FE ATURE
HEALTH QUEST MEDICAL PRACTICE TRANSFORMS
CARE THROUGH PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP 06
Hea lth Quest Medica l Practice's new organizationa l
governance model pairs physician leaders with their
administrative counterparts to leverage the streng ths of each.
This empowers physicians to exercise clinica l leadership
while administrators zero in on management — with the
mutua l goa l of improving patient outcomes.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
CARDIOLOGY
OBESITY EPIDEMIC AMONG YOUTHS MAY PRESAGE
HEART FAILURE CRISIS, STUDY SUGGESTS 16
Swedish researchers found that many young men who are
within norma l BMI range nonetheless face greater heart
failure risk once they reach middle age.
ALZHEIMER'S, ANTIPSYCHOTICS AND PNEUMONIA:
A BALANCING ACT 18
Choice of drug does not a lter the elevated risk of pneumonia
among A lzheimer's patients prescribed antipsychotics,
research suggests.
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DEPARTMENTS
FINANCE 05
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12
LOCAL NEWS 20
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 22
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