Posts by Marilyn Shreve
Even Short Workouts Have Benefits
Would you be able to find an extra ten minutes a day to scroll on your phone? Or binge the latest season of your favorite show? Odds are your answer is YES! But what about an extra TEN MINUTES a day that is dedicated to exercise? If your answer changed to a hesitant maybe, you…
Read MoreFind Your Exercise Inspiration
Having a workout routine you like isn’t just fun—it helps keep you coming back for more. If you are still trying to find your exercise groove, try one (or more) of these ideas: ENJOY THE CLASSICS: walking, running, biking TACKLE SOME CHORES: mowing the lawn, bagging leaves, planting flowers TAP INTO YOUR INNER CHILD: hopscotch,…
Read MorePredictive Analytics=Patient Empowerment
For people with high cholesterol or diabetes, adhering to a medication treatment plan is more than a good idea, it can be essential to their health. Simply prescribing medication and lifestyle changes and expecting a person to comply does not assure health improvement. Achieving improved patient health outcomes can require much more than gentle reminders…
Read MoreWAKE UP! Patients Want Better Access to Mobile Health and Telehealth Tools
According to a recent Pew Internet report, roughly 77% of Americans now own a smartphone. Entrepreneurial strengths will be increasingly important in a rapidly changing healthcare environment of the 21st Century that focuses on the use of “Health IT” to employ tailored communication that effectively engages patients to take an active role in managing their…
Read MoreHere’s to a Technology-assisted HealthCare system “JAILBREAK”
Marilyn Standifer Shreve is a clinical pharmacist who believes that at the heart of our United States healthcare system there must be a relentless effort to improve every American’s health and to sustain their wellness. When it comes to patient-centered care, we have done little in the U.S. to harness or leverage the astounding progress…
Read MoreA PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC
Marilyn Standifer Shreve is a pioneer in using digital, mobile and interactive technologies as powerful tools to engage patients to take a proactive role in managing their treatment regimens and medication therapies… resulting in lowering the growth of health care costs and improving patient health outcomes. Americans are dying in record numbers from heart disease,…
Read MorePATIENT ENGAGEMENT–The New Call to Action for Clinicians
Marilyn Standifer Shreve is a clinical pharmacist who led California’s efforts to become the first state to implement policies and regulations that authorize electronic transmission of prescriptions (e-prescribing). Over the last ten years, there has been much discussion within the healthcare industry about patient-centered care or improving the experience of patients. However, in a 21st…
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