New Hampshire today? The New Hampshire Medical Society’s new podcast, The Pulse: Podcast, answers that question through candid conversations with physicians across pediatrics, family, emergency, osteopathic, and orthopaedic medicines, anesthesiology, general surgery, and ophthalmology. Hosted by Medical Society President Dr. Marie Ramas, the series gives listeners a firsthand look at the cases, challenges, and rewards that define each specialty while highlighting the pressures physicians share across disciplines. The Pulse: Podcast explores how prior authorization, insurance reimbursement, documentation, administrative demands, workforce shortages, artificial intelligence, and health care policy affect physicians, practices, and patients throughout the Granite State.

Rather than examining medicine through statistics or theory, The Pulse: Podcast connects policy and legislation to their real-world consequences inside and beyond the exam room. Guests explain what their work actually entails, including complex situations that clinical training may not fully prepare them for, and reflect on burnout, professional fulfillment, why they chose medicine, what keeps them committed, and what advice they would offer the next generation of physicians. By placing specialties side by side, the series shows that although the daily work of an orthopaedic surgeon may differ greatly from that of a pediatrician, many of the forces shaping modern practice cross specialty lines. Ultimately, The Pulse presents medicine in New Hampshire as it is lived every day: rewarding, demanding, evolving, and deeply human.