Sunday, August 21, 2011

Food for thought: Bullet points for better health care

A great doctor once told me, "Patients don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." How can we keep our patients healthy?

-Family education and counseling sessions
-Health retreats
-Boarding school for elementary education to keep kids out of unhealthy habits
-City wide health centers for screening and health education
-Government funding of nutrition experts in schools
-Partnering with organic farmer's markets and getting rid of relationships with soda and junk food reps
-Obesity clinics and nutrition guidelines for families
-Partnering with insurance companies to create incentives for people to lose weight, get a colonoscopy, mammograms, annual blood tests, pap smears, encourage pts to quit smoking and get yearly check ups. Lower monthly payments? Lower premium?

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