Episode 50: What Healthcare Can Learn from Sports Analytics ft. James Naples, MD

Episode 50: What Healthcare Can Learn from Sports Analytics ft. James Naples, MD

June 3, 2026 · 19 min · Season 2 · Episode 22

About this episode

Dr. Rob Fields interviews James G. Naples, MD about how sports analytics can inform healthcare performance.

On this week’s episode of Healthcare 360, Dr. Rob Fields speaks with James G. Naples, MD, an ENT specialist at BIDMC. Dr. Naples shares how a memorable patient interaction sparked his interest in understanding the hidden factors that influence physician performance. This episode explores how lessons from sports analytics could reshape the way healthcare thinks about performance, the role of human factors like mindset and focus, and how a more intentional, data-informed approach could help improve outcomes across the system.

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