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Tech-Based Medication Adherence Program Improves Outcomes, Reduces Costs

Published in Managed Health Care Connect on September 23, 2016 Thomas Morrow MD Having officially reached Medicare age, I am amazed that the focus of virtually every conversation with my older friends when we get ...
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Medication Adherence

Optimizing Patient Health Outcomes—The How’s:

The World Health Organization (WHO) Adherence Report findings indicate that increasing the effectiveness of Adherence interventions may have a far greater impact on the health of the population than any improvement in specific medical treatments. ...
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Big Innovations in Health Care Technology in 2015 & 2016

Originally published on GetReferralMD.com by Jonothan Govette   A new year is upon us and we are already seeing amazing advancements in healthcare technology, everything from enterprise cloud software to nanobots. Is healthcare finally catching ...
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Inspire

Start with intention.

Brendon Burchard, the author of High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way, starts every meeting by asking three questions: What is our intention for this meeting? What’s important? What matters? The premise behind that approach is simple. High performers constantly seek clarity. (And employers who aren’t high performers — yet — need clarity.) They work…
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Courage

Everyday Inspiration_Think Health For A Change

We believe in home and that our home should restore us from the stresses of the day and ready us for tomorrow. We believe in seeking the balance between hustle and rest and learning to find contentment in both.  We believe in kindness, knowing we are made better when we all work together.  We believe…
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Brain Health

Make Yourself Stronger

More than ever we need qualities like grit, resilience and drive as well as physical power and stamina for a healthy mind and body.   Fortunately. having one can make building all the others easier, research has found. Studies indicate that increasing your physical strength ” allows you to see that you can do difficult things…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The Biggest Obstacles To Changing The Standard of Health Care Are The Excuses

Michelangelo had his Pope Julius II, Mozart his Colloredo. But they did not make excuses about the restrictions placed upon them.  They made masterworks that  changed the standards of art and music. In the US healthcare system, the medicines are complex, and the regulations are stifling but using the complexity of our healthcare system as…
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Inspire

Three Cheers for America’s Birthday!

The Pledge of Allegiance just thirty-one words… whether we are aware of it or not, these thirty-one words carved out a place in our hearts—in the shape of a true patriot:  a love of liberty, a defender of faith, a promoter of unity, a champion of peace, a protector of democracy and a guardian on…
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Health lifestyles

For Long-Term Health and Happiness, Marriage Still Matters

A new study in the journal Global Epidemiology authored by Dr, Brendan Case (Associate Director for Research at Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Program gain and Dr. Ying Chen, research associate),  it makes the case in its findings that married women were more optimistic and had a greater sense of purpose. Their findings’ were striking. The…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Another Medical Revolution Is Under Way

We sometimes forget that, as recently as the 19th century, people suffered through gruesome surgeries without anesthesia. The first part of the 20th century saw only slow progress in clinical medicine. Even by the early 1970s, doctors, for the most part, could only observe the human devastation caused by serious diseases. Physicians had little in…
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Health lifestyles

AWAKENINGS

Spring, a time of awakening. Everything is clear and fragrant. “Live in each season as it passes:  Breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.” Henry David Thoreau Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it. By finding beauty in the ordinary , you can add…
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Behavioral Science Healthcare Solutions

Declutter Your Mind

“If you don’t know what to do with it, or where to put it, or why you ever bought it in the first place, or if looking at it depresses you, throw it out,”  say Leslie Raycraft my friend and CEO of Posh Organizing in Connecticut. According to Gail Blanke, a personal life coach, here…
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Brain Health

It’s Time to BREATHE

Studies have shown that increasing the flow of oxygen to the brain and lungs can help reduce stress and impose endurance.  As we face change in our world, just  a thought  to help you remember to breathe.
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