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Wherever you go, there you are – ancient Eastern philosophy Humans have been a mobile species long before smartphones. Even after nomadic tribes settled in villages, they still possessed within their DNA an innate sense that there is a “somewhere else” in this world. Another...
Hundreds of thousands of patients are harmed while seeking treatment, and thousands die each year, from preventable medical errors. And, unfortunately, according to The Economics of Health Care Quality and Medical Errors (Wolters Kluwer, 2012), those numbers are not decreasing– “Approximately 200,000 Americans die from...
Over the next year in 10 cities across America, kids are going to occupy “the streets” through a new Play Streets initiative sponsored by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and the Partnership for a Healthier America. Kids will be able to participate...
Football has the quarterback. The symphony has its conductor. Film crews have a producer. Any successful organization will have that one primary coordinator in place who makes all the various moving parts act in concert. In medicine we have the primary care physician. And while...