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20
Mar
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A New Wellness Paradigm?

Some hospital providers already use holistic health care, including chiropractic, Chinese acupuncture, Functional medicine, diet and nutrition counseling, and holistic healing. Consumers have a keen interest in wellness and natural targeted healing. There are more choices than ever for consumers to engage in “biohacking” to take charge of their own health for greater wellness. Millions […]

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17
Mar
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Innovation meets a new wellness paradigm

  Medical researchers recently created a new light sensor blood test derived from CRISPER editing which identifies DNA fragments and protein in the blood when cancer is present. Also, medicine says it will have a universal vaccine against cancer very soon. Did they build-out their man-made virus that defeated 100% of the stage 4 pancreatic […]

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23
Jan
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Revisiting the Affordable Care Act, Part 1

Innovation usually counters change and nothing happens in a vacuum unless you are the only provider in town. What’s next could rival the change from cost-based insurance to Federal DRG’s in the early 1980’s. The Affordable Care Act has been in place long enough to prove what works well and what needs to be strengthened. […]

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23
Jan
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Revisiting the Affordable Care Act, Part 1

Innovation usually counters change and nothing happens in a vacuum unless you are the only provider in town. What’s next could rival the change from cost-based insurance to Federal DRG’s in the early 1980’s. The Affordable Care Act has been in place long enough to prove what works well and what needs to be strengthened. […]

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6
Jan
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What’s in your book-of-business?

AI analysis uses one year of book-of-business patient data, payer data, and patient outcomes as a base year. This sets up a second year’s projections. The AI model becomes more accurate in each succeeding year, especially in its ability to connect seemingly disparate factors for disease which can identify additional risks and save lives. The […]

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9
Dec
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Is health care at an inflection point now?

  The Great Pandemic is in the rear-view mirror but the hangover of inflated costs for materials and staffing continue to be serous headwinds. Yes, margins are improving and volumes are at or greater than in the pre-Pandemic years, but the recovery has been predictably uneven. The trend favors big systems operating across many states […]

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9
Jul
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Wellness initiatives

Does health care have enough doctors, nurses, and support staff to launch a variety of wellness initiatives to deal with America’s wellness deficit? Fair question. One South Jersey hospital thought it was a good idea to allow self-scheduling. The response was overwhelming, causing leadership to pull the program because they said they would need at […]

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18
Jun
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An essential tool in today’s health care

The only way to refine, enhance, or streamline an organization is to listen to its doctors, nurses, and staff. Ask the right questions, identify problems, and use free form ideation to set goals and tasking. Problem solving needs thinkers, those who have imagination and common sense, those who will ask why and then why not, […]

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5
May
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A Patient Engagement Digital Strategy

All health care is transactional in the Age of Consumerism. Patient Engagement strategies include using a digital format to elicit meaningful patient information before an initial visit with a physician. A digital format must obtain the referral, the patient’s primary health concern, how the patient feels, whether he is experiencing any pain, the patient’s medical […]

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