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Bringing a medical school to East Texas to put primary care in rural communities
Smith County's obesity rate stood at 28 percent when George Roberts, MHA, FACHE (Chief Executive Officer @ Northeast Texas Public Health District) and his team called it unacceptable. Three months after launching Fit City Tyler, about a thousand people showed up to a Saturday event in the park.
On this episode of Moving Health Forward, George Roberts shares why he left hospital administration for public health and what people outside rural East Texas get wrong about the communities he serves.
We cover:
- Why hospital economics depend on full beds
- Fit City Tyler and a community weight loss…
The skinny
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