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… Continue Reading
There’ll be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read them but all that is going to matter is that little dash between them. Rethinking your health is a reminder to take a step forward and to think about what your health means to you. Being engaged with your health means being… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Valentine’s Day is actually Good for your Mental Health. During February, I have always put a Valentine emphasis on celebrations with my friends. I think of the holiday as a way to let others know how much they mean to me. By recognizing and strengthening those bonds, it is also a way to boost your… Continue Reading
Rethinking your health is a “call to action” for each of you… an awakening of sorts. Rethinking your health is a reminder to take a step forward and to think about what your health means to you. Being engaged with your health means being engaged with your life. I encourage you to think about your… Continue Reading
How healthy is your daily cup of java? For me, coffee is the best part of waking up—I know I am in great company. Two-thirds of Americans drink coffee every day, The latest research suggest coffee might reduce the risk for several disease including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. The Caffeine Punch No… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Five years ago, I went to the hospital to have a simple right hip replacement—a “piece of cake” I thought. As a result of a car collision, I had been going to Physical Therapy for a torn labrum of my right hip. However, although I was physically active, my hip was degenerating and I was… Continue Reading
Don’t ever underestimate the power of listening… it is the key to effective communication and a necessary strength that you can master. Many of the situations that you deal with daily can be complicated and sometimes difficult to understand. How intently you listen can have a positive impact on your health. Listening is the foundation… Continue Reading
Our time alive is brief by any standard. We will not be given a second chance. Now is the only opportunity we’ll have to give our life meaning and find satisfaction in our daily lives. We will not be given a second chance. Each of us is given an unknown amount of time alive on… Continue Reading
There is no deeper nor more challenging question that how we will live our lives. It confronts us at a collective as well as an intimate level. While we are waiting for the circumstances of our lives to match our expectations, life is waiting for us to release our expectations and realize the potential that… Continue Reading
To create a bridge between your spirituality and your work means that you take the essence of who you are and what you believe into your daily work life. It means that if kindness, patience, honesty and generosity are qualities that you believe in, you make every effort to practice those qualities at work. You… Continue Reading
To make a change in our life and/or develop a new habit “We do this one day at a time in a row.” A friend of mine recently came to understand that due to her diabetes, she had to stop eating “sweets—refined sugar”. She told me: “My mind is a very funny thing, if I… Continue Reading
Birds on a perch, as resolute as truth. It is a simple but complicated and sometimes messy life. Seeing the world from above, finding a home below. You face different health challenges and life balance issues every day …it is all about how you meet them. Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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. … Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
“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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
What are some of the things you did in your past that you loved to do that you are no longer able to do? When it became apparent I could no longer go surfing, I accepted it, filling in the time gardening and hiking. During your life, we are the ones who fill our cup… Continue Reading
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) Continue Reading
One doctor (Lisa Lankin, M.D.) explains how to tap into the power of your mind to feel better—every day. What if you had the ability to heal your body just by changing how you think and feel? “I know it sounds radical, coming from a doctor. When healthy habits aren’t enough. My patients answers to… Continue Reading
According to the World Health Organization Medication adherence can have a more direct impact on improved patient health outcomes than the specific treatment itself. Non-adherence to treatment regimens and medication therapy has long been recognized as a substantial roadblock to achieving improved patient health outcomes Typically, adherence rates of 80% or more are needed for… Continue Reading
The words above were written by Helen Keller. Life has often been compared to a game. Unfortunately, we are not given the rules, nor instructions about how to play. We simply begin at “Go” and make our way around the board hoping we play it right. For each of us, our health will play an… Continue Reading