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3 ways technology will change mental health

One in four individuals in the United States suffer from mental illness. Mental health has traditionally been underfunded and its victims, over stigmatized. Many mental health conditions affect individuals living in impoverished, rural communities in which access to care is limited, if not completely unavailable. Although natural options can be extremely effective for prevention and […]

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Creating health: 12 emerging principles that redefine the meaning of the word

The Creating Health Collaborative was formed to understand why, despite their potential, broader definitions of health remain only a fringe of health innovation. In today’s post, I am sharing their first report (opens a PDF) and have reproduced below an edited version of what the Collaborative thought were the emerging principles for creating health. We […]

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Autopsy of a preventive care practice: How fee-for-service killed a wellness startup

Dr. Steven Charlap founded MDPrevent, a preventive healthcare clinic in Florida. He wrote a detailed obituary of his startup for The Atlantic. He built a team that included a health psychologist, registered dietitian, exercise physiologist, yoga instructor, health educator and nurse practitioners. The plan was for a physician to complete an initial health risk assessment, […]