Whole Person Health for the Whole Population: One-Year Evaluation of Health Coaching

Whole person health for the whole population: one-year evaluation of health coaching.

Chronic diseases drive significant health care utilization and costs in the US. Simultaneously, there is growing evidence that self-care and collaborative decision-making practices are linked to improvements in health-related outcomes and reduced health care costs.In April of 2005, Kaiser Permanente (KP) Georgia implemented a population care management service that included personal health coac...

Health care for the whole person.

Exploring This Issue: Whole-Person, Whole-Systems Health and Healing

Editorial T his issue of Global Advances in Health and Medicine (GAHMJ) presents a diversity of topics relevant to whole-person, whole-systems health and healing. In one of this issue's original articles, Hathaway et al performed a retrospective analysis of the University of Cincinnati's neonatal integrative therapy services. 1 Hospitalized infants in the neonatal intensive care unit were treat...

Reduction in hospitalization through a whole patient health coaching program

Purpose: The effect of whole patient health coaching on the hospitalization rate was examined in a prospective control study. Methods: The Likelihood of Hospitalization (LOH) prediction model was used to select patients at high risk of hospitalization. Six chronic conditions were identified as criteria for inclusion in the program. Selected patients were randomized and allocated to a study grou...

Twelve essential tools for living the life of whole person health care.

The integration of body, mind, and spirit has become a key dimension of health education and disease prevention and treatment; however, our health care system remains primarily disease centered. Finding simple steps to help each of us find our own balance can improve our lives, our work, and our relationships. On the basis of interviews with health care experts at the leading edge of the new mo...