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20 Mar IT IS TIME TO BEND THE HEALTHCARE COST CURVE & RECEIVE HIGHER QUALITY CARE

Posted at 14:21h in For Businesses

Companies in America spend billions of dollars on medical care expecting high value, safe and evidence based care. But are they getting it? Transparency data suggests they are not. Specific areas being questioned include: Are patients getting too much care? How can employers and employees minimize...

20 Jan HOW IS YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION COMING? THIS YEAR IT IS TIME TO SUCCEED!

Posted at 14:35h in For Patients

What is your New Year’s resolution? If you are like most Americans, the resolution will be given up by Super Bowl weekend and things will be back to status quo. But what if things were different this year? What if you succeeded and lost that...

20 Jan INCREASING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: SWITCHING YOUR FOCUS

Posted at 14:33h in For Businesses

Have you ever been overwhelmed by all the TBU (true but useless) data provided in your Health Insurance Annual Report? It reminds me of looking at a photograph of a car accident – lots to see that went wrong, vehicles damaged, people hurt; but it is already...

20 Dec MISSED THE WINDOW? IT IS NOT TOO LATE

Posted at 14:42h in For Businesses

In the first three Seven Numbers posts the natural history of the most important conditions to your healthcare spend were shared. But what do you do if you have missed the primary prevention window? Is it too late to control costs? So let’s say that...

12 Dec THE FIVE TO FIFTEEN YEAR WINDOW TO REDUCE HEALTHCARE COSTS & TO SAVE LIVES

Posted at 14:45h in For Businesses

In the first installment of the Seven Number Series, we understand how three of your biggest expenses are slowly (and effectively) attacking your company. The key to stopping this epidemic? Acting early – preventing pre-disease from moving to disease. During this phase, which lasts 5...

10 Dec GIVE UP WELLNESS PROGRAMS – IT IS TIME FOR PREVENTION

Posted at 14:46h in For Businesses

Catastrophic conditions, such as debilitating heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, don’t just appear in our body. They progress from having a predisposition passed on from your parents, to increased risk of the disease (for example when we gain weight or become overweight); to pre-disease, where...

26 Nov PROACTIVE PROVIDERS SAVE LIVES AND MONEY

Posted at 14:47h in For Businesses

In my private practice in the 1990s, I often would see patients for 7 to 15 minutes, three times a year, trying to inspire them and direct them in management of high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, and other medical conditions. One particular patient I...

06 Jun INTERVIEW WITH DAVID EMERALD & DR. SCOTT CONARD

Posted at 15:00h in For Patients

David Emerald is known for his take on how to take positive control in your life. Most thought of for his TED (The Empowerment Dynamic) program, he’s an expert in helping folks in all kinds of situations shift from feeling like “victims” to becoming “creators” of their...

06 May HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE EFFECTS SHOCKING NUMBER OF AMERICANS

Posted at 14:57h in Latest News

According to Centers For Disease Control and Prevention an estimated 68 million Americans have high blood pressure, which is approximately a third of the adult population. With such a massive number of people suffering from the disease it is critical that people educate themselves about...

20 Apr THE KEY TO MAKING HEALTHY FAST FOOD CHOICES AS A DIABETIC

Posted at 15:01h in For Patients

Diabetes will definitely keep you on your toes when it comes to diet, but when that urge to get some comfort food from a fast food restaurant hits, like it does for most of us, is all lost? Or can you still find something to...