Welcome to another episode of Flip Your Script, a vodcast by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, hosted by ACLM President Dr. Padmaja Patel. In each episode, we explore five key takeaways on how lifestyle medicine is helping clinicians and leaders reimagine the future of healthcare.

This episode, “From Buzzwords to Breakthroughs: Making High-Value Care a Reality” features Dr. Samrina Marshall, a pediatrician and lifestyle medicine leader with deep expertise in value-based care and population health. With experience spanning Medicaid populations, health systems, and national strategy, she shares how lifestyle medicine can transform the way we define—and deliver—value in healthcare.

The conversation unpacks why “high-value care” has become such a buzzword—and what it actually means in practice. Dr. Marshall explores how today’s healthcare system often falls short, and why a shift toward whole-person, patient-centered care is essential. She also breaks down how lifestyle medicine provides the missing “how”—offering sustainable, scalable solutions that address the root causes of chronic disease.

You’ll hear powerful insights on aligning patients, providers, and systems, advancing health equity, and integrating lifestyle medicine across all points of care—from clinics to communities. If you’re interested in value-based care, healthcare transformation, or practical strategies to improve outcomes while reducing costs, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

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Lifestyle Medicine as a Framework for High-Value Care: A Position Statement From the American College of Lifestyle Medicine: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15598276251390437

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The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) is the medical professional society for physicians and other professionals dedicated to clinical and worksite practice of lifestyle medicine as the foundation of a transformed and sustainable healthcare system. Lifestyle medicine is a medical specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to treat chronic conditions including, but not limited to, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. 

Lifestyle medicine-certified clinicians are trained to apply evidence-based, whole-person, prescriptive lifestyle change to treat and, when used intensively, often reverse such conditions. Applying the six pillars of lifestyle medicine—a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connections—also provides effective prevention for these conditions.

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