Home, sweet (medical) home
Hey and how are ya? C’mon in, grab a cup of coffee. Thanks for stopping by to my Healthy Matters home.
Today I’m going to talk about Health Care Homes, aka Medical Homes, aka the Next-Generation-of-Medical-Delivery, aka the Clinic-Where-Everybody-Knows-Your-Name, aka the World’s Greatest Clinic Idea, aka the Clinic-System-We-All-Wish-We-Had.
You may have heard, but probably not, about Medical Homes. It is a term that has appeared in the past few years, really gaining traction around 2010 when the Affordable Care Act became law in the United States. Medical homes are an attempt to make the health care system more patient-friendly, less fragmented, easier to navigate, and more cost-effective.
To start, please watch the following video about the HCMC Coordinated Care Clinic, a nationally-recognized and award-winning program in the Health Care Home model. The doctor in the video (Dr. Paul Johnson) was and is a colleague and teacher of mine. He’s wicked smart and simply an awesome doctor.
I eat too much butter: motivating for healthier living
Breakfast
For breakfast a few days ago I ate French toast and bacon. I melted some butter and soaked the French toast in it then covered it all in maple syrup. Then I drank about 4 cups of coffee. Later that day I ate a handful of chocolate-covered raisins. And a bunch of tortilla chips straight from the bag with salsa. I snacked on crackers and cheese later. Somewhere in there I grilled a steak and drank a 16-oz IPA, followed by more chocolate-covered raisins. I did exercise a little, having dug up some shrubs in the yard, so there’s that.
I got on the scale. 10 pounds heavier than last year. All in my expanding belly.
This little parable of mine represents a sad lack of healthy living on my part. At least our dog, Zoe, joined me by finishing half the bag of tortilla chips and leaving the empty bag on the floor, thus preventing me from doing the job myself.
The next day I signed up for the Twin Cities Marathon in a moment of either insanity or brilliant goal-setting. read more…
Concerned about allergies? Maybe you should feed your baby some peanut butter
OK, first off that is a delish-looking bowl of peanut butter in this picture. And I love peanut butter. Especially on a banana. Anybody else put peanut butter on bananas? Or apples? I put it on both!
Seriously that is some quality peanut butter. But who really makes homemade peanut butter from scratch? Ha!
But I digress before I’ve even introduced the topic of this post . . .
There is new information about peanut allergies that I think is important to know – especially for parents of young kids. So this is a post about reducing risk of developing peanut allergies in kids. read more…
