Comments on: “Hi, I’m PookieMD, your health coach.” http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=676 Managing your medical practice, and your life. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Angela Starks http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=676&cpage=1#comment-4874 Angela Starks Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:29:26 +0000 http://extramd.arielmis.net/?p=676#comment-4874 I am currently training to be a health coach / health educator via www.niwh.org (National Institute of Whole Health). This is a highly reputable organization. They do not promise "$121 per hour from home" or anything like it. But qualifying via niwh will enable me to work with physicians, and will allow patients to claim my fee via their insurance company. Also, to even be accepted onto the niwh program, you need an accredited degree and some form of professional training in an allied health field. I have already trained in nutrition, physiology, and yoga therapy. Niwh students are thoroughly questioned before being accepted on to the program. I completely empathize with your frustration as a physician about not having time to deal with the underlying or psychological issues presented by a patient, and how can you work holistically with them in short 15-minute segments? I hope that the role of health coaches and physicians will increasingly complement each other in the coming years, as this new field of health care becomes more popular and NECESSARY if we are to avoid a nation of sick people on medication and no hope of getting to the root of the problem. Let's work together, not put each other down. I am currently training to be a health coach / health educator via http://www.niwh.org (National Institute of Whole Health). This is a highly reputable organization. They do not promise “$121 per hour from home” or anything like it. But qualifying via niwh will enable me to work with physicians, and will allow patients to claim my fee via their insurance company. Also, to even be accepted onto the niwh program, you need an accredited degree and some form of professional training in an allied health field. I have already trained in nutrition, physiology, and yoga therapy. Niwh students are thoroughly questioned before being accepted on to the program.

I completely empathize with your frustration as a physician about not having time to deal with the underlying or psychological issues presented by a patient, and how can you work holistically with them in short 15-minute segments? I hope that the role of health coaches and physicians will increasingly complement each other in the coming years, as this new field of health care becomes more popular and NECESSARY if we are to avoid a nation of sick people on medication and no hope of getting to the root of the problem. Let’s work together, not put each other down.

]]> By: Sophia Langdon http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=676&cpage=1#comment-3994 Sophia Langdon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:15:09 +0000 http://extramd.arielmis.net/?p=676#comment-3994 Intimately, the post is really the freshest on this worthw hile topic. I agree with your conclusions and will eagerly look forward to your coming updates. Just saying thanks will not just be adequate, for the exceptional clarity in your writing. I will at once grab your rss feed to stay informed of any updates. Good work and much success in your business efforts! Intimately, the post is really the freshest on this worthw hile topic. I agree with your conclusions and will eagerly look forward to your coming updates. Just saying thanks will not just be adequate, for the exceptional clarity in your writing. I will at once grab your rss feed to stay informed of any updates. Good work and much success in your business efforts!

]]> By: Nirav Patel http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=676&cpage=1#comment-1387 Nirav Patel Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:36:06 +0000 http://extramd.arielmis.net/?p=676#comment-1387 In a typical office, patients have come to not expect advice from a doctor but rather "OK, You have xxx. Here's a bunch of pills and some tests to do". I think our job is now to tell them these things are often not only useless but sometimes harmful. They seem to agree if we take the time (that we don't have) to explain. In a typical office, patients have come to not expect advice from a doctor but rather “OK, You have xxx. Here’s a bunch of pills and some tests to do”. I think our job is now to tell them these things are often not only useless but sometimes harmful. They seem to agree if we take the time (that we don’t have) to explain.

]]> By: Laura Webb http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=676&cpage=1#comment-98 Laura Webb Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:03:05 +0000 http://extramd.arielmis.net/?p=676#comment-98 I am an RN, and our patient education is also supposed to cover a lot of these "health coach" pointers. So, who are these health coaches? I am an RN, and our patient education is also supposed to cover a lot of these “health coach” pointers. So, who are these health coaches?

]]> By: What is a health coach, and why are they paid $121 an hour? | Telecom News http://physicianpracticeseminars.com/?p=676&cpage=1#comment-85 What is a health coach, and why are they paid $121 an hour? | Telecom News Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:37:15 +0000 http://extramd.arielmis.net/?p=676#comment-85 [...] explores the phenomenon, and finds that a health coach, among other duties, “help people clarify their health goals, and implement and sustain [...] [...] explores the phenomenon, and finds that a health coach, among other duties, “help people clarify their health goals, and implement and sustain [...]

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