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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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October 21, 2015

PH WINS Results Point to Imminent Public Health Workforce Exit

New studies of the public health workforce reveal signs of unprecedented change ahead. Notably, 38 percent of state public health […]

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September 2, 2015

Obesity Data Challenge Winners Announced

The de Beaumont Foundation, in collaboration with the Health Data Consortium and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), […]

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August 28, 2015

Partnering to BUILD a New U.S. Health System

Last night, a mother hurriedly gathered clothes, insurance cards, toys, and medications. She was heading to the ER again because […]

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July 2, 2015

Prevention in the Shadows: America’s Quick Fix Culture

Photo courtesy ep_jhu (CC BY-NC 2.0) There is an 1895 poem by Joseph Malins titled “A Fence or an Ambulance.” […]

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June 1, 2015

US-UK Partners Launch Obesity Data Challenge

The de Beaumont Foundation, in collaboration with the Health Data Consortium (HDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services […]

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April 21, 2015

Video: Why Hospitals Should Partner with Public Health Departments

In this video posted by Hospitals and Health Networks Daily, Brian Castrucci of the de Beaumont Foundation explains why it’s […]

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December 5, 2014

BUILDing Better, Healthier Communities

Health care in America is designed to manage the consequences rather than the causes of disease. It has created expensive […]

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November 12, 2014

BUILD Health Challenge Launches $7.5 Million Initiative to Fund Innovative Collaborations That Improve Comm...

The Advisory Board Company, de Beaumont Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have announced the launch of the […]

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October 27, 2014

What I Am Really Afraid of… And It’s Not Ebola

The Ebola epidemic — like SARS, MERS, and H1N1 before it — shines a sudden and intense spotlight on the […]

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April 23, 2014

Rowing Together: How Public Health Supports the “Upstream” Doctor

There is increasingly talk about moving “upstream” to improve health and reduce health care costs, e.g., working to prevent disease […]

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March 6, 2014

The Next Transformation in American Health Care

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March 5, 2014

“Practical Playbook” Aims to Improve Population Health, Cut Health Care Costs

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