Taking Healthcare by Storm: Industry Insights with Dr. Elizabeth Markle

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm, Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Elizabeth Markle, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist, speaker, writer, researcher, Associate Professor of Community Mental Health at California Institute of Integral Studies, and Co-Founder and Executive Director of Open Source Wellness.

Dr. Markle explains how co-founding Open Source Wellness was driven by the “behavioral prescription” gap in primary care and her experience with intentional community, inspiring a “behavioral pharmacy” that replaces shame-inducing advice with joyful, culturally relevant, trauma-informed, community-based support. She shares outcomes from the community-as-medicine model, argues for team-based care led by coaches to reduce provider burnout, and outlines plans to scale through YMCAs and clinic-community partnerships.

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