As of mid-November 2021, the US Covid-19 death toll is about 757,000 from 47 million cases. There is broad consensus across the medical community that the most effective way for individuals to avoid the most serious consequences of Covid and for communities to stop the spread is through vaccination. With the Delta variant mostly in …
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 …
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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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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HARTFORD, Conn., June 14 , 2021 — Silver Fern Healthcare announced today that Dr. A. Mark Fendrick joined its Board of Advisors. Dr. Fendrick serves as Director of the University of Michigan’s Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) Center, and as a Professor of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine and a Professor of Health Management and Policy …
Hartford, Conn., March 22, 2021 — Silver Fern Healthcare’s Co-Founder and CEO Colleen A. McGuire was named a 2021 honoree of the Hartford Business Journal’s Women in Business Awards. Silver Fern Healthcare is a proud Connecticut company that is transforming chronic disease care through its evidence-based, clinically validated SaaS behavior diagnostic and decision support platform. …
When we teach patients or clients to eat better, we inevitably review label reading and ingredient lists on packages. We instruct patients to look for cereals with more than five grams of fiber and less than four grams of sugar, or for breads whose first ingredient is whole grain. But what do we tell our patients to …
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At some point in their busy lives, your patients are going to turn to or find themselves in a convenience store to buy food. This will happen occasionally for some patients, such as when they are traveling for vacation or run out of a food staple before the next grocery trip. However, it may be a regular practice for others, often because conveniences stores are, well convenient – close to …
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According to Business Insider, Americans eat out 5.9 times a week on average. That’s an astounding 28% of meals, and we spend a lot of money doing it. Business Insider broke the cost per person down by state, and on the high end, in states like Massachusetts and New York, a person can spend more than $3,500 each year eating out. There …
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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