Jan 8, 2020
Over recent decades, healthcare has been at the forefront of the political agenda in the United States. Each of the two major parties have suggested that they have the solution to bringing down costs and improving the quality of care. Yet, they only debate the cost of healthcare delivery and never address the issue of quality. This is because we can quantify the cost of care, but we have a hodgepodge of metrics to try and determine quality. The recipients of healthcare are the ones who are impacted daily by this quality confusion. As the debate continues about who should...
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Mar 28, 2019
How to Get the Best Healthcare Advice in Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee is a fast-growing city offering quality health care in many areas. As a hub for traffic to several larger cities like Atlanta, Nashville, and Knoxville, Chattanooga has a small town feel in many ways. Yet larger corporations, such as Volkswagen, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Chattanooga, McKee Foods (Little Debbie), and Amazon, as well as the major healthcare corporations like BlueCross BlueShield of TN have large workforces with a vast array of health care needs. Chattanooga residents with chronic or acute conditions and diseases often find it difficult to navigate their health care needs. This makes Chattanooga a...
Read MoreFiled Under: chattanooga, concierge healthcare, health coach, lower medical bills, medical access, Mental Health, preventive healthcare, understanding insurance
Mar 21, 2019
Life expectancy in the United States has been on the decline in the last few years. (Time.com)In spite of all the medical advances of today, people are not as healthy as they once were. Doctors and other healthcare providers are excellent resources for information, but some chronic medical conditions, such as obesity, need ongoing help and attention. This need for ongoing nutrition and fitness support has sparked a trend - health coaches with the specific goal of providing assistance to people on a more regular basis.The largest nutritional school in the country, the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, defines a health coach as, “A supportive mentor...
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Oct 29, 2018
Some years ago, a physician friend told me this story, and it has remained with me. He was one of the finest diagnosticians around and highly respected for his medical skills. He was visiting with his family members at his daughters home and realized he was in the process of having a heart attack. He requested his son immediately take him to the hospital. There was a hospital with an emergency room quite close. However, even in the midst of his coronary, he insisted that his son drive to another hospital that had a highly respected coronary team. I asked him, "Why didn't...
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Oct 5, 2018
For executives, key employees, and professionals the concept of wellness programs within their work environment is a bit of an anomaly. With the electronics that we have available to us today, there really isn't an end to the work day. We are tethered to our smart phones almost 24/7 and we receive emails day and night. In this work environment, the idea of work-life balance becomes attenuated by the ongoing different demands of our work. Even when we are on "vacation," most of the people with whom we do business have continuing expectations of our availability. In this environment, where...
Read MoreFiled Under: changes in healthcare, concierge healthcare, Corporate Benefits, corporate wellness, Health Management, healthcare coach, work-life balance
