by Jim Dowling | Jul 14, 2017 | Health
There is one clue that speaks volumes about your health prospects but has nothing to do with your medical records. “We know now that one of the greatest predictors of health outcomes for almost any patient, undergoing any procedure, or with almost any disease, is one...
by Jim Dowling | Jul 14, 2017 | Health
A team whose players complement each other well is sometimes described as “more than the sum of its parts.” Patrick T.S. Lai was drawn to Central Indiana because such synergies are emerging in the realm of health care. Lai, a doctoral candidate in the School of...
by Jim Dowling | May 6, 2017 | Health
The USDA defines food deserts as a census tract where “at least 500 people and/or at least 33 percent of the census tract’s population reside more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store.” [usda.gov] This is a useful definition, but of...
by Jim Dowling | Apr 7, 2017 | SAVI Tools
Quickly Learn About Your Community Discover. Explore. Monitor. With SAVI’s new Community Assessment Tool, it’s a breeze to create a report about needs and assets for any scope your organization chooses. What resources does a community already have? What’s the poverty...
by Jim Dowling | May 2, 2016 | Health
Article You May Have Missed: The April 11, 2016 issue of the The New York Times featured the article, “The Rich Live Longer Everywhere. For the Poor, Geography Matters.” This topic resonates with the Polis Center and SAVI as we prepared a report on a...
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