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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 11/2014

Open Access 01-11-2014 | Innovations & Improvement

Improvement Happens: Impacting Health at its Roots

An Interview with Rishi Manchanda

Author: Michael Hochman, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 11/2014

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Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH, is an Internist and Pediatrician who co-founded HealthBegins (http://​www.​healthbegins.​org/​), a network for health care professionals interested in addressing the social determinants of health within their health system. HealthBegins also provides consulting services and support to health systems that seek to integrate public health approaches with traditional medical services. Prior to founding HealthBegins, Dr. Manchanda was a clinician and the director of Social Medicine for a community health center in South Central Los Angeles. Dr. Manchanda recently released a TED Book titled "The Upstream Doctors", which describes his ideas for developing a clinician workforce with the tools to improve health at its roots. In this edition of Improvement Happens, JGIM Contributor Michael Hochman, MD, MPH talks with Dr. Manchanda about his vision for integrating an "upstream" approach within the health care delivery system. …
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Title
Improvement Happens: Impacting Health at its Roots
An Interview with Rishi Manchanda
Author
Michael Hochman, MD, MPH
Publication date
01-11-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 11/2014
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-014-2902-1

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