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Want to live longer? Stop focusing on a single food and consider your overall diet, study suggests

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Findings from one of the largest and longest-running studies show that there are multiple ways to eat a healthy diet and reap its benefits – be it following a Mediterranean-style diet, a plant-based diet, healthy dietary guidelines or a blend of eating patterns.Sasithorn Phuapankasemsuk/iStockPhoto / Getty Images

Blueberries, spinach, broccoli and salmon have long been regarded as so-called “longevity” foods. These, and many other nutritious foods, contain certain nutrients and phytochemicals that studies have linked to healthy aging.

Nutrition research, though, has shifted its focus away from isolated nutrients and single foods since we don’t eat these dietary components

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Why Interoperability is Crucial in Healthcare Operations

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Healthcare Interoperability involves the use of many complex systems and information technology (IT) to exchange and interpret health-based data. It has been a key aspect of the extensive shift towards computerizing the healthcare industry. As of 2019, a fundamental level of interoperability has been achieved by roughly 75% of healthcare providers in the US. The ability to transfer data from one health system to another becomes quite challenging when acknowledging the differences in technological platforms. The main objective of Interoperability is to ensure a smooth exchange of data across various systems.

Interoperability and COVID-19

The COVID-19 Pandemic has exposed the

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Salmon Arm food forest recognized nationally as healthy urban green space

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Salmon Arm’s Lighthouse Community Food Forest has been recognized as a shining example of a healthy, climate-resistant urban green space.

Located at the Salvation Army property at 441 3rd St. SW., the food forest took root in 2021 after discussions occurred between the Shuswap Food Action Network and the Salvation Army Lighthouse Community Ministries food bank around food security and the availability of locally produced healthy food. The project was designed and managed by Coldstream’s Keli Westgate of Lekker Land Design, and was recently recognized by the Society for Organic Urban Landcare (SOUL) as one of its Greener Greenspaces of

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Healthy eating patterns may lower mortality risk | News

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For immediate release: January 9, 2023

Boston, MA—A variety of healthy eating patterns are linked to reduced risk of premature death, according to a new study led by Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health researchers. They found that participants who scored high on adherence to at least one of four healthy eating patterns were less likely to die during the study period from any cause and less likely to die from cardiovascular disease, cancer, or respiratory disease, compared to people with lower scores. The findings are consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which recommend multiple healthy eating

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CMS’s Journey To Value-Based Care

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Most people think of CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) as an insurance company that covers individual services provided by physicians, FQHCs, hospitals, and other health care providers. Some people even think of it as a policy-writing agency for Medicare. It is true that CMS reimburses providers for services to millions of individual beneficiaries. However, since the Affordable Care Act came into action in 2010, CMS has been developing focused payment strategies that shift from fees for services to value-based care and a focus on population health.

Today, CMS’s second-highest strategic priority is prevention and population health. To this

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Patient Centricity as the Future of Digital Health Management

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Digital health is an all-encompassing term that refers to the care provided through eHealth and mHealth through advances in computing sciences.

Challenges or Gaps in Traditional Care

Major technological challenges faced by the healthcare industry have got to do with data processing, cybersecurity, and providing a user-friendly experience. However, advancements in each of these fields have proven to be profitable, and will continue to do so. Our focus here is more to do with the user experience aspect of digital health management.

There are quite a number of digital health care providers, rather, platforms that avail services outside the traditional

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