Your responsibility as a health community leader is today much more challenging than it was just 90 days ago. Possibly you didn’t need President Trump reminding everyone that Senior Living communities are at a higher risk of spreading and contracting the Covid-19 virus. Or possibly that announcement helped you by asking everyone to avoid unnecessary visits, and he saved you the need to communicate it. Regardless, your job is harder today and here are a few ideas that can help.
Legendary Musician Glen Campbell wrote this song almost two years after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Having already struggled with the disease for a few years, the song’s lyrics accurately describe the trials that his family would face.
My hands shook uncontrollably as I tried to screw off the top of a bottle of Benadryl. The little plastic measuring cup seemed more like a tiny thimble as I attempted to pour the correct amount of medication. My son, Jasper, was having an allergic reaction to peanuts. Red splotches develop all over. His tongue and face swell.
Jim Walberg has always lived his life to the fullest. He started two successful businesses and participated in sporting events, including triathlons and marathons, just to name a couple. Since overcoming both prostate cancer and a nasty tumor on his pituitary gland, not to mention losing his colon to ulcerative colitis, his zest for life hasn’t wavered.
When I first started thinking about creating Outpatient Inc., my situation mirrored the frustrating dilemma of Oniqa Moonsammy, the 33-year-old who Time magazine recently profiled in a story about Americans who are struggling to hold on to their jobs while also caring for elderly parents and relatives.
If you’ve been paying the slightest amount of attention to the business news lately, you know that the healthcare industry has been moving and shaking. New products, M&As, and partnerships touting the biggest names — Amazon, Apple, Verily (Alphabet), Aetna, Cigna, McKesson, JP Morgan, Berkshire Hathaway and CVS — promise to change the way you see the doctor.
Need to see a physical therapist or other outpatient clinician? You know that you’ll have to arrive 15 minutes early to fill out forms with information including your insurance plan, medical history, medications, allergies. Americans continuously face the frustration of repeatedly completing the same forms. Over and over again, you handwrite the details, wondering why the healthcare world remains in the age of telegraphs, leaded gasoline, card catalogs, the Beach Boys.
Butterfly effect. You’ve probably heard of the term. It refers to a mathematical theory applied to weather systems, where the slightest change of a butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world could potentially influence a tornado developing in another. Sounds unbelievable, right?
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan announced yesterday that they’re teaming up to take on the challenge of healthcare for their employees, which collectively total 1.2 million. It’s an exciting development as the industry trends toward a model that’s patient- and family-centered.
People generally love numbers and lists. Well, here’s some real live data to boggle your mind. The numbers in US Healthcare are crazy talk. They’re staggering and seem unsustainable. Well maybe to someone who hasn’t spent a career in healthcare, but then maybe that’s what this industry needs? Some people to read this stuff and realize – this is crazy .. how can we make this better! Check this out (annual US data) …