Walk, Stop, Meditate and Celebrate
by Nick Jacobs
As a speaker today at the Consumer Directed Health Care Conference and Expo presented by Consumer Health World, I have been observing a program that is built around medical wellness, convenient care practices, reducing health care costs, medical tourism and the relevancy of blogging in healthcare. Sound familiar?
It seems like only a week ago that we were hearing very similar discussions at the World Healthcare Congress. How to control healthcare costs, improve employees personal health, and connect medical records for patient and physician use. The leadership message is the same. The goals are similar, and the end results would be VERY positive for everyone.
This particular conference is uniquely positioned in Las Vegas where many of the casinos still embrace cigarette smoking and lots of alcohol consumption. As I walked past my 5th steak house on my way to speak, my mind flipped quickly back to Dr. Dean Ornish’s training and I remember his suggestions that if we could just walk for 45 minutes three times a week, stop eating saturated fats, stop smoking, and carve out about an hour a day to relax, our health care would improve exponentially.
Walk, Stop, Meditate and Celebrate! Maybe that should become our mantra? Get healthy through clean living! Excuse me, I have to hit the casino one more time before I leave!
