July 25, 2012
This episode features an interview with Richard Taite, CEO of Cliffside Malibu treatment center.
Listeners will learn about the stages of change model of recovery,
as well as tips for dealing with loved ones with addictions.
July 23, 2012
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Healthcare in America is changing, and so are doctors – in an effort to keep their businesses profitable and improve relationships with their patients.
Mark Carlson of Siouxland Adult Medicine is the first doctor in Iowa to convert his practice to the “personalized healthcare” model, also know as “concierge medicine.”
Is this the future of medicine?
After more than two decades as a primary care physician, Dr. Mark Carlson said he felt like he was being pulled farther and farther away from his patients.
“There’s nothing more special to me than the doctor/patient relationship that you build up over a number of years with people,” said Dr. Carlson.
So, three months ago, he made a drastic change: completely converting his practice to a model called “concierge medicine,” or “personalized healthcare.”
It’s like hiring your doctor as a private contractor: you pay them up front and the result is a medical experience tailored to your individual needs.
“What this personalized healthcare concept allows me to do is gives me the financial freedom to spend more time with people and provide more intense services,” explained Carlson.
Dr. Carlson says it’s an ideal arrangement for patients managing one or many diseases or conditions. He’s able to spend about a half hour with his patients at each appointment. Good news, for people like Susan Pinney, who has diabetes.
“I just feel like it’s really personalized care and that’s really important to me that I stay well and healthy, because I’m a mom, I have four children and I have a grandchild now, so it’s really important for me to stay as healthy as I can,” said Pinney, one of Dr. Carlson’s patients.
But the cost is different in this model, too. Patients pay $1,500 out of pocket annually.
Dr. Carlson says the purpose of that model is prevention: putting money up front – saves money that could be spent on trips to the hospital down the road.
“This is where you really save money – you effectively manage those high utilizing patients, effectively manage their medical problems, and keep them out of the hospital – out of the high cost centers,” he says.
So is it worth it? Susan says, for her, it is.
“I think prevention is where it’s at and if you have a good physician and a good working relationship, it’s just a model for success,” she said.
“This is a way for us to provide that high level of quality and patient access and time with the patient that they deserve,” commented Dr. Carlson.
All of Dr. Carlson’s practice is personalized healthcare now. Patients who didn’t choose the new model had help switching over to another doctor.
July 23, 2012
From the moment my bare feet touched the earth of Cliffside Malibu, a luxury treatment facility, I knew I was in the garden of centered souls. Unencumbered by my ridiculous choice of stilettos, I was very curious to connect with the man who planted the seeds, provided the nourishment and brought in the sunlight that inspired such abundant growth. I visited with Richard Taite, Founder and CEO.
I realized Cliffside Malibu was a reflection of the person Richard had become. It is a kind, gentle, quiet place that births an environment for a profound connection with the human spirit within all those who arrive for whatever purpose. Richard serves as the compassionate and devoted parent welcoming and honoring his ‘family’ into a home he created for them. With genuine esteem for all who arrive, he is there to serve the highest good of all who come through the door.
July 18, 2012
Their fondness for illegal substances such a crack cocaine and heroin was widely known. Their full-blown addiction, however, not so much. Only those in Eva and Hans Kristian Rausing’s privilege world, knew to some extent. But not the full extent.
After being arrested for driving erratically in London last week, her husband, estimated to be worth a staggering $10 billion as heir to the Tetra Pak fortune, was found with drugs on him, and subsequently arrested.
A search by UK police in his 5-story mansion discovered something they weren’t looking for: The body of his wife.
Reports have varied since the discovery, but now the latest news suggests Eva could have been dead in one of the two squalor rooms they occupied for a MONTH. The mother-of-four was only 48.
Rausing and his wife have previously donated large sums of money to anti-drug charities, including the Mentor Foundation, which is an international program that steers youth away from drug use and abuse.
But in the end, all the money in the world or the charities they helped ultimately could not stave off their own demons.
We spoke to addiction expert, Richard Taite, President and CEO of Cliffside Malibu, to get his opinion, and he provides an enlightening, if not incredibly troubling insight into just how deep in the trenches the couple were with their drug addiction.
July 16, 2012
Kerry Kennedy’s recent crash over the weekend has raised questions about the suspected cause, a prescription sleeping pill callled Ambien.
Kennedy, the ex-wife of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, may have been under the influence of the sleeping aid when she was involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer on a New York highway and subsequently left the scene. She was arrested and charged with driving while impaired Friday, and is due in court Tuesday.
ABC News reported that Kennedy told police she had been taking Ambien sometime Friday morning. But her family said in a statement released to ABC News that there were no drugs involved.
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