The Patient Promise

Presenter 1 & Presenter 2

Obese

35.7%Overweight

36.1%

U.S. Adults

+

= 71.8%(or, 157 million)

Obese

23%Overweight

40%

U.S. Male Physicians

+

= 63%

Obese

27.1%Overweight

27.9%

U.S. Nurses

+

= 55%

Nurses

31.7%Physicians

18.8%

Smoking

3% 8%

Changing the Culture of Medicine

One hospital’s view on smoking

What are the goals of The Patient Promise?

1. Improve the health of patients.

2. Improve the health of clinicians.

Evidence-Based

How will The Patient Promise accomplish its goals?

1. Partnership

2. Accountability

3. Education

4. Awareness

5. Advocacy

How can you be part of The Patient Promise?

1. Sign It.

2. Live it.

3. Promote It.

Clinicians set summer fitness goals

“Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food.”

“Walking is man’s best medicine”

- Hippocrates, Father of Western Medicine (460 B.C. – 370 B.C.)

Hippocrates, not Hypocrisy

"Example is not the main thing in influencing others.

It is the only thing.“- Albert Schweitzer, Physician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1875-1965)

Thank You!

Website: www.ThePatientPromise.org

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