By Katherine Hastings I don’t know exactly when I developed my love for travel; but I can remember exactly when I developed my need for it. I was a third year medical student, 4 months after an unexpected breakup, 3 months into hospital rotations, and still well over a year away from medical school graduation. … More Why I Travel
By Kyle Bradford Jones “Patient-centered care” has long been a rallying cry by patient advocates and many health care providers. Indeed, this is a very important notion that is often neglected by many in the health care industry. For those who have ever been a patient, you know how bad this can be, and … More A True Patient Centered Revolution
By Sarah Woolsey, MD Important changes have been happening with the relationship physicians and healthcare organizations have with Medicare, the largest payer in our US healthcare system. Why might we pay attention? This year Medicare leadership announced that by 2018, they intend to link 90% of Medicare payment to value … More Utah medical practices and success in the new era of Medicare payment-what I learned from three early adopters
Sakineh Najmabadi There is great advantage from a public health perspective for a known economic and easy-to- adopt family activity–family meals–that may help achieve a reduction in risk behaviors and risk behavior inequalities among the entire population.1 However, rapid cultural, social, economic, and technical changes have imposed increasing stress on family structure and the ability to … More Benefits of Consistent Family Meals
By: Sonja Van Hala, MD, MPH, FAAFP I went to a great yoga class today. The instructor spoke of finding the balance between effort and lightness. We often push too hard, and instead of riding the current, we force ourselves out of it; by lightening a little, we can find our way back into the … More Transparency in Wellness
By Victoria Prince, MD, PhD Nature is beautiful. This is not only my opinion, but also, it seems, a truth. There is a great TED talk on beauty: You can jump straight to the information on beautiful nature at 6:55 if you want. While our modern lives seem to set most of us … More Healing Nature
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