By Bill Purcell Employers are an important lever in the effort to improve overall population health – perhaps one that has been the most undervalued in many conversations about improving the health status of our population. The fact is, most…

NashvilleHealth Welcomes Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Nashville Among all of the organizations tracking and taking action to improve our national health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is tops on the list. At NashvilleHealth’s Steering Committee meeting in December, we…

By: Bill Frist, M.D. Earlier this year, I called attention to the dangers added sugars pose to cardiovascular health and other health outcomes.  In the months since, many people have told me how surprised they’ve been to learn about the…

June 1, 2016 | The Hill By Former Sens. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) Imagine saving 100,000 lives a year—preventing a plane crash each day—just by removing a half teaspoon of salt a day from the foods we…

Oct. 16, 2015 | The Tennessean By Senator Bill Frist, M.D. I believe one of the secrets of achieving good population health is to make the healthy choice the easy choice. It means empowering consumers to make the right choices…