Showing posts with label change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label change. Show all posts

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Nation's Health Care Reform: It's Time To Focus On Incentives

The nation’s health care crisis -  Why is it happening? What can be done?  These are questions that have plagued us literally for decades.  As we try to fumble through the answers from better coverage, better technology, more access, more facilities, etc., we have lost sight of the single most important determinant of good health:  human behavior.  It sounds simple enough—in fact, it sounds so simple that it is often looked to as the last resort for improving health, not the first.   Prevention, wellness, personal responsibility and consumerism of health care are all terms have all been thrown out there.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Pledgehammer: A Very Cool Concept

Here's a web page that does something simple but powerful.  Pledgehammer offers a public forum where people can commit to making change.  I am working with the site to offer tips and advice on how to make change.  Check them out-- Pledgehammer