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BJC • Editor’s note: This edition’s “A note from Steve” was provided by guest columnist Joan Magruder, president of Missouri Baptist Medical Center. Magruder joined BJC in 2000 as vice president of business development, physician services and alternate care sites, and assumed her role at MBMC in 2006. Growing up as the youngest of e...
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What do polls tell us?

June Fowler

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In the most recent poll on www.makemedicinebetter.org , visitors are asked how satisfied they are with their hospital. Unfortunately, the choice with the highest number of 'votes' is "Very Dissatisfied." Trying to be optimistic, I added the two "Very Satisfieds" and "Somewhat Satisfieds" together, but still did not beat the "Ve...
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The Honorable Claire McCaskill on Health Reform

Claire McCaskill

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Even after President Obama signed the health care reform bill, I think some people still have questions about what this new law means for Missourians. This year, important health care reforms will start helping Missouri families. This year, Missouri’s small businesses will receive tax credits to help provide benefits to their employees. 79,900 small businesse...
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A Voice for Patients and Families

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Many times a hospitalization or outpatient visit leaves patients and families wondering how much better things would have been if only they had a voice in how things were done. Who better to influence the healthcare delivery process than patients and families? Hospitals are becoming increasingly aware of this opportunity; PFACs (Patient and Family Advisory Councils...
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Bullying as a Public Health Problem: A New Kind of Heart Disease

Lynne Lang

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What can we do to repair the broken hearts, broken families, and broken lives caused by bullying – a different kind of heart disease that is affecting our country? Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois, and Missouri are just a few of the states with more recent high profile bullying incidents ranging from cyber crimes to violent fighting to suicide. If a disease is defi...
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A Day in the Life of Sherry Shuman

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Sherry Shuman is a practicing rheumatologist working for the BJC Medical Group. Watch as she partners with her patients to satisfy their needs.
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Health Care Bill Is Critical For Poor and Low-Income Women.

Adrian Bracy

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The health care reform bill that is pending in Congress should be passed. The differences in the House and Senate versions must be hammered out and approved for final legislation to pass. It’s fundamental to the YWCA Metro St. Louis mission to eliminate racism and empower women. Yes, race and sexism play heavily in policies and equal access to health care for the peop...
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Day in the Life: Karen Prideaux

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Karen Prideaux is the Manager of Marketing Communications at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital. Follow her to see what happens behind the scenes.
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Healthful gift suggestions for the holiday season

Consuelo H. Wilkins

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This commentary was originally published in the December 17 edition of the St. Louis American newspaper. ( www.stlamerican.com ). Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or another holiday, most of us will give gifts during the month of December. We will be bombarded with commercials and advertisements for the trendiest gifts of the season. With so...
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Beware the Sound Bite

Steven Lipstein

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As we enter the final weeks of deliberations over health care reform and the United States Senate finishes work on legislation, the news media will attempt to capture the essence of last minute revisions, and politicians will attempt to convince us that the final version of the bill is either good or bad for the American people. We must beware the sound bite. The majority ...
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Why the health of black folks concerns us all

Dr. Donald Suggs

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The St. Louis American is a weekly newspaper covering issues of interest in the African American community. For more information, visit www.stlamerican.com . I think it is a significant step in the right direction for a major health care system like BJC to initiate an interactive online forum such as this. It is now widely recognized and often stated that to ...
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More on health care reform

Steven Lipstein

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At BJC, I write a column for our employee newspaper, titled “A Note from Steve.” We also encourage employees to share their thoughts through an invitation to send a “Note to Steve” at the end of each column. Recently, I have heard from a few employees with some serious concerns about the health care reform proposals in Congress, especially in regard ...
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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Mammogram Guidelines

Barbara Monsees

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Published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine are several articles and an editorial dealing with the breast cancer screening recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The general purpose of their efforts is a good one, to take an unbiased look at all the evidence and make recommendations based on science. This task force looked specificall...
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Physician Access for Missouri's Children

Lee Fetter

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Health care reform has engendered a broad public debate around a variety of related issues. Except for one that has been largely ignored. The most vulnerable members of our society, our children, are under-served by the health care industry and the health care public safety net due to a limited availability of pediatric physicians to care for their primary and special needs...
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U.S. Representative Emerson: It's Time To Put People First

Jo Ann Emerson

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Health care reform has gripped the Congress for the better part of the year now, and we are finally getting to the core of this debate: cost. Without an affordable system of health care, we’ll forever have problems with access. As the U.S. Representative from Southern Missouri, I see the challenges posed to patients and providers alike in our health care system every...
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Promoting healthier and more cost effective aging services

Barry Rosenberg

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With more than 19% of American Jews, aged 65 or older (compared to 13-15% of the general population), the Jewish community has had to pioneer innovations to promote healthy aging in place, as we fulfill the Jewish mandate to honor and care for our mothers and fathers. Our goals are: 1) help seniors age at home – promoting health, quality of life and reducing cost 2) p...
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Encouraging Health and Fitness At An Early Age

Marcia Barber

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Being healthy and fit starts with developing good habits early on; this serves us throughout our adult lives. Encouraging those habits with children, however, is often a challenge. Learning to eat right, exercise and embrace wellness isn't necessarily a priority for our youth. Research shows that more than 10 percent of children between the ages of 2 and 5 are overweight;...
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Can we improve our health if we improve our environment?

Christine Chadwick

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Can we improve our health if we improve our environment? Absolutely. Our environment affects nearly every part of our lives. It is, after all, the air we breathe and the water we drink. It affects what goes into our bodies and how we live our lives. Cleaning up our environment is critical to improving the quality of life in the St. Louis community and helping all of us...
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Joan Magruder: A Day in the Life