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de Beaumont advances policy, builds partnerships, and strengthens public health to create communities where people can achieve their best possible health.

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December 7, 2016

Public Health Informatics: What’s Cooking?

Less than six months ago, I was walking across the stage at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, […]

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October 26, 2016

Truth, Justice, and the American Way: Advancing the Public’s Health in the Real World

Decision-making in the real world relies on a complex mix of inputs, and public health policy is no exception. Because […]

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October 21, 2016

University of Miami, de Beaumont Foundation Launch Business Certificate Program for Public Health

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August 9, 2016

de Beaumont Foundation Lauds CDC Focus on Policy

The de Beaumont Foundation today applauded the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for their launch of HI-5, an […]

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August 1, 2016

There’s A Hole In The Boat. Let’s Buy Buckets?

Earlier this month, my Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn were abuzz with health care news. First, President Obama became the first […]

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May 23, 2016

Philadelphia Physicians Take Top Prize in National Health Data Challenge

PHRASE, the Population Health Risk Assessment Support Engine, has been named the winner of the “Closing the Data Divide” Virtual […]

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May 18, 2016

Achieving Health: How We Can “Just Start”

by Brian C. Castrucci and Lloyd Michener, co-editors of the Practical Playbook Our communities face complicated health challenges – that’s […]

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April 27, 2016

The Privilege of Choice

At the age of 41 years, I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, hypertension, and elevated blood cholesterol. Not exactly […]

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March 17, 2016

The “Some Payer” Claims Database: The Impact of Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

The promise of Big Data got a little smaller on March 1, 2016. In a decision that barely registered in […]

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March 10, 2016

What I Know From G.I. Joe: Knowing Is Only Half the Battle

In the four years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve […]

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March 7, 2016

Playing to Our Mutual Strengths: Philanthropy and Governmental Public Health

Recently I transitioned from a career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the de Beaumont Foundation—in […]

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October 29, 2015

Four Things You Never Knew About the Governmental Public Health Workforce and Why You Should Care

When we talk about public health achievements, we often cite fewer people smoking, containing an outbreak like Ebola or MERS, […]

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