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The Connected Health Difference

Written by connectedhealth on March 30, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. Leave a Comment

The standard healthcare system is broken and many of us have come to just accept the unacceptable because the paradigm is so ingrained that you have to wait to see your doctor, and then wait in the waiting area and again in the exam room. We’ve come...

Is Concierge Medicine Right For Me?

Written by teralynn on March 25, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. Leave a Comment

The term concierge medicine or direct primary care may conjure up visions of the television series Royal Pains where two docs were on call 24/7 for the rich and famous at a cost of thousands of dollars per month in retainer fees. While that makes...

Patient Communication

Written by teralynn on March 24, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. Leave a Comment

In today’s healthcare world, where a primary care provider has less than 10 minutes with a patient, there is often little time for casual conversation and niceties. In fact, communication with a physician, his/her office and other healthcare related...

The Difference I Can Make

Written by teralynn on March 19, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. Leave a Comment

The average time it takes to see a traditional primary care doctor is 24 days. The average wait time in the waiting room is 25 minutes and when you finally get into the exam room, you may experience an additional 16 minutes of, you guessed it, waiting....

The Future of Healthcare

Written by teralynn on March 9, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. Leave a Comment

The traditional healthcare system is broken. Some would say almost beyond repair. We have a structure of reactive medicine that uses a system of diagnosis codes and one-size-fits-all treatments to deal with an increasingly sick population. There is...

COVID-19 Formerly Known as the 2019 Novel Coronavirus: Q & A Part 2 with Dr. Andy DeMarco

Written by teralynn on February 11, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. Leave a Comment

Q: Is it true travel has been suspended to the U.S. from China? Yes, the United States has temporarily suspended entry for any foreign nationals who have traveled to China. On February 2, any U.S. citizen returning home from Hubai, a province of...

Hydration is not hype

Written by teralynn on February 3, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. Leave a Comment

A great New Year’s resolution is to drink more water. It’s an easy and inexpensive way to improve your health in 2020. Your body is 70% water and staying hydrated is a critical component of your overall wellbeing. Water plays many roles in your...

2019 Novel Coronavirus: Q & A Part 1 with Dr. Andy DeMarco

Written by teralynn on January 27, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. Leave a Comment

Q: What is 2019 Novel Coronavirus? This particular strain of the Coronavirus is a new respiratory virus. This virus was first identified in Wuhan, China. Q: So, there are different strains of Coronavirus? Yes, while some strains can be dangerous,...

New Year; Better You – Setting SMART Resolutions

Written by teralynn on January 23, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. 1 Comment

Three weeks into 2020 and resolution season is in full swing. There’s something about the clean slate of January that brings forth renewed hope, motivation, and excitement, to make a change. However, statistics show that 80% of people will give...

Is Your Business Making you Sick?

Written by teralynn on January 14, 2020. Posted in Health & Wellness. Leave a Comment

Being a CEO or running your own business should come with a warning label: may cause stress, weight gain, hypertension and other conditions. Whether it’s owning a business or being at the helm of a major corporation, the physical, mental and emotional...