Impact of Lifestyle Medicine on Health Systems

Since we understand in the US system, hospitals make more money if their beds are filled, why then are some adopting Lifestyle Medicine treatments to help improve their population?

• What evidence provoked hospital systems to utilize Lifestyle Medicine approaches to care
• The goals of the systems in changing from sick to health care
• What strategies they have put in place to create change in environments and support their efforts.
Speakers

Dr. Dexter Shurney, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Community Wellbeing and Blue Zones, Adventist Health

Dr. Padmaja Patel, Medical Director of Lifestyle Medicine Center, Midland Health

Dr. Rakesh Jotwani, Director for Lifestyle Medicine, Kaiser Permanente