Lowering costs, improving lives, even during a pandemic [jhnewsandguide.com]
By Tom Hallberg, Jackson Hole News & Guide, April 29, 2020 It was September when Julia Heemstra told the St. John’s Health Board of Trustees about an exciting new program she was developing — lifestyle medicine. She described a set of treatments with the potential to reverse chronic conditions and improve patient quality of life, while lowering the use of medication. The emerging field of medicine combines wellness offerings with behavioral alterations, and it has the potential to do two...