Good Health and Preventative Health Lecture Follow-up: Talking with Patients and Vaccinations . Elvonda

After Dr. Nunez�s informative and entertaining lecture on Women�s Health and Prevention Issues this afternoon, a few additional thoughts cam...

Good Health and CMS Succumbs to Disease Management Style Spin?. Elvonda

If, thanks to the medical home or disease management, you've witnessed the improvements in patients' care, you've also probably ...

Good Health and 13th Annual Cheryl Cavallo Hustle For Your Health Registration Is Now Open! . Elvonda

2014 HFYH 13th Annual Cheryl Cavallo Hustle for your Health Registration is now open! Register HERE Sponsored by the Saint Louis University ...

Good Health and Just What Is "Patient Engagement" in Health Care?. Elvonda

According to this paper by Barello et al in the Journal of Participatory Medicine , the muddled answer depends on when it was used as well ...

Good Health and Doubling Down on Accountable Care Organizations and Health Information Networks. Elvonda

Want to achieve effective health care, reduced costs, increased quality, population health, widespread prevention and seamless health inform...

Good Health and 17 Reasons Why Care Management Is Probably Not Going To Be in a Clinic Near You Anytime Soon. Elvonda

Here's a good review of all the reasons why care management has not become a routine part of patient care.  As policymakers, reformists...

Good Health and The Just Right "Sweet Middle" of Care Management. Elvonda

Finding the "just right" middle If you're interested in care management (definition here ), there's a supportive case repo...

Good Health and Risk Factors For Heart Disease: Worse for Women & African Americans . Elvonda

A recent study reported in Health Day.com demonstrates the disparity felt by women and African Americans when it comes to risk factors for ...

Good Health and Quality Improvement Ver. 2.0?. Elvonda

Throughout its medical career, it's safe to say that the Population Health Blog has been quality-improvement ("QI") averse. Wh...

Good Health and SLU PT Alumni Gozie Ndolo Takes DPT 565 Posters To Nigeria . Elvonda

SLU PT Alumni Gozie Ndolo  (DPT Class of 2011) recently went to Nigeria with a group called Living Hope Ministries!  Gozie and other volunte...

Good Health and SLU PT Faculty Gretchen Salsich in Newslink and St. Louis Post Dispatch! . Elvonda

Did you miss SLU PT Faculty Gretchen Salsich in Newslink on Friday? She was recognized in the St. Louis Post Dispatch for her NIH Grant!  Yo...

Good Health and First Day of SLU-SSM Orthopedic Residency!. Elvonda

Today is a very seminal day in the Program in Physical Therapy as it is the first day of the inaugural SLU-SSM Orthopedic Residency!  Our tw...

Good Health and Corporate Jargon You Can Sing Along To. Elvonda

Naturally, the corporate-minded Population Health Blog could not resist: (By the way, this wacky petition  may be just the thing to prevent ...

Good Health and Thanks for the New Equipment! . Elvonda

A warm thanks to those who made donations for equipment for physical therapy courses! Here PT faculty member Kim Levenhagen poses with new e...

Good Health and The Italics and Dot-Dot-Dot Edition of the Cavalcade of Risk. Elvonda

Welcome to your latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk.  The Population Health Blog is pleased to offer this linked summary of some of the ...

Good Health and Think Bundled Payment is Inevitable? Think Again. Elvonda

Getting bundles of these is easy? This just published Health Affairs article finds some flies in the bundled payment ointment.  The summa...

Good Health and SLU PT Alumni Cristina Mayne-Nicholls Creates Summer Sports Camp for Kids with Special Needs . Elvonda

SLU PT alumni Cristina Mayne-Nicholls (DPT Class of 2013) recently created a summer sports camp for kids with special needs.  "I really...