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Effective immediately, Care Ring will make temporary changes to our service delivery to continue caring for our neighbors while minimizing the risk to clients, volunteers and staff. During these rapidly changing and uncertain times, it is our highest priority to keep our community safe while continuing to provide access to much needed services for those

It’s shocking to learn that only 20% of our health is addressed by a medical provider. The other 80% is influenced by external factors such as socio-economic challenges, health behaviors and where we live. People living in poverty face many barriers to achieving good health, which is why case management is so vital to our

Major health care systems are re-designing their care delivery and care management systems with an eye toward finding ways to keep large groups of individuals healthy. But what are the best ways to provide care and establish long-term positive outcomes for individuals with very limited resources? This “population health” approach to care is taking the

I’ve been a fan of Dr. Dean Ornish’s “lifestyle medicine” approach to healing and wellness for some time now. His talk at the Global Wellness Summit a few months ago rekindled my interest in this alternative approach to traditional medicine. Dr. Ornish shares a simple formula (backed up with robust evidence) for healthy living: Eat

A few days after Christmas my 14-year-old daughter, MaryElizabeth, woke up and told me her stomach hurt. She was also feeling a little dizzy and weak. I suggested she lay down and rest for a bit, and surely she would soon feel better. My wife was at work, so the boys and I went outside