Category: Healthcare Strategy
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Building the Blueprint: Essential Best Practices for Launching a CDC-Approved National DPP Program
Launching a CDC-approved National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) is one of the most impactful ways to address the escalating crisis of prediabetes in your community. However, translating the CDC’s rigorous Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program (DPRP) standards into a thriving, sustainable lifestyle change program requires a deliberate blend of administrative precision, clinical integration, and participant-centered…
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Navigating Life Beyond Diagnosis: The Power of Health & Wellness Coaching in Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s
Receiving a diagnosis like Alzheimer’s, dementia, or Parkinson’s disease can feel like the ground is shifting beneath your feet. For patients and their families, the immediate aftermath is often filled with medical jargon, specialist appointments, and a lingering sense of helplessness. While medical treatments are essential, they typically focus on managing pathology. What happens to…
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Inside the Hospital of the Future: Where Apple and Epic Meet Patient Care
Imagine walking into a hospital where the outdated, clunky hardware of the past has vanished. Instead, you are greeted by seamless check-ins, doctors and nurses effortlessly coordinating care via iPhones and Apple Watches, and bedside screens that put your full health journey directly into your hands. This isn’t a sci-fi movie—it is happening right now.…
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Health System Briefing: Combining Oral GLP-1 Pills and Lifestyle Medicine
ATLANTA — The arrival of oral glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists — including high-dose oral semaglutide and small-molecule non-peptides like orforglipron — marks a major structural shift in metabolic care. By eliminating needle apprehension and lowering manufacturing complexity, oral options significantly expand patient access and support earlier medical intervention for obesity and type 2 diabetes. However,…
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The CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program
The National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) is a CDC-led, evidence-based public health initiative designed to help adults with prediabetes or a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes prevent or delay the onset of the disease through sustainable lifestyle changes. Congress authorized the CDC to establish the National DPP as a public-private partnership designed to create a nationwide…
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