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From time-to-time, our blogs will discuss life’s paths, whether the discussion is about managing a health care practice or mentoring a patient. In today’s era of ‘big data’ it is common to graph associations and relationships that form health...

Today, lets examine why it’s so important to incorporate the physical activity vital sign (PAVS), sometimes called exercise vital sign (EVS), in the patient’s medical record.

For those who are not familiar with the PAVS, it’s a product of...

Last week, the American College of Sports Medicine held it's annual meeting in Orlando, and it was a whiriwind of activity (as always). For at least 20 years, now, it's been far too large to take in by oneself. I first went to ACSM as a beginning...

This slide show explains how to use the SHQ in your practice. It covers the basic operations, showing how to operationalize the SHQ in Annual Wellness Visits. The use in care management visits is similar process, the main difference being how the...

This short slide presentation explains how you can use the SHQ in your practice.

Workforce health programs have been part of the corporate landscape for decades. While initial efforts were largely focused on executive leadership with specific health risks, these programs have since evolved to include entire workforce...

This graphic does a very good job outlining the relationship between behavior and the clinical risks and endpoints that are so prevalent in our disease care system. While I applaud the display of this connection in one of our leading clinical...

Two days ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published the first of two reports on the role of social and behavioral factors as determinants of health, and advocated for the inclusion of social and behavioral items in the electronic medical...

Being a physician-physiologist and lifelong sports and recreation enthusiast, it's not surprising that I'm an advocate of exercise as the most important medicine. But if we're going to think of exercise as a medicine, then we must...

A few weeks ago, I was with a group of my colleagues in Washington, D.C., representing the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and seeking support for a bill to fund the U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines. For the last 2 years, ACSM has...