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Half of all adult Americans are expected to be obese by 2030, and already more than 40 million adults do not meet appropriate physical activity levels. The challenge of addressing obesity and physical inactivity requires new thinking and monitoring by healthcare providers.
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Editor's note: Following is an edited excerpt of the transcript for Modern Healthcare's March 20 editorial webinar, “Patient Satisfaction: Boosting Scores and Improving Quality.” The panelists were Dr. Frank Byrne, president of St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wis.; Dr. Seth Glickman,...
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Most Americans know that healthcare is too expensive, and that we should get better value for our money. In fact, we spend twice as much on healthcare as other nations while getting about the same results.
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The worse-than-normal flu season brings to the fore a troublesome issue: Should health workers be forced to get the annual influenza vaccine?
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How sad that it took Newtown, Connecticut's horrific tragedy to finally focus the nation's attention on two pressing public health problems.
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According to the the CDC, two-thirds of all healthcare personnel, 66.9%, received a flu shot in the 2011-12 flu season, which is up more than 3 percentage points from the previous season.
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When I was a medical student, modern medicine began to seem as dangerous and dishonest as it was miraculous and precise. The defining moment came when I saw a sweet old lady I cared about die after a procedure she didn't need and didn't want.
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Last week offered the usual steady diet of reports, studies and analyses in the news, inside and outside of healthcare. But as is often the case today, the data are interconnected.
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When I was a medical student in San Francisco in the 1980s, I did most rotations at county and VA hospitals. Most patients were poor, and many were from racial and ethnic minority groups.
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