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Aegis Health Group
Aegis Health Group Revealed Next Generation of Employer-Based Health-Improvement Strategies at Nashville Conference
July 11th, 2008
"The only way to flatten the trajectory of healthcare spending is to fight disease" was the overriding sentiment at last week's I3 (insight, innovation and impact) Conference sponsored by Aegis Health Group. This statement made by keynote speaker Wally Gomaa, president of Trajectory Health, effectively summed up the reason that hospitals and employers must begin (or continue) working together to positively impact the health and lifestyle choices of Americans. During his presentation, Gomaa pointed out that the United States is the ninth fattest country in the world, but has the second highest expenditures on healthcare. This can be largely attributed to metabolic...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-07-11)
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