How the Built Environment Can Impact your Health

By Mehgan Gallagher | Leave a Comment

Improving your health can be as simple as choosing to walk to work or to take the stairs instead of the escalator. However, stairs are not even a viable option in some buildings and for some people it is not feasible to walk or bike to work. This blog post examines how public health is […]

Posted in Global Health, Health reform, Healthcare, Non-Communicable Diseases ; Tagged: activity, biking, built environment, Cancer, community, Diabetes, exercise, health, heart disease, infrastructure, NCDs, stairs, walking.

12.08.09

Piloting Delivery Reforms: An Interview with Kenneth E. Thorpe

By Lester Feder | Leave a Comment

Kenneth E. Thorpe is chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. The O’Neill Institute’s Lester Feder spoke with him on November 17th about delivery system reforms. Lester Feder: Let me get your general take on the reform process and where we’re headed. Kenneth Thorpe: I […]

Posted in Interview, Legal Issues ; Tagged: authority, community, feder, medicare, reforms, thorpe.

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