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MetroWest Medical Center: Leveraging mHealth & Sharing ER wait times with public
Featured in: New Health Leader
MetroWest Using mHealth Texting ER Wait Times to Attract PatientsWhat’s the wait time at YOUR local hospital right NOW? Although I live in San Francisco 3,083 miles from Framingham, MA (which MapQuest informs me would take 47 hours to drive---sometime the actual wait time at an emergency room)
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Michael G. “Mike” Ryan, FACHE, is a columnist, editor, futurist, speaker, Chairman and Managing Partner of EiG www.execimpactgroup.com based in San Francisco founded in 1994 it has its roots to one the first healthcare consulting firms founded in the 1960s.
He is a recognized pioneer in the eHealth and healthcare technology industry and was founder and senior vice president of sales and marketing for www.healthonline.com. Mike is one of the most networked executives in Silicon Valley and healthcare executive in the world on www.linkedin.com and is connected to 22 million people worldwide. Since 1982 Mike has been leader in "connecting the dots" between healthcare and technology. He serves as a CEO mentor and consultant to the Women’s Technology Cluster www.womenstechcluster.org in San Francisco. He serves on the advisory boards of www.healthcare.com , www.takesalltypes.org Mike is a recognized national speaker and is the creator and host of a weekly “live” interactive forum for healthcare CEOs and executives for America Online www.aol.com.
Michael G. Ryan, FACHE
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Executive Impact GroupSan Francisco, CA USA
Linked In:www.linkedin.com/in/mikeryan/
Blog: http://blogs.healthcare.com/healthcaremusing/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/HealthCareGuru
Health Wonk Review is up
Featured in: Insurance Dispatch
This week's Health Wonk Review now online at InsureBlog.I have the pleasure of hosting this week's Health Wonk Review. For those unfamiliar with the HWR, it's a biweekly roundup of interesting posts on health care policy and polity.
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A Higher Purpose for REAL Wellness?
Featured in: Wellness Report
Could there be a "higher purpose" (secular) for REAL wellness, an outcome that trumps all others?
Could there be a higher purpose for REAL wellness, an outcome that trumps all others? How about becoming a better human being?
There are almost countless benefits to living in a fashion more or less consistent with lifestyles most would associate with wellness. Healthy and constructive attitudes and behaviors, skill sets and commitments to positive living seem self-evidently desirable. Not a lot of attention has been given to any kind of hierarchy of benefits from such disciplined, self-directed lifestyles. Well, maybe someone should. Maybe I will.
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A Higher Purpose for REAL Wellness?
Featured in: Wellness Report
Could there be a "higher purpose" (secular) for REAL wellness, an outcome that trumps all others?Could there be a higher purpose for REAL wellness, an outcome that trumps all others? How about becoming a better human being?
There are almost countless benefits to living in a fashion more or less consistent with lifestyles most would associate with wellness. Healthy and constructive attitudes and behaviors, skill sets and commitments to positive living seem self-evidently desirable. Not a lot of attention has been given to any kind of hierarchy of benefits from such disciplined, self-directed lifestyles. Well, maybe someone should. Maybe I will.
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The Stepford Husbands - Are We Guys Victimes, Too?
Featured in: Wellness Report
Some lady thinks there are "five stupid, unfair and sexist things expected of men." Agree?I read a provocative article the other day by Greta Christina. Entitled, "Five Stupid, Unfair and Sexist Things Expected of Men," it suggests that men are victims of sexism, as much as women. Of course we all knew that sexism hurts women, but how many of us think about sexism working against men? The thought is enough to rattle the chauvinist male piggies among us.
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Just in Time Care: Leveraging technology for patient treatment & satisfaction
Featured in: New Health Leader
Healthcare providers implementing the latest in communication technology in improving the cost, quality and delivery of care to improve satisfactionHospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers are beginning to utilize existing and emerging technologies to improve the cost, quality and patient satisfaction of health services.
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Michael G. “Mike” Ryan, FACHE, is a columnist, editor, futurist, speaker, Chairman and Managing Partner of EiG www.execimpactgroup.com based in San Francisco founded in 1994 it has its roots to one the first healthcare consulting firms founded in the 1960s.
He is a recognized pioneer in the eHealth and healthcare technology industry and was founder and senior vice president of sales and marketing for www.healthonline.com. Mike is one of the most networked executives in Silicon Valley and healthcare executive in the world on www.linkedin.com and is connected to 22 million people worldwide. Since 1982 Mike has been leader in "connecting the dots" between healthcare and technology. He serves as a CEO mentor and consultant to the Women’s Technology Cluster www.womenstechcluster.org in San Francisco. He serves on the advisory boards of www.healthcare.com , www.takesalltypes.org Mike is a recognized national speaker and is the creator and host of a weekly “live” interactive forum for healthcare CEOs and executives for America Online www.aol.com.
Michael G. Ryan, FACHE
Chairman
Executive Impact GroupSan Francisco, CA USA
Linked In:www.linkedin.com/in/mikeryan/
Blog: http://blogs.healthcare.com/healthcaremusing/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/HealthCareGuru
Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Help to Keep Arteries Soft & Supple
Featured in: Nutrition & Life
Meal enriched with omega-3 reduces arterial stiffness, says study.If you're concerned about cardiovascular disease, the top killer in the US and many developed countries, then this piece of research may be of interest to you.
A study done in the UK found that increased intakes of omega-3 fatty acids could help to make blood vessels less stiff following a meal, adding to a strong body of research linking long chain omega-3 fats with improved heart health.
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Wee Peng Ho used to be sick and tired most of the time despite his best efforts in following conventional health wisdom. After teaching himself the ancient art of meditation, he realized that an unconscious mind is the root cause of an unhappy and unhealthy life. So he decided to go back to basics, simplify his life and do things that will bring joy to his heart. That's how The Conscious Life is born.
Now, he writes articles to inspire his readers to improve their lives by thinking out of their conditioned mind. He also writes frequently about health issues such as chronic inflammation and related diseases, as well as natural ways to reduce stress, enhance health and restore inner balance. He welcomes you to his website, and looks forward to exchanging views on health, consciousness and more with one and all.
Estrogens and toxins in our soaps and lotions
Featured in: Nutrition & Life
Our world is filled with estrogenic & toxic chemicals that fatten us up and give us cancer. Many we are smearing on our skin voluntarily.Okay, everyone. Go into your bathroom and pull out your shampoos, conditioners, soaps, hand sanitizers, body wash, mouth wash, bubble baths, baby wipes, exfoliants, deodorants and/or antiperspirants, any lotions and creams including those for shaving, hair products, sun screens, perfumes and colognes, powders, toothpaste and cosmetics including nail polish and let's see if any of these products might be implicated in stubborn fat on the thighs and hips for women, and man-boobs for men. Too much estrogen is implicated in breast, cervical and uterine cancers not to mention PMS in women, and erectile dysfunction and low sperm counts in men. Even if you don't have these problems, check your products because they might be carcinogenic.
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I have always been interested in what we can do to make ourselves as healthy as possible. We cannot change our genetics, but there is much that is within our control that can have an impact on whether we are healthy or whether we suffer with pain and disease.
I was the top graduating student at the University of Toronto in Physical and Health Education in 1992, where I studied anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, nutrition and how exercise can improve health. In 1997 moved to Vancouver and started a personal-training business.
I became frustrated by my inability to help my clients through their various aches and pains, and pursued further education through the CHEK Institute in San Diego. I learned an incredible amount, and became far more effective with my clients suffering from low-back pain, but still found some clients did not respond as I felt they should and I didn't understand why.
I began to read and read. I began to appreciate how nutrition and other lifestyle factors can have a huge impact on healing or the lack of healing. It became obvious to me that there is a lot more to orthopeadic problems than simply looking at the physical. I took the CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Consultation course which solidified what I had been learning. Disease is a function of bodily systems being out of balance, and when we do what is necessary to bring the individual back into balance our health is restored.
My hope is that through this site you can travel the wellness journey with me and prevent illness, or if you are ill, you can learn some ways to become well again.
Donations That Sponsor a Friend's Exercise for a Cause: A Sensible, Appropriate or Otherwise Sound Basis for Charitable Contribu
Featured in: Wellness Report
If Someone Asks You to Pay for His Exercise, Should You?If Someone Asks You to Pay for His Exercise, Should You? A Critical Look at Contributing to, Or Seeking Donations Related to Participation in an Event for a Cause
A few years ago, a Running Times article noted that charities and running events "are inextricably intertwined." Individuals competing for a cure for one thing or another "have raised millions, if not billions, of dollars for hundreds of worthy causes."(See Jim Gerweck, "Finishing Kick: Charity Begins at Home," Running Times Magazine, December 2005.)
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Healthcare Reform Models Focusing on Value to Consumers
Featured in: Quality Advocate
Discusses three powerful transformational models for fixing our healthcare systemDuring my absence from the blog these past few months--while I focused on developing new software programs--many important things have been happening in healthcare. The country's increased recognition of three transformational models are most exciting:
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Dr. Steve Beller is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant, researcher, software inventor, and CEO/President of National Health Data Systems. His life goal is to work with others to help re-direct the course of humankind, so we don't have to be ashamed of the world we’re leaving our children.
Toward that end, Dr. Beller spent the past 25 years in creative pursuits, including inventing unique software systems, writing about the healthcare crisis and cures, and developing close personal and professional bonds with fine individuals across the globe.
Dr. Beller's current activities are devoted to (a) consumer empowerment through comprehensive mind-body-environment health assessments yielding deep understanding, “information therapy” supporting self-maintenance and knowledgeable decision-making, and guidance from collaboration with health professionals & peers; (b) continuous improvement of sick-care and well-care safety, effectiveness and efficiency through use of evolving evidence-based guidelines; (c) international efforts to improve the health and well-being of the elderly and impoverished; (d) establishment of cost-effective information exchange architectures using next-generation technologies; and (e) supporting first responders and trauma department staff in pandemics, disasters and terrorist attacks.
For more, please see his extended bio here.
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