Cultural Competence

Giant Food partners with higi on diabetes prevention program
LANDOVER, Md. — Ahold's Giant Food on Monday announced the deployment of a National Diabetes Prevention Program, PreventT2, utilizing in-store nutritionists as lifestyle coaches to help prevent type 2 diabetes diagnoses across the patients they serve. Groups of participants are learning the skills they need to make lasting changes such as eating better, losing a modest amount of weight, being more physically active and managing stress, the grocer noted.
Q&A: Health Dialog empowers patients, practitioners through SDM tool
BOSTON — Health Dialog, a leading provider of integrated population health management solutions for health plans, risk-bearing providers and self-insured employers, recently hosted a complimentary webinar where Peter Goldbach, the company’s chief medical officer and a national authority on shared decision-making, provided strategic advice to help organizations execute effective shared decision-making programs that reduce costs, improve outcomes and increase patient satisfaction.

Data as an effective tool to boost medication adherence

Medication adherence remains a major obstacle to saving lives, controlling costs and improving the quality of healthcare.

Statistics show that nearly three of five American adults take at least one daily medication and separate data tell us that from 2000 to 2012, the proportion of people taking five or more prescription medications had doubled.
Consumers maintain active dialogue with their healthcare practitioners over supplement use

WASHINGTON — As many as 91% of supplement users let their physicians know about the supplements they are taking, according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s 2016 Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements. '
Study finds use of homeopathic products helpful to maintaining health

NEW YORK — Earlier this year, the Benson-Henry Institute published in the American Journal of Public Health a new survey examining the use of homeopathic medicines in the United States. The report found that homeopathy users, particularly those who also report visiting homeopathic practitioners, find the use of these products helpful, and that they tend to use a greater variety of complementary and integrative medicine modalities than do users of supplements and other complementary and integrative medicines, or CIMs.
GOP senators unveil another repeal effort as Sanders shares 'Medicare for all' plan

WASHINGTON — With Congress back from its August recess, lawmakers are making it clear that the fight over the future of the nation’s healthcare system is far from over. Wednesday on Capitol Hill saw the introduction of one bill from each side of the aisle, seemingly diametrically opposed to each other.
Beáti Naturals introducing products for today's busy female head-of-household consumer

FRISCO, Texas — Beáti Naturals on Wednesday launched a new superfood drink that comes in a mocha flavor that is geared toward women and their specific health needs and challenges.
Libertana Home Health deploys home care solution through Amazon Alexa and Orbita
With OTC class on the horizon, hearing aids aren't just for old folks anymore

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. — Just one week following the passing of the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act by Congress, Belsono Hearing Centers and Hearing Health USA launched a new social media campaign to help reduce the stigma associated with wearing hearing aids.
Co-Op City Pharmacy’s Makhover brings heart to community

For Bronx, N.Y.-based Co-Op City Pharmacy’s Biana Makhover, Cardinal Health RBC 2017 kicked off with a surprise. Under the guise of filming stock footage, Cardinal Health had earlier visited her pharmacy and talked to her patients. They then screened the resulting video, “Heart of a Community,” at the RBC 2017 Opening Session on Thursday, July 27.

Giant Food partners with higi on diabetes prevention program

Q&A: Health Dialog empowers patients, practitioners through SDM tool

Data as an effective tool to boost medication adherence

Consumers maintain active dialogue with their healthcare practitioners over supplement use

Study finds use of homeopathic products helpful to maintaining health

GOP senators unveil another repeal effort as Sanders shares 'Medicare for all' plan

Beáti Naturals introducing products for today's busy female head-of-household consumer

Libertana Home Health deploys home care solution through Amazon Alexa and Orbita

With OTC class on the horizon, hearing aids aren't just for old folks anymore

Co-Op City Pharmacy’s Makhover brings heart to community