Ever thought about cardiovascular health?

 

Chances are, you’ve thought about blood pressure, heart rate, general heart health and the like…but is that everything we need to worry about when it comes to our vascular health? I’ll admit, I’m out of my depth when it comes to understanding the intricacies of the vascular system. My grandfather, who’s an accomplished vascular surgeon, understands this stuff way more than I do. But the question remains: are there areas outside of the traditional vital signs like heart rate and blood pressure that we should address to promote a higher quality of life, decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, and overall better health for our patients?

My guest this week, Dr. Marc DeBrincat, seems to think so. In fact, he shares about microvascular health and something called the glycocalyx. He also shares a bit about how damage to this endothelial glycocalyx, which lines all of our blood vessels, leads to poor overall health and risk of cardiovascular diseases. He also shares a bit about some supplements that have been clinically shown to improve this microvascular tissue.

 

What we cover in this Episode:

• Technology in healthcare
  
• How Arificial Intelligence (AI) and other technology can help improve diagnostics & provider a better understanding of overall health
  
• The importance of microvascular health
  
• Understanding differing perspectives of value for patients
  
• Lifestyle & behavioral changes sometimes aren’t enough to promote vascular health
  
• How clinicians and organizations can remote patient monitoring and other tools to improve vascular health
  
• How focusing on underlying factors that affect health can promote Better Outcomes
  

 

Connect with Dr. Marc

• Marc DeBrincat (LinkedIn)
  
• Good News Doctor
  
• Microvascular Health Website
  

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Rafael E. Salazar II, MHS, OTR/L (Rafi) is the Principal Owner of Rehab U Practice Solutions and the host of The Better Outcomes Show. He has experience in a variety of rehab settings, working with patients recovering from a variety of injuries and surgeries. Rafi has worked in a variety of settings, from orthopedic and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, to academia, and even healthcare consulting. He spent the majority of his clinical experience working at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, where he was the lead clinician and clinical education coordinator for the outpatient specialty rehab program. In this role, he treated many veterans with chronic pain and helped to establish an interdisciplinary pain management program. He has worked on projects ranging from patient engagement initiatives to marketing communication campaigns to a multi million dollar project assisting the State of Georgia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities transition individuals out of state institutions to community residences. His work on Telehealth has been discussed in Forbes. He also has experience as a core faculty member at Augusta University’s Occupational Therapy Program, as a Licensed Board Member on the GA State OT Board, and he serves on the Board of Directors for NBCOT. He works to help healthcare clinics and organizations deliver uniquely impactful patient experiences by improving service delivery through The Ultimate Patient Experience™ and courses & training programs.

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What we can help you do:

✅ Train your staff and clinicians to be able to confidently communicate the value your organization provides…

✅ Leverage best practices, new technology, telehealth, and marketing/messaging to maximize patient engagement & retention…

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We help you not only craft marketing messages & campaigns that build that know, like, & trust value you need to convert leads into scheduled clients; but we also work with your clinicians and staff to make sure that, once a patient decides to schedule an appointment, you have a system setup that keeps them happy, engaged, and satisfied throughout the onboarding, treatment, and discharge process.

In short, we help your whole organization become focused on the most important thing in healthcare: people – the people who work for your organization, and the people who your organization treats and serves.

 

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