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Blog Launched to Engage in Conversation about Public Health Issues

    CINCINNATI, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new blog -- Change the
Outcome -- has been launched by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical
Center in hopes of engaging in an online dialogue about important issues in
pediatric health.

    The blog, which launched Oct. 15, will focus on matters of public
health policy, health care reform, hospital quality and transformation and
the business of health care.

    A blog -- shortened from Web-log -- is a type of website written in
journal fashion that allows users to share opinions and discuss various
topics in the form of an online dialogue between authors and readers, who
offer their own comments.

    The Cincinnati Children's blog is being written by a variety of people
from throughout the medical center. James M. Anderson, president and CEO,
wrote the first post, "Win Win, Health Care Reform from Within."

    The vision of the blog is "to engage in a robust conversation about
ways to 'change the outcome' -- by promoting greater safety and quality of
medical care; by debating the options and consequences of health care
reform; by researching and interpreting health care public policy
questions; and by investigating and fostering greater understanding why all
of these things make good business sense," according to an introduction
published on the blog.

    Suggestions for topics, comments on postings or ideas about how to
improve healthcare and "change the outcome" are welcome at the blog. It can
be found at http://www.cincinnatichildrensblog.org or from the front page of the
Cincinnati Children's Web site, http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org.