Proposition C: A Test of Freedom?
On August 3, Missouri voters will be asked to vote on whether or not federal health care reform should be upheld in the state. Missouri is the first state to hold such a vote, and while there are...
View ArticleEducation and health have plenty in common
Teach for America (TFA) Week was Feb. 21 to 25. Once again, I had the good fortune to be invited into the classroom of a TFA corps member, Mr. Joe Hays, who teaches fifth grade at Herzog Elementary in...
View ArticleFirst, do no harm
As the rancorous debates to reduce the deficit continue in our nation’s Capitol, it is imperative that funding to help cover the costs of training future doctors be preserved. With a current and...
View ArticleThe Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute — Promoting Better...
A. Eugene Washington, M.D., and Steven H. Lipstein, M.H.A. Within the 2000 pages of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a short section authorizing the creation of the...
View ArticleBJC hospitals deserve their tax-exempt status
In the Oct. 23 edition, Post-Dispatch reporter Jim Doyle raises an important question in his article, “Tax breaks scrutinized at nonprofit hospitals”. As the CEO of not-for-profit BJC HealthCare, I can...
View ArticleCommunity benefit is more than words
Earlier this month, I shared my thoughts in response to a recent editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that questioned the tax exempt status at nonprofit hospitals. It focused on the differences in...
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling helps more Americans access health insurance
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as health reform, was passed into law in March 2010. It took some time for analysts to sift through the 2,000-plus-page document and...
View ArticleMaking medicine better through prevention
The lobby of the Center for Advanced Medicine on the Kingshighway campus is always bustling, but during the first week of October, thousands of additional visitors lined the corridors to receive free...
View ArticleWhy medical charges appear to be so high and still growing
In Jan. 6 editions of the Post-Dispatch and the New York Times, both newspapers reported that medical charges and health insurance premiums are increasing. To better understand why medical charges and...
View ArticleWhy wellness? For better employee health
Wellness programs like BJC Help for Your Health are more popular than ever. We started BJC Help for Your Health in 2005, with a focus on the five key indicators of good health: blood pressure,...
View Article20 years: Then and now, BJC focuses on health care excellence
What were you doing 20 years ago? I was living in Baltimore and working at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Some of you were very likely working at the hospitals where you are today and many others of you...
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