The American Healthcare Industry has experienced many large-scale changes in the past few decades. This timeframe has afforded us many drastic reforms in the industry such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or the widespread shift towards Value-Based Care. However, the most noteworthy and significant change is the…
As healthcare shifts towards a more patient-centric approach, health providers across the world are looking for innovative ways to enhance the patient care journey. The infusion of software solutions into the healthcare industry has helped providers improve the overall patient experience. One of these solutions is Care Orchestration,…
The National Grocers Association (NGA) has written a letter to the White House urging officials to re-think its position on supplemental health benefit cards — and what kinds of grocery stores shoppers are allowed to use them at. Right now, those with supplemental health benefit cards — which…
Pixabay With over 340 thousand cases of Coronavirus and almost 15 thousand deaths (as of this writing), boosting our immune system has never felt more urgent. But before we dive in on how to build a strong immunity, we should first know how our soldiers aka White Blood…
As the first African-American woman elected to Congress from North Carolina, I served for 10 years in positions on the House Agriculture Committee and as the ranking member of the Operations Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittees. Combined with my subsequent tenure as the Assistant Director General of the…
Pixabay With 24 hours and 7 days a week all to ourselves – no work, school, and extracurricular activities, we are all prone to unhealthy eating and being couch potatoes, which can lead to weight gain. Some are even calling this, “Quarantine 15,” just like the commonly used…
Feb. 11—We have received the following from the Oregon Department of Human Services. CORRECTION: A previous version of this release incorrectly reported the date that SNAP households will receive emergency food benefits. Current SNAP households will receive emergency allotments on Feb. 11. Emergency allotments will be issued Feb.…
Maintaining beautiful, healthy skin requires more than just applying expensive beauty products and a consistent trip to the Dermatologist — nutrition plays a very important role too. Our skin is a mirror of what’s happening inside our bodies. Therefore, healthy skin cannot exist without a healthy body. So…
Each food has its own nutrients, but sometimes eating two or more of them together can be beneficial to your body. When we think of nutritious food, the first thing that pops into our minds is some green leafy vegetables. Having it alone is good too, but if…
Want to maintain a healthy heart and brain? Keep a close eye on your cholesterol numbers. LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol builds up in the arteries and forms plaque, which blocks blood flow to the brain. HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol picks up the LDL and takes it to the…