“The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health” is on Wednesday, Sept 28, 2022, the first U.S. event of its kind since 1969, the first in 50 years. Honorable Senator Dr. Bill Frist posted an excellent article on Forbes, “It’s Time To Prioritize Nutrition: Better Diet Quality Leads...
This Tuesday, I had the pleasure of presenting the webinar sponsored by the Southern Medical Association (SMA) representing 17 states. The participants were med students, residents, fellows, physicians, and other healthcare professionals. The webinar’s title is “PRICE...
According to JAMA, the estimated cost of waste in the United States healthcare system ranged from $760 B to $935B which is equal to approximately 25% of healthcare spending. One way to reduce the cost of care and clinical waste in a hospital is through a co-management...
I was thrilled to hear when the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) came up with the idea to initiate a Sponsoring Institution (SI) administrative fellowship program for medical residents, fellows, and physicians. I believe the Health Care Administration Leadership and Management (HALM) SI fellowship program is the BEST path for Physicians to...
I was at HIMSS22 in Orlando, Florida, last month. Michael Phelps was the Keynote speaker. He shared his childhood experience during his training as a swimmer. He spoke about the challenges and thanked his mother, who raised him to be resilient. Resiliency– this critical skill helped him win...
Being overweight or obese places you at a greater risk of developing health issues such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, kidney disease, and many other chronic conditions. The contributory risk factors associated with being overweight or obese involves a poor nutrition/diet and physical inactivity...
People often ask me about my main idea and vision behind Zeamed health. They also ask about the purpose or goal of establishing Zeamed health. So, to create the beginning of what will hopefully be a transparent network of American healthcare prices. We laid the...
A few weeks back, I was walking in the hallway of our hospital after giving a lecture to our internal medicine residents. The Florence Daily News clipping on the wall mount caught my attention, and I thought of sharing it with everyone. The headline of the...
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