healthcare quality

Podcast: Curus Solutions for Companies in a COVID-19 Era – hosted by Mike Embry

Jul 28, 2020

We are releasing a series of podcasts with Industry leaders answering your questions in the age of COVID-19 about Curus, Healthcare, Benefit Solutions for Self-insured, and Human Resource strategies.  Q&A with our CEO, Mark Schlussel, hosted by Mike Embry, a leader in the United Benefits Association, president of National Association of Health Underwriters from 2017-2019, former Managing Director of Comerica Insurance Group, and founder and president of his own firm Comprehensive Benefits, Inc.  Make sure you check you are subscribed to the blog and you can get notifications of future podcasts by following us on Soundcloud: Curus Healthcare.

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Filed Under: concierge healthcare, Corporate Benefits, Curus, Health Management, healthcare quality, patient satisfaction

Podcast: Curus history – hosted by Mike Embry

Jul 27, 2020

We are releasing a series of podcasts with Industry leaders answering your questions in the age of COVID-19 about Curus, Healthcare, Benefit Solutions for Self-insured, and Human Resource strategies.  This 5 minute discussion with our CEO, Mark Schlussel is hosted by Mike Embry, a leader in the United Benefits Association, president of National Association of Health Underwriters from 2017-2019, former Managing Director of Comerica Insurance Group, and founder and president of his own firm Comprehensive Benefits, Inc.  Each week you can look forward to a discussion with Curus and thought leaders such as Doug Roehm of Strategic Services Group, Brent Matthews of TrueNorth Companies, Jeff...

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Filed Under: concierge healthcare, Corporate Benefits, Curus, Health Management, healthcare quality, patient satisfaction

A Healthcare Tidal Wave

Jul 20, 2020

As we continue to experience the tragic loss of life from COVID-19, the question being asked is what will be the new normal in healthcare post-pandemic. How do we plan for this new normal? When will it stabilize and become predictable? Will it stabilize at all? We are in the early stages of a tidal wave that is going to irreversibly reorder the process of care delivery. The new normal is really going to become the regular balance of profound instability. One example seen in the midst of this pandemic is large hospital systems laying off thousands of healthcare workers....

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Filed Under: changes in healthcare, concierge healthcare, covid-19, healthcare quality, hospitals, telehealth

Conductors Bring Harmony to Healthcare

Jun 9, 2020

Since the onset of COVID-19 at the beginning of this year, with an extraordinarily tragic loss of over 100,000 lives, we are seeing new trends in healthcare delivery rapidly emerging. The most talked about change has been the increased development of telehealth as a method of communication between healthcare provider and patient. From medical journals to newspaper articles, we are seeing a growing discussion of the limitless possibilities for using telecommunications as the primary access point to healthcare services. Having personally experienced two telehealth visits during this phase of our stay-at-home order, I approached these two contacts, one with my...

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Filed Under: concierge healthcare, Health Management, healthcare quality, telehealth

Mental Health Cost of COVID-19

Mar 31, 2020

By Mark Schlussel, CEOAs a nation we are facing a pandemic that threatens the fabric of our society -  We are aware of the need for social distancing and washing of  hands frequently. Those messages have been received.  However, as the reality of our isolation sinks in, we need to turn our attention to the mental health cost, as well as the physical and economic costs, of this pandemic.  There is no doubt in my mind that this experience will impact each one of us, no matter our background or socio-demographic. We will each never be the same as we...

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Filed Under: changes in healthcare, coronavirus, covid-19, healthcare quality, medical access, Mental Health, preventive healthcare, quarantine, social distancing, telehealth