Wellness Program

Healio has launched the Healio Community platform to empower and connect professionals in health care.

PHILADELPHIA — Guided online participation in a wellness program was preferred over in-person or self-guided programs among patients with psoriatic arthritis, according to a poster presentation at ACR Convergence 2022.

In the final part of a five-part series, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, explains some of the strategies and reasons to discuss workplace eye wellness with patients.

Recent data showed that older adults who participated in the SilverSneakers exercise program had significantly fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits than nonparticipants.

COVID-19 stressors disproportionately affect women, and health care systems should increase access to resources to ease stress and anxiety and improve wellness among their employees, a speaker at the Women in Medicine Summit said.

A greater focus on health and wellness could have quantifiable benefits in patients with rheumatologic diseases, according to a presenter at the 2020 Association of Women in Rheumatology National Conference.

The American Academy of Family Physicians is providing its members with a 2-minute assessment that measures clinicians’ professional satisfaction.

With the year winding down, many of us are reviewing the numbers for 2019, looking for Section 179 purchase items for this tax year and planning for the new year of the optometrist, 2020.

CHICAGO — For university leadership, quantifying the bottom line in revenue loss due to physician burnout helps instill the importance of faculty wellness programs, Anita Blanchard, MD, associate dean for graduate medical education at University of Chicago, said during the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery annual meeting.

On Feb. 5, 2016, I posted, “Where is the resistance to health care reform? Now, here at the end of the summer of 2019, I thought this would be a good time to check in and see how we are doing. As we start this presidential election cycle, health care reform seems to be at the top of everyone’s list. Voters are interested, and candidates want to talk about it, so let us take a closer look.