Aiming for a Healthier America
The triple aim of health care, as defined by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is: improving the experience of care, bettering the health of populations, …
About the Blogger
- Kohar Jones is a physician-writer with an interest in the social determinants of health and health equity. She pursued her undergraduate and medical training at Yale University, enjoyed her intern year at a Top 100 Community Hospital in Middlesex Connecticut, and completed her residency with Brown's Department of Family Medicine. As a National Health Service Corps Scholar, she practices at the federally qualified Chicago Family Health Center on Chicago's South Side. She also serves as an assistant clinical professor with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Chicago through the auspices of the Urban Health Initiative.
Editor's Note: Any views or opinions presented on this blog are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the hospitals, clinics, and institutions where they work, teach, and study.
Recent Posts
Building A Healthier City
Think of a neighborhood, any neighborhood. Can you imagine the changes you could make to create a more beautiful, economically vibrant and healthier community? The Chica…
Fighting for Life: A Boost from Palliative Care
“I’ve been a fighter all my life,” said my new patient, a middle aged man with thinning hair, a worried wife, and a dismal prognosis. He had worked all his li…
The Girl Effect
Have you heard of the Girl Effect? I described it before I heard it named. The Girl Effect is what happens when girls around the world have access to education and employment …
Making Health Happen: Education, Collaboration and Empowerment
This summer I had the privilege to work with the Summer Service Partnership, a nine week service learning program sponsored by the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Depart…
A Mass Movement for Health
When I was in college, I visited Hong Kong on a student exchange program. One morning I went to Victoria Park and watched hundreds gather for morning tai chi. Young and o…
Ending Neglect
Neglected tropical diseases. These are the diseases of neglected people—the poor, the powerless, the women and fishermen and shantytown dwellers the world over. These are th…
Pay for Performance
Pay for performance. It’s a lovely sounding concept. If you’re a good doctor, defined by having healthy patients who meet predetermined quality indicators, then you…
Gun Advisory Warning
Are guns a hazard to your health? What about smoking? Or soda? Should I be allowed to ask patients about these health risks? I think so. How else can I educate patients about…
Recognizing the Relative Value of Primary Care
When I was a family medicine intern, I met a diabetic patient in the hospital who had stopped seeing his regular doctor after he lost his job and his health insurance. His untr…
