Healthcare innovative technology
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…
Read MoreAnother 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…
Read MoreThe Marriage of Human Empathy and AI in Patient Engagement
Never underestimate the power of a good story to engage you and to gain your attention. While storytelling is powerful on its own, when you combine the story with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and interactivity, patient health engagement increases. According to Search Engine Watch, storytelling can boost patient engagement in their health by 33 percent. Cognitive…
Read MoreWill Patients Drive the Adoption of New Technology?
Consumers are demanding more convenience, choice and control when it comes to their healthcare and despite the fact that treatment and medication non-adherence costs our economy over $300 billion annually, healthcare has lagged behind other industries in adopting technology that fuels customer engagement and patient-centered care. The following are a few Patient Engagement Trends that…
Read MoreBugs That Can Help You Breathe
We acquire our first microbes from our mothers, during birth or even in utero. According to researcher Susan Lynch: “Over our first years of life, our microbiomes rapidly diversify and these germs provide our developing selves with a library of microbes which train our immune system to tolerate their presence. This early microbial education, may…
Read MoreHow Can Chat GPT (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) be used in Treatment and Medication Adherence?
Chat GPT or Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may transform the human cognitive process. This form of AI can converse with humans. AI capabilities/tools are being built that can detect and measure more subjective human emotions called sentiment analysis: the sentiment analysis tool can assist in determining if conversations are positive, negative or neutral. Some of…
Read MoreYounger Next Year
The book Younger Next Year for Women, written by Chris Crowley and Dr. Henry Lodge, will give you insight on the role exercise plays in the treatment of disease and aging. People with advanced emphysema and health disease do much better with exercise. People recovering from cancer do better with exercise. People with depression do…
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 MoreBe Strong, Be Brave, Be Optimistic!
Be Strong, Be Brave, and Be Optimistic! Think Health For A Change is the result of many years of counseling patients and friends about their health. The right words at the right time have the power to help improve a person’s health and consequently their life. This new book demonstrates that words are powerful tools……
Read MoreThe Future of Wireless WELLNESS is Now
Marilyn Standifer Shreve is a pioneer in using technology-assisted healthcare to expand the clinician’s voice and reach beyond the walls of traditional practice settings and into a patient’s everyday life. In the past few years, surveys indicate that when it comes to technology-assisted healthcare (telehealth), 70% of patients are comfortable communicating with their healthcare…
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