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Salus Health Care Forum: February 2025

The tenth Salus Health Care Forum was convened on February 5, 2025. In attendance were Mitch Applegate, William Bergquist, Jerome Fish, Bill Gillanders, Mark Vukalcic, and Jack Westfall. The Trigger topic for this forum was provided by Warren Newton, a major leader in American family medicine who offered his insights regarding ways in which physicians […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On March 29, 2025
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Salus Health Care Forum: January 2025

The ninth Salus Health Care Forum was convened on January 8, 2025. In attendance were Mitch Applegate, William Bergquist, Jerome Fish, Bill Gillanders, Gay Teurman, Mark Vukalcic and Jack Westfall. The Trigger topic for this forum was provided by Jack Westfall who introduced opportunities and challenges associated with the US Government Fall Bill. In what […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On February 3, 2025
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Salus Health Care Forum. December 2024

The eighth Salus Health Care Forum was convened on December 4, 2024. In attendance were Mitch Applegate, William Bergquist, Jerome Fish, Bill Gillanders, Gay Teurman, Mark Vukalcic and Jack Westfall. The Trigger topic for this forum was provided by Jerome Fish who introduced the theme of challenge and threat. What happens when some impending event […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On January 2, 2025
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Salus Health Care Forum November 2024

The seventh Salus Health Care Forum was convened on November 6, 2024. In attendance were Mitch Applegate, William Bergquist, Jerome Fish, Bill Gillanders, Perry Pugno, Scott Sandland, Mark Vukalcicc and Jack Westfall. The Trigger topic for this forum was provided by Scott Sandland who shared insights regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to augment […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On November 26, 2024
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Salus Health Care Forum: October 2024

On October 3, 2024, the fifth Salus Health Care Forum was convened. In attendance were Mitch Applegate, William Bergquist, Perry Pugno and Mark Vukalcic. The Trigger topic for this forum was provided by Mark Vukalcic who provided information regarding Allostatic Load as related to matter of race and socio-economic status. Following is a summary of […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On October 25, 2024
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Salus Health Care Forum September 2024

In attendance at the September 4, 2024 Salus Health Care Forum were Mitch Applegate, William Bergquist, Jeremy Fish, Bill Gillanders, and Jack Westfall. The Trigger topic for this forum was provided by Mitch Applegate who introduced the concept of mental models and considered the role that mental models play in addressing the challenging issue of […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On September 28, 2024
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August 2024 Health Care Forum

The fifth Salus Health Care Forum was held on August 7, 2024. In attendance were Mitch Applegate, William Bergquist, Jeremy Fish, Perry Pugno, Scott Sandland and Mark Vukalcic. The Trigger topic for this forum was provided by Bill Gillanders who introduced some of the challenges associated with treatment and prevention of obesity.   Following is […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On August 29, 2024
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July 2024 Health Care Forum

On July 3, 2024, the third recorded Salus Health Care Forum was held. In attendance were Mitch Applegate, William Bergquist, Jeremy Fish, Walt Mills, Perry Pugno, Scott Sandland and Mark Vukalcic. The Trigger topic for this forum was provided by Peter Sterling (a noted neurobiologist and author or co-author of any publications (including Principles of […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On July 22, 2024
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June 2024 Health Care Forum

This forum held on June 5, 2024, was attended by three members of the Salus Forum: Jeremy Fish, Perry Pugno and William Bergquist. The June forum focused on strategies that can be engaged in the promotion of improved health care delivery. It benefited from experiences and insights offered by guest participant, Peter Sterling (a noted […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On June 24, 2024
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Book Shelf I: Physicians as Leaders: Who, How and Why Now

Physicians as Leaders: Who, How, and Why Now (Paperback) (2006) by Mindi K. McKenna. and Perry A. Pugno (Authors)   A review of the book Health Care is a rapidly changing field. I am a family medicine educator. I have been searching for a reference to use in teaching residents about Leadership. Perry Pugno is […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On June 6, 2024
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