Sedentary behavior is one of the five risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Physical activity is a boon for heart health as it reduces blood pressure and LDL cholesterol, increases HDL cholesterol, and promotes insulin selectivity. Also, it is a supportive aid to weight loss and an essential one for weight maintenance. Despite these benefits, less than 20% …
Please join us on February 26th at noon for a free webinar offered by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) featuring Silver Fern’s Chief Scientific Officer, Garry Welch, Ph.D., and Chief Client Officer, Cindy Wicks. During the webinar, we will explore the challenges and opportunities of implementing lifestyle medicine and behavior medicine at scale …
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February is American Heart Month. If we are honest with ourselves and our patients, much of what we ask them to do regarding a heart-healthy diet requires that they stop or significantly reduce consumption of a food or beverage that they currently enjoy. We want them to stop eating so much saturated fat, so if …
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Treatment of diabetes is a growing concern in the United States. In addition to being a significant challenge for individual patient management, diabetes is a burden on the healthcare system’s resources, especially its primary care physicians (PCPs). Thirty-four million people have diabetes (the overwhelming majority have type 2 diabetes), and 90% of patients with diabetes …
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Prescribing the right drug for the right patient is important for obtaining the best clinical results. The same concept is applicable to medical devices; choosing the proper device to fit the patient can make a world of difference in achieving the desired result. Theoretically, a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) can be a benefit to anyone …
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Silver Fern announced today the addition of seasoned healthcare executive, Cynthia Wicks, to its executive team. Christopher Tucker has been promoted to Chief Operations & Technology Officer, and Julia Winer to Chief Corporate Officer. With more than three decades of healthcare industry experience within national managed care organizations, health insurance companies, ACOs, physician IPAs, and …
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Silver Fern Healthcare announced today that three experienced leaders have joined its Board of Advisors: Sohini Roy, Former CFO, Nexseer Capital; Donna Lecky, CFO & Co-Founder of HealthVenture Corporation & Managing Director of HealthVenture Capital; and Cathy Eddy, Founder and Former President of Health Plan Alliance. “We are thrilled that Sohini, Donna, and Cathy have …
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Personal continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) have been a salvation for many patients with diabetes, their caregivers, and their healthcare providers. They have introduced a world of glucose data that were previously unavailable via fingerstick monitoring and that can provide new insights. From a strictly technological standpoint, CGMs could help every person with diabetes improve their …
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Silver Fern Healthcare recently integrated the topic of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) into its Type 2 Diabetes Program on its Behavior Diagnostic Platform. We felt it was essential that clinicians were covering the topic of CGM with their patients as the technology continues to gain acceptance and is more widely available to people with type …
Our previous posts have highlighted the dramatic and recent changes in lifestyles in the US, most impactfully changes in our national diet, which have created an epidemic of obesity and chronic health conditions. This post explores the opportunity for us to have a national focus, led by emerging new healthcare innovators, on the family unit …
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