Each year, about 700,000 new or recurrent strokes occur in the United States, killing about 150,000 people. That’s one stroke every 45 seconds, and one stroke death every three to four minutes. About 15 percent of strokes occur within 90 days of a transient ischemic attack (TIA)—a warning sign of impending stroke. And the incidence of [...]
Editor’s note: My article that follows originally appeared as a column under another title in the Idaho Statesman’s Business Insider in February. Subsequent edits account for our current use on the blog. For decades, we have seen reports showing that U.S. health costs are greater and outcomes worse than in most other countries. This seemed irreconcilable [...]
Watch this short video to learn more about how complex the questions are around access to health care.
At St. Luke’s, we don’t just talk about transforming health care; we walk the talk. We’re taking steps to improve the health of the people we serve. We celebrate health at all levels and stages, whether you’re new to fitness or an Olympian. What do walk, steps, celebrate, and Olympians have to do with transforming [...]
This is National Women’s Health Week and I have asked one of our St. Luke’s physician leaders, Dr. Laura McGeorge, to be my guest blogger this week on some of the key health issues for women. St. Luke’s wants Idaho to have the healthiest women of any state. Better health for women means a more [...]
Treasure Valley residents walked, ran, and rolled by the hundreds Saturday, creating a sea of pink for the 15th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure through Boise. Thousands of dollars were raised for breast cancer education and awareness programs, and breast cancer survivors got the hero treatment from families, friends, and the community. St. Luke’s [...]
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and I’ve asked Dr. Leslie Nona, one of the talented and passionate internists and physician leaders with St. Luke’s Internal Medicine, to write about a critical health challenge of particular importance in our rural region. Her report follows. I recently had the fortune of bumping into a colleague [...]
It is National Nurses Week, and I wanted to take a moment to recognize nurses everywhere for all that they do in so many different roles. Those who know me know that I am a tremendous supporter of nurses, and particularly supportive of Magnet hospitals because of what that designation means concerning the culture of [...]
WARNING: Unbelievably cute picture alert! Those who know me know that my work is more than a job; I am driven to fix what is wrong with health care. I am going to show you three of the reasons for my passion and sense of urgency. Last weekend, I had the privilege of being the [...]
Two clinical improvement initiatives from St. Luke’s were recognized by Qualis Health, the well-known care management organization that oversees quality for the Medicare program in our region, at the state-wide Quality and Patient Safety Conference held in Boise on April 5. These two projects were selected from numerous submissions and were among four chosen for [...]
