Posts by Marilyn Shreve
Celebrations may be a prescription for Good Health
Most people don’t need an excuse to throw a party — yet it might just be what the doctor ordered. According to a paper published in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, a peer-reviewed academic journal put out by the American Marketing Association, “celebrations might benefit our health and well-being. The research showed that…
Read MoreBeing “In The Now”
Being “In the Now” is to be present in this moment. Learning how to be present is not easy. Focusing on the here and now can feel impossible with so many thoughts and distractions taking up your headspace. Yet if you can tune out these ruminations, there are benefits to brining your full attention to…
Read MoreWhy is Patient Engagement Important in Improving Healthcare?
Effective patient engagement is essential in healthcare. It can improve the patient’s overall health. Here are some of the benefits it can provide: Improved patient satisfaction and care—Patients who have a voice in their treatment feel respected and heard. This leads them to be more activated with their treatment plan and medication adherence Improves patient’s…
Read MoreWhat is Patient Engagement
Patient engagement is when a person takes an active role in their own healthcare. This includes reading, researching symptoms, better understanding an illness (such as diabetes) and better understands different treatment options. Being an engaged patient means you are following your treatment and medication adherence plan and in communication with your healthcare providers. Patient engagement…
Read MoreChange Your Thinking—Improve your Health!
The more your focus on the positive things in your life, the more you can boost your immunity, diminish stress, and feel a sense of happiness. Through positive thinking and commitment, you can move from one health accomplishment to another. Passion, excitement and confidence are important medicines that you need every day. And they can…
Read MoreHealtheGoals a Recipe for Your Heart
HealtheGoals is an Evidence-Based Patient Solution Designed to deliver personalized tools, guidance and information that patients can use to play a greater role in the management of their high cholesterol, high blood pressure and heart failure. Simply prescribing medications and lifestyle changes and expecting a patient to comply with these instructions may not be enough. …
Read MoreChange Your Thinking—Improve your Health!
The more your focus on the positive things in your life, the more you can boost your immunity, diminish stress, and feel a sense of happiness. Through positive thinking and commitment, you can move from one health accomplishment to another. Passion, excitement and confidence are important medicines that you need every day. And they can…
Read MoreLive Your Best Life
“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been.” –Rainer Maria Rilke A growing body of research attests to the profound mind-body benefits of getting centered. It’s called Being Awake. Good health is eating right, exercising, resting, and also being…
Read MoreHealth Is Thinking
Thinking can be one of the most active things you can do. Most anything amazing that anyone has ever created started with a thought. Just by taking a moment in the middle of the day, having a conversation, taking a walk—even a block—can trigger thinking that breaks things wide open and changing your life and…
Read MoreYOUR FEEL-GREAT HEALTH CHECKLIST
Healthy relationships, including a strong network of family, friends, loved ones and colleagues A healthy, meaningful way to spend your days A healthy creative life, spiritual life as well as a healthy financial life that allows you to meet your essential needs A healthy mental and emotional life, characterized by optimism, gratitude and happiness A…
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