Lowering costs, improving lives, even during a pandemic [jhnewsandguide.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 5/1/204:00 AM

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 things that are music to hospital administrators’ ears: save lives and cut costs.

“We investigated cutting-edge treatment around the nation,” she told the board. “Lifestyle medicine is the most cutting edge.”

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