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Centering Healthcare Institute

Building the evidence base for peer health advice

March 4, 2019 By Susannah Fox 7 Comments

Stone carving of a hand holding old fashioned scales

Imagine an intervention that produces results like these: One-third of those living with chronic conditions are now more likely to take necessary medications. The risk of admission to a neonatal ICU during first year of life reduced by 63%. People with with poorly-controlled diabetes were able to achieve a 1.1-point reduction in their HbA1c. Each […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care, positive patterns Tagged With: Centering Healthcare Institute, Centering Pregnancy, Chronic Conditions, diabetes, flip teaching, patientslikeme, peer-to-peer healthcare, Society of Behavioral Medicine

What is the ROI on love?–Susannah Fox

September 27, 2010 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Last week’s Mayo Transform symposium was a two-day excursion into the world of science, data, design, and the secret ingredient to health: love. Patch Adams, MD, kicked things off in grand style. If you’ve never seen him speak, treat yourself to a hit of his energy: In 1971, he and his compatriots opened a 24×7 […]

Filed Under: positive patterns, reforming hc Tagged With: CaringBridge, Centering Healthcare Institute, Centering Pregnancy, Cisco, Dean Ornish, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Transform, Michael Celender, Patch Adams, Sekou, Sharon Gibson, Sharon Schindler Rising, Sona Mehring, University of Pittsburgh

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