written by Karen Carlson | photographed by Jason Johnson “It’s not about health care. It’s about the health of the population. That’s the most important thing.” So said John Whittington, MD, senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Whittington has more than 30 years’ experience in medicine, population health and patient safety and was one of the co-authors of the Triple Aim framework published in 2007. The Triple Aim is “one aim with three dimensions: improving the health of populations, improving the patient experience of care and reducing the

SIU Medicine and its programs hit the marks Written by Karen Carlson | Photographed by Jason Johnson Dean and Provost Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, closes nearly every presentation with a particular slide: The Triple Aim + 1. The Triple Aim is a nationally known health care philosophy that has been steadily woven into the fabric of SIU Medicine for years. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) published the Triple Aim in 2007. Great minds think alike: the SIU School of Medicine Department of Family & Community Medicine (FCM) had been promoting similar principles for nearly a decade and

SIU School of Medicine authors published 37articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. See the list of articles at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/carol.gordon.1/collections/54… .

David Jeong, MD, has achieved an impressive goal this month: He’s made it to the Olympics. The director of sports medicine and geriatric musculoskeletal medicine at SIU Center for Family and Community Medicine in Springfield is directing medical teams at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. His staff will provide care and treatment for the world-class athletes at the Sliding Center, home to the luge, skeleton and bobsled competitions. The Olympic Games will be held February 9 - 25. Dr. Jeong completed his residency in family medicine at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield

David Jeong, MD, has achieved an impressive goal this month: He’s made it to the Olympics. The director of sports medicine and geriatric musculoskeletal medicine at SIU Center for Family and Community Medicine in Springfield is directing medical teams at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. His staff will provide care and treatment for the world-class athletes at the Sliding Center, home to the luge, skeleton and bobsled competitions. The Olympic Games will be held February 9 - 25. Dr. Jeong completed his residency in family medicine at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield

David Jeong, MD, has achieved an impressive goal this month: He’s made it to the Olympics. The director of sports medicine and geriatric musculoskeletal medicine at SIU Center for Family and Community Medicine in Springfield is directing medical teams at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. His staff will provide care and treatment for the world-class athletes at the Sliding Center, home to the luge, skeleton and bobsled competitions. The Olympic Games will be held February 9 - 25. Dr. Jeong completed his residency in family medicine at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield

David Jeong, MD, has achieved an impressive goal this month: He’s made it to the Olympics. The director of sports medicine and geriatric musculoskeletal medicine at SIU Center for Family and Community Medicine in Springfield is directing medical teams at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. His staff will provide care and treatment for the world-class athletes at the Sliding Center, home to the luge, skeleton and bobsled competitions. The Olympic Games will be held February 9 - 25. Dr. Jeong completed his residency in family medicine at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield

David Jeong, MD, has achieved an impressive goal this month: He’s made it to the Olympics. The director of sports medicine and geriatric musculoskeletal medicine at SIU Center for Family and Community Medicine in Springfield is directing medical teams at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. His staff will provide care and treatment for the world-class athletes at the Sliding Center, home to the luge, skeleton and bobsled competitions. The Olympic Games will be held February 9 - 25. Dr. Jeong completed his residency in family medicine at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield

David Jeong, MD, has achieved an impressive goal this month: He’s made it to the Olympics. The director of sports medicine and geriatric musculoskeletal medicine at SIU Center for Family and Community Medicine in Springfield is directing medical teams at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. His staff will provide care and treatment for the world-class athletes at the Sliding Center, home to the luge, skeleton and bobsled competitions. The Olympic Games will be held February 9 - 25. Dr. Jeong completed his residency in family medicine at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield

David Jeong, MD, has achieved an impressive goal this month: He’s made it to the Olympics. The director of sports medicine and geriatric musculoskeletal medicine at SIU Center for Family and Community Medicine in Springfield is directing medical teams at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. His staff will provide care and treatment for the world-class athletes at the Sliding Center, home to the luge, skeleton and bobsled competitions. The Olympic Games will be held February 9 - 25. Dr. Jeong completed his residency in family medicine at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield