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Vivos Device Offers Potential Fix for Sleep Apnea, Not Lifelong Treatment

 
 
Kirk Huntsman the CEO of Vivos, a leading provider of services and devices that treat and potentially resolve mild to moderate sleep apnea and improve the overall health of patients joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Sleep Health Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Kirk Huntsman discuss the following:
Please tell me a little about Vivos and how the company got started – and why?
Talk about the issues associated with sleep apnea. What are the biggest symptoms in adults and how might sleep apnea manifest itself in children as well.
How does the Vivos device differ from other treatments?  Is it FDA approved?
Is it really a cure for sleep apnea?
How do we pay for it?
 
Millions suffer from a variety of adverse health conditions which are the result of interrupted sleep patterns. While lying down, someone with an underdeveloped jaw, narrow dental arch, and/or a constricted airway is unable to achieve and sustain good, effective breathing.

Correcting the underlying condition will often result in better breathing, more restful sleep, and a renewal of healthy vibrant living.
The Vivos System is recommended by specially trained dentists and physicians who consistently see their patients’ overall health and well-being greatly improve as breathing obstructions are removed and airways expanded.
 
Website: www.vivoslife.com

Carepoynt: The World’s First Health-Focused Rewards Program Platform and Network

 
 
Tim Stanley, Founder and CEO of Carepoynt, the world's first health-focused rewards program, platform and network that puts consumers at the center of their own healthcare experience joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Health News Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Tim Stanley discuss the following:
Explain what Carepoynt is in detail.
Tell me about the current healthcare landscape and how Carepoynt can improve it.
What are some of the top partners members can earn and redeem Poynts from?
How do Poynts transfer over to dollars?
How do you sign up for Carepoynt & how can one get further details online as well?
 
Carepoynt is the world's first health-focused rewards program, platform and network that puts consumers at the center of their own wellness experience. Developed in response to the costly, chaotic and uncoordinated healthcare ecosystem, Carepoynt is a compelling consumer-centric program built around a multi-channel, cloud-based Rewardsware for Healthcare™ platform where members can connect, align, engage and be rewarded within a trusted network of health-focused providers, payers, employers and strategic partners.
With Carepoynt, it’s easy for members to earn redeemable “Poynts” by participating in healthy activities, engaging in care plans or promotions and making smart health- and wellness-related purchases.
Carepoynt’s mission is to encourage healthier living, enhance value and improve the results of health investments, and enable more engaging experiences and better outcomes across the healthcare and wellness ecosystem. Carepoynt can also be leveraged for employer- or insurer-based wellness programs to foster smarter care planning and better results for patients and providers, and also delivers more purpose-driven relationships between health-oriented brands and consumers. Members can succeed by focusing on better value, lower costs and improved results by participating in this shift towards a healthier society.
From Rewards to Results > Carepoynt Makes Healthcare More Rewarding for All™. Follow Carepoynt on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. For more information, or to joyn, connect with Carepoynt @ http://connect.carepoynt.com.
 
 
Website: http://connect.carepoynt.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carepoynt Twitter: https://twitter.com/carepoynt

Medicare Advantage with Kristine Grow

 
 
Kristine Grow, spokesperson for the Coalition for Medicare Choices (CMC), a national grassroots coalition of more than 2 million seniors and disabled individuals, that works year-round to protect individuals enrolled in Medicare Advantage joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Health News Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Kristine Grow discuss the following:
How is Medicare Advantage different from traditional Medicare and what role does it play for people here in the US?
Why might someone be interested in a Medicare Advantage plan?
What are the benefits and advantages for someone on a Medicare Advantage plan?
At a time of hyper-partisanship and disagreement over healthcare in Washington, it sounds like Medicare Advantage is a program that’s popular with seniors and actually working well. Does Medicare Advantage have support in Congress, or is this another issue with a deep divide between the political parties?
What can Members of Congress do to show that they support this popular program?
 
Founded in 1999, the Coalition for Medicare Choices is a fast-growing, national grassroots organization of more than 2 million people who receive their health care coverage through a Medicare Advantage health plan. Members of the Coalition for Medicare Choices, who reside in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, are united in supporting high quality health plan choices in Medicare.
Coalition members actively communicate with members of Congress about issues that affect their coverage. Over the years, Coalition members have participated in dozens of town hall meetings and rallies involving members of Congress and their staff, written hundreds of letters to the editors of their local newspapers, made tens of thousands of phone calls to congressional offices, and written more than 150,000 letters to their members of Congress. Since 1999, Coalition members have made more than a million contacts with their members of Congress.
 
 
To learn more about the Coalition for Medicare Choices visit http://medicarechoices.org.
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProtectMyMA Twitter: https://twitter.com/protectmyMA

Must Have's for a Balanced Life with Dr. Nikki Martinez

 
 
Dr. Nikki Martinez, Psychologist and Clinical Director again joins eHealth Radio and the Psychology & Health News Channels to discuss must have's for a balanced life.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Nikki Martinez discuss the following:
What inspired the idea of coming up with the "must have's for a balanced life?"
What are some of the essentials that we might not think of?
What is something that we might feel guilty about, but is actually really important?
What is something we need to try and change our thinking about?
How hard is it to actually have a balanced life?
 
Dr. Nikki Martinez received her Masters and her Doctorate from Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and completed her pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowship at Gateway Foundation in Lake Villa, Illinois. Dr. MArtinez is the Head of Clinical Development for www.DrNikkiMartinez.com. She is an Adjunct Professor in psychology graduate studies, is a telemental health psychologist, a disability consultant, and a blogger for the numerous media outlets, including Everyday Power Blog. She is  published author, disability advocate, and public speaker. 
 
Website: www.DrNikkiMartinez.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-martinez-35b36231 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrNikkiMartinez Twitter: @DrNikkiMartinez Instagram: @nikkimaramartinez

Reducing Medical Errors

 
 
Cliff Cavanaugh, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Healthjump, a company committed to making health data accessible to both patients and providers joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare & Health News Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Cliff Cavanaugh discuss the following:
What is a true health data record and why is it necessary for providers and patients?
We know that medical errors are sometimes an unfortunate reality in healthcare and healthcare organizations do their best to make sure that medical errors do not occur. What are three ways healthcare organizations can help prevent medical errors from occurring?
Is this health data record the same as a patient portal?
How can patients help their doctors and ultimately themselves, to make sure their medical records are correct?
What should healthcare organizations be doing to ensure patients’ medical health records are correct?  What obstacles do they face?
 
Cliff Cavanaugh is a developer turned entrepreneur working in computer sciences since 1999, and has focused exclusively on Digital Health since 2005. Currently he is CTO and Founder of Healthjump, a company with the mission of making the health record available to all members of the care continuum.
Cliff also co-founded DataTrade Solutions, a provider of Health IT services to thousands of providers via health systems and practices across the United States. DataTrade Solutions was acquired by Healthjump in 2015. He is a member of the RAPID Informatics Work Group of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health and has assisted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in the development of Clinical Quality Measures for Meaningful Use stage 3. Cliff's public speaking experience includes presentations on health data and analytics at NextGen user conferences, and the Yale Healthcare Conference.
 
 
 
Website: www.healthjump.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthjump Twitter: https://twitter.com/Healthjump

How a Plant-Based Diet Can Fight Disease

 
 
Dr. Stacy Mitchell Doyle, Founder of FoodTherapyMD, that takes the concept of food as medicine to the next level joins eHealth Radio and the Health News & Nutrition Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Stacy Mitchell Doyle discuss the following:
Can you tell me a little bit about your business, FoodTherapyMD?
What are the benefits of a whole food, plant-based diet?
What diseases have you seen specifically respond to a plant-based diet?
Tell me about your "food prescriptions?"
What are some steps that people can take to increase their intake of phytonutrients?
 
FoodTherapyMD is the brainchild of Dr. Stacy Mitchell Doyle, MD – or Dr. Stacy as she is known to her patients. After completing medical training and residency at UCLA Medical Center, Dr. Stacy obtained her board certification in Internal Medicine and set up private practice in Los Angeles. But after nearly two decades, Dr. Stacy realized that she was participating in a failing medical system, and she began to treat her patients using plant-based nutritional protocols. FoodTherapyMD takes the concept of food as medicine to the next level. Not only do they promote whole, plant-based diets for disease management and longevity, they recognize that phytonutrients, the things that make plant food so amazing, can be tailored to fight specific disease states.
 
 
Website: www.foodtherapymd.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoodTherapyMD Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorStacyAnn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/FoodTherapyMD

Save 1 Person: Creating massive awareness for people in need of living organ donors

 
 
Lauren Finkelstein, Founder & Director of Save 1 Person, with a mission to save or dramatically improve a person's life who's in need of a medical miracle through the power of the media joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Lauren Finkelstein discuss the following:
For the benefit of our listeners, please give us an overview of Save 1 Person.
What inspired you to launch Save 1 Person?
Why is it important to be an organ donor?
What are some recent or current campaigns involving Save 1 Person?
What are your long-terms goals for Save 1 Person?
 
Lauren Finkelstein started Save 1 Person's global media campaign in 2002.  Save 1 Person's mission is to create massive awareness for people in need of living organ donors in order to save countless lives. Save 1 Person's alerts appear weekly on TV, Radio, Internet, and many publications.  The news breaks ask the public to save that life featured, whether being a living organ donor or getting tested as a bone marrow donor.Previously, Lauren served as a Senior Promotion Producer at Court TV and she's worked for various TV networks including WABC, WNBC, CNBC, King World and MTV.  Laurenalso spent one year learning about the nonprofit world at the Wexner Heritage Foundation.Lauren holds her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami and majored in Telecommunications and Drama.
 
 
Website: www.save1person.org
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/save1person Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/save1person

Artificial Intelligence + Healthcare: A match made in heaven

 
 
Codrin Arsene, CEO at Digital Authority Partners, a digital implementation and product development company headquartered in Chicago, USA joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare & Technology Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Codrin Arsene discuss the following:
What are the primary issues in healthcare that technology can help solve in 2018?
What should keep healthcare executives awake at night given the latest tech trends?
What’s the importance of big data and artificial intelligence in healthcare?
What does the democratization of data mean for the healthcare industry as a whole?
What does the future hold for patients and healthcare providers all over the world?
 
Codrin Arsene runs Digital Authority Partners, a digital implementation and product development company headquartered in Chicago, Il.  Digital Authority helps Fortune 500 healthcare companies reinvent themselves by undergoing holistic digital transformation initiatives.  Digital Authority specializes in artificial intelligence, digital strategy, product development, UX/design, and analytics. Codrin founded Digital Authority Partners to help companies adopt new and exciting technologies to solve complex problems and achieve their business goals.  An AI-driven product development and digital implementation partner, Digital Authority Partners helps healthcare companies create and execute exciting digital initiatives that deliver higher quality healthcare while increasing operational efficiency. Digital Authority Partners thrives on taking complex problems and delivering elegant, engaging solutions to help companies achieve their business goals and objectives. Codrin loves helping companies succeed, and lives his life according to Floyd Mayweather's famous quote: "A true champion can adapt to anything."
 
 
Website: www.digitalauthority.me
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalauthoritypartners Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalpart

Board of Pharmacy Specialties Announces Sterile Compounding Certification

 
 
William Ellis, Executive Director of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties® in Washington, D.C. that recently announced approval of Compounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacy as its twelfth specialty certification joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Pharmaceutical Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest William Ellis discuss the following:
Can you tell our listeners about BPS?
What is the mission of BPS?
How many pharmacists are currently BPS board certified?
What sets BPS board certified pharmacists apart from other pharmacists?
I understand BPS recently announced that Compounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacy is your 12th specialty. What led to that decision?
What's next for BPS and board certified pharmacists?
 
William M. Ellis MS, RPh was named Executive Director of BPS in 2011. From 1997-2011, Mr. Ellis served as CEO and Executive Director of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation. He was the Executive Vice President for the Pennsylvania Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists from 1986-1997.Mr. Ellis also served as the elected Chair of the Council on Credentialing in Pharmacy (CCP) from 2012-2015. In 2014, he was appointed as a commissioner to the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) and served as the NCAA Chairman from 2016-2017. After receiving his pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (PCP), where Mr. Ellis currently serves as the Chair of the College’s Board of Visitors, he completed an executive residency with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in 1986 and earned his Master of Science degree in health education from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia in 1994.
 
 
 
Website: www.bpsweb.org
Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bpsweb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoardofPharmacySpecialties YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BPSnewsChannel

The Power of Pilates for Energized Living

 
 
Vanessa Bartlett, Owner at Vanessabhealth & Pilates providing holistic health, Pilates-based exercise and life coaching for busy people in Sydney and  online around the globe again joins eHealth Radio and the Fitness and Health News Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Vanessa Bartlett discuss the following:
What's happened in recent years for people to be feeling more stress in their lives ?
What effect does this have on people's health and wellbeing?
We have heard the saying ' exercise is medicine' ... how can exercise be a solution to this and what are some differences between Pilates and other forms of exercise being able to help people?
So what is pilates and what have you seen it help with the most in people?
What are your top tips to help the listeners overcome stress and fatigue right now?
With presenting appearances on the TVSN Home Shopping Channel, Channel 7 Morning Show and hosting various lifestyle online and community lifestyle shows, Vanessa has a vast understanding of what it takes to get in shape, stay in shape and build a healthy, sustainable lifestyle – both mind and body.Vanessa has helped now in the thousands of women transform their bodies through her popular group classes and personal coaching and is known to help clients reach their optimal level of health with greater awareness of mindset. This is achieved through her unique combination of Pilates and Fitness methods, due to experiencing her own downfall with health.After being constantly exhausted and sick for two years in her mid twenties, she was diagnosed with adrenal fatigue, so began researching more ‘holistic’ exercise and health practices and studied the mind/body connection and its’ power in healing and restoring health and energy.While having to cut back on ‘mainstream’ fitness to get well, she began doing Pilates and yoga and discovered that Pilates was able to energise, tone, strengthen and refocus her entire body and mind unlike other forms of exercise which left her feeling drained, so pursued its study.Vanessa has studied with leading Pilates practitioners in Australia and also ‘safe spine’ expert Rebecca Leone (USA).She has coached the Canterbury Bulldogs first grade NRL team in Pilates, and is part of an innovative wellness program to help people with mental health illness use Pilates and fitness to improve their condition.Vanessa and the team from Canterbury Mental Health received an award for ‘Innovation in Healthcare’ in 2013 for this project and it is continuing today with success. She has also been featured in the Daily Telegraph for her expertise in core strength and helping people relieve back pain through her method of training.
 
 
Website: www.vanessabhealth.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanessabhealth Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanessabhealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessabhealth Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VanessaBHealthTV