May 2008
Moving Toward Better Health
Encouraging a dialogue about health system reform; finding effective ways to encourage patients to literally get moving; successfully utilizing health care resources—these are all ways to help improve the health of patients in Wisconsin. In this issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal, we take a closer look at these topics and others that can help ensure we’re “moving toward better health.”
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial
Letter to the Editor
Wisconsin First State to Screen All Newborns for ‘Bubble Boy Disease’
Murray L. Katcher, MD, PhD; Charlse D. Brokopp, DrPH
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):113.
Letter to the Editor
Merging Public Health
Thomas Schlenker, MD, MPH
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):113-114.
As I See It
The Staff of Asclepius: A New Perspective on the Symbol of Medicine
Kyle Bradford Jones
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):115-116.
In This Issue
Reexamining the Health Care System
John J. Frey, III, MD, WMJ Medical Editor
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):117.
Original Research
Minutes in Motion: Motivating a Community to Move
Brenda Rooney, PhD, MPH; Tisha Hooks, PhD, MS; Krystal Baciak; Sarah Havens, BS; Heather Gilles, BS
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):118-123.
Public Views on Determinants of Health, Interventions to Improve Health, and Priorities for Government
Stephanie A. Robert, PhD; Bridget C. Booske, PhD; Elizabeth Rigby, PhD; Angela M. Rohan, PhD
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):124-130.
Parental Perception of Quality of Hospital Care for Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Jared Kam, BS; Julie A. Panepinto, MD, MSPH; Amanda M. Brandow, DO; David C. Brousseau, MD, MS
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):131-135.
A Long-term Follow-up of a Single Rural Surgeon’s Experience with Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Tim Napier, MD, FACS; Jeremi T. Olson, PA-C; Jennifer Windmiller, BA; Jennifer Treat, MA
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):136-139.
Your Practice
Social Security: Take the Money at 62 or Wait?
Molly J. McCarragher, JD
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):147-148.
Your Profession
Dean’s Corner
An Integrated School of Medicine and Public Health—What Does It Mean?
Robert N. Golden, MD
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):142-143.
MetaStar Matters
MetaStar to Begin New Medicare Contract
Jay Gold, MD, JD, MPH; Kay Simmons, MA
Wis Med J. 2008;107(3):145-146.