November 4, 2021

Silver Fern Healthcare Receives Hartford Business Journal’s Healthcare Hero Award in the Area of Prevention

Hartford, Conn., November 3, 2021 — Silver Fern Healthcare was named a 2021 honoree of the Hartford Business Journal’s Healthcare Heroes Awards. Silver Fern Healthcare is a woman-owned, woman-led, Connecticut-based healthcare innovator that is transforming chronic disease prevention and care with its evidence-based, clinically validated behavior diagnostic and decision support assessment modules and platform. This …

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November 3, 2021

Doug Lee Joins Silver Fern Healthcare as VP Technology

Silver Fern Healthcare, a mission-driven SaaS company offering solutions backed by 30 years of evidence-based research to better control and prevent chronic disease and to improve health outcomes, is pleased to announce the addition of Doug Lee as VP Technology. Lee will lead technology and information security and is a member of Silver Fern’s executive …

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September 28, 2021

Survey Reveals Patients are Willing to Share Health Insights Prior to Doctor Visit to Help Meet Health Goals

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A nationally representative survey, commissioned by Silver Fern Healthcare, revealed 97% of Americans are willing to provide information about their daily health habits if that information allowed their provider to help them reach their health goals (e.g., lose weight, eat healthy, prevent or manage chronic disease).  Silver Fern’s survey also measured the ideal length of patient health …

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September 8, 2021

Helping Patients with Chronic Disease see the Benefits of Utilizing Emerging Healthcare Technologies

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In the two years since COVID-19 entered the world’s consciousness, the adoption of patient-facing technologies has advanced significantly. Pandemic restrictions created the need to extend care beyond the doctors’ office and technology provided the answer. Telemedicine, patient portals, remote patient monitoring, and digital assessment became viable options for providers to continue care for patients with …

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September 3, 2021

Staying Connected: Why Treating Loneliness is Essential to Improving Health

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Loneliness is on the rise. In a 2020 survey by Cigna, more than 60 percent of respondents reported “…feeling lonely, left out, poorly understood, and lacking companionship.” For individuals living with chronic disease, this lack of connection can impact their response to treatment and disease progression. For example, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found …

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September 1, 2021

Whitepaper: Creating a Post-Pandemic Plan for Assessing and Addressing the Impact of COVID

COVID-19 has had a major impact on our overall population health and will have a lasting impact on our healthcare system. The system needs tools and approaches that help measure and address the scope of that impact.

Creating a Post-Pandemic Plan for Assessing and Addressing the Impact of COVID outlines key challenges emerging from COVID-19 and some of the major opportunities for the system to evolve and improve.



August 31, 2021

Lifestyle Interventions to Help Patients with Depression

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In the last few years, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the number of people battling depression. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that symptoms of depressive disorder rose considerably from April-June 2020 over the same period in 2019. Depression itself is a serious condition. Defined as a mood disorder, depression causes unrelenting sadness and …

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July 28, 2021

Helping Patients Get a Good Night’s Sleep

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Sleeping regularly and adequately is indispensable for quality of life. Getting a good night’s sleep contributes to feeling rested and refreshed, but so much more happens during sleep. Sleep rejuvenates the cardiovascular and immune systems and regulates the production of the body’s hormones such as leptin and ghrelin. These two hormones control appetite, and when …

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July 27, 2021

Silver Fern CEO Writes about Leadership in Hartford Business Journal’s “Experts Corner”

“Humility. Purpose. Compassion. Determination. These are some of the key characteristics of Level 5 Leaders.” – Colleen A. McGuire The July 26 edition of the Hartford Business Journal features a piece by Silver Fern Co-Founder and CEO, Colleen A. McGuire. “How to become a Level 5 Leader” highlights McGuire’s extensive leadership experience and her approach …

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July 26, 2021

Meal Replacements: Convenience, Efficiency and Nutrition

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The desire for convenience and efficiency has changed the way we look at meal replacements. Originally developed to deliver nutrients and calories to patients dealing with serious illness, meal replacements have evolved to be marketed as a time-saving alternative to preparing a full meal; a simplified option to adopt low-carb, low-sugar, or plant-based diets; and …

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