March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
By: George Beauregard, DO, Chief Populational Health Officer Cancer is primarily a disease of aging. The average age of men discovered to have colorectal cancer (CRC) is 72; for women it’s 68. Factors that place individuals at high risk for developing CRC include having a family history of colon cancer, the presence of adenomatous polyps, […]
Maintaining Patient Privacy and Security
By: Steven Melinosky, Chief Compliance Officer and Privacy Officer and Renee Broadbent, MBA, CCSFP, CHC, Chief Information Officer & Information Security Officer The HIPAA Security Rule mandates that covered entities must secure electronic communications and safeguard physical patient information. These are critical responsibilities for healthcare providers and staff. Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of […]
Beyond Diabetes: The Expanding Benefits of GLP-1 Medications for Weight Loss and More
By: Katherine Fico, PharmD, BCACP Manager, Clinical Initiatives and Pharmacy Collaboration Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, better known as GLP-1 medications, were originally designed to lower blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Over the last few years, GLP-1 medications, such as semaglutide, have been gaining extraordinary recognition for their ability to help […]
New Year’s Resolution: Avoiding Hospitalizations
By: Nina Arnold, MPH, ACM-RN, CHWC Manager, Care Management The COVID-19 Pandemic and its aftermath, including a decline in the number of physicians working full-time, staff departures, and shortages have made access to healthcare providers more difficult. An unintended consequence of this and other factors is that people are more frequently going to the hospital […]
Navigating the Future of Healthcare: One Physician’s Reflection
By: George Beauregard, DO, Chief Population Health Officer Entering the world of blogging at age 68 is a daunting task, even for someone possessing 40 years of medical practice and population health management expertise and experience. As I contemplate the myriad of things I could write about. Like, given how medical knowledge has been expanding […]
Coordinating Care via Telehealth
By: Mary Crosby, Community Health Worker at SoNE HEALTH As modern healthcare delivery via digital platforms continues to grow, telehealth capabilities are enabling interactions and enhancing outcomes for our patients. Telehealth services allow patients to connect with their healthcare team virtually for medical advice, intervention, education, monitoring, and care coordination without requiring them to go into […]
Cancer’s Juvenescence: An Incoming Tide and the Urgent Need for a Paradigm Shift
The following blog by George Beauregard, DO, Chief Population Health Officer at SoNE HEALTH was published in The Health Care Blog on December 6, 2024. During my years in a bustling metropolitan primary care practice from 1992 to 2010, I recall only a handful of patients under 50 who developed cancer. Not surprisingly, these were mostly cases […]
Celebrating Handwashing Awareness Week
By: Erin McNamara, CPhT, Quality Data Service Coordinator Let us travel back to the 19th century when the concept of hand hygiene was not yet fully understood. Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, the father of hand hygiene, played a pivotal role in revolutionizing the practices of handwashing and sanitization. Dr. Semmelweis discovered the critical link between hand […]
Knowing & Acting On the Signs of Diabetes
By: Nicky Edwards, RN Care Manager November is known as National Diabetes Awareness Month. Diabetes is a topic near and dear to my heart as I have been managing my diabetes for 29 years. It was not always a smooth ride, but through education and paying close attention, I’ve become more confident and successful at better managing it. In […]
November is COPD Awareness Month
By: George Beauregard, DO Chief Population Health Officer, SoNE HEALTH I’m certain that many of you are familiar with patients, friends, and perhaps even family members who are afflicted by this chronic disease, which is a common respiratory condition that affects approximately 10 percent of individuals over the age of 40. Approximately 15 percent […]
