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Seven daily habits to stay healthy and active during uncertain times

The Seven Essential Elements of Daily Success (SEEDS) can help you feel better through these stressful times while improving the odds of healthy aging.

Questioning a health system’s expansion

A local health system has money to spend. This is not news. In my many years of reviewing Spectrum Health’s finances, there has never been...

5 tips for keeping your New Year’s health resolutions

It's that time of year when many of us are setting one or more New Year’s resolutions related to our health. Unfortunately, most of these...

What the disability rights movement and universal design can teach us about business and...

The now tired tagline, “we’re all in this together,” may forever owe the COVID-19 pandemic for its fame, but it’s far from being a novel concept.

Get moving: 5 exercises you can do at your desk

We’ve all heard the life-shortening, posture-punishing effects of sitting too long. Yet many jobs require it for hours on end. Though it’s hard to...

Why taking care of our seniors is good for business

The world’s population of elderly people, those age 70 and older, will sharply increase as baby boomers enter this age bracket.

Pandemic has many considering business exits

The tumult of the past 15 months is leading many business owners to think about retirement, but a local firm says only 1 in 4 have a formal succession plan in place.

How to talk about mental health with your employees

In a “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” world, there’s still great stigma around mental illness and seeking treatment. But since this crushing pandemic, a different approach must be taken to retain and engage our teams.

3 cost-saving strategies that may be missing from your business’s pharmacy benefits

With the cost of prescription drugs continuing to skyrocket, you may be seeing an effect on your bottom line.

Hospital excesses

I recently had occasion to be visiting a local hospital over a weekend and noticed something disturbing to an old “cost container” like myself....

Three steps that might help employers save on health care costs

When it comes to offering health benefits to employees, every employer has two primary goals: improve coverage and lower costs.

Creating space for people with autism in the workplace

Even in times without a pandemic, people on the autism spectrum have a disproportionately more difficult time finding jobs than those not on the spectrum.

Is your small business ready for Obamacare?

Here’s a brief summary of Obamacare to expand your level of awareness — aimed at encouraging you to seek out additional resources. President Obama signed...

Continuing healthy aging through motherhood and beyond

It is possible to feel good and be resilient in times of stress, including the stressful time of menopause transition.

How can we prevent ‘never events’?

Everything has risks. This is especially true in health care. For example, surgical errors occur more than frequently in the U.S. "Never events" Things that should never...

The importance of corporate fitness

The logic behind why companies adopt employee wellness programs is fairly straightforward. Multiple studies from reputable sources show healthy employees cost employers less when...

The medical legacy of the Midwest

The medical industry relies on innovation and passionate people for new solutions to health care problems. Luckily, the Midwest has contributed significant advances in...

Should health care be limited to the insured?

Opponents of Obamacare have been justly criticized for not having an alternative plan in case Obamacare is repealed. An answer is easily at hand....

The benefits of sourcing medical devices locally

In a world filled with so much uncertainty, one thing is sure: There are medical device manufacturers in your neighborhood that are thrilled to help you save patient lives.

Who will pay for Obamacare?

Washington’s talk about Obamacare is loaded with hidden messages. They all amount to the same thing: let the other guy pay. Unfortunately, the other...