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Recent Mosaic Blog Posts

Health Plan: Marketplace Open Enrollment FAQ

Health Plan: Marketplace Open Enrollment FAQ

Now is the time to get help finding a health plan that fits your needs! Oregonians who are looking for an ...
MEET MOSAIC: Katherine, Patient Access Representative + Breast Cancer Survivor

MEET MOSAIC: Katherine, Patient Access Representative + Breast Cancer Survivor

Guest blog post from Katherine Cook. Katherine has been a Patient Access Representative at Mosaic for five years. ...
Open House for Sisters School-Based Health Center – Join Us!

Open House for Sisters School-Based Health Center – Join Us!

Please join us on Thursday, Nov. 9 from 4-6 p.m. at an open house event for the Sisters School-Based Health ...

Resources From Our Providers

Apps

Resources recommended by Josh Reiher, MD and Matthew Mullane, MD, MPH.

Environmental Health

Resources recommended by Josh Reiher, MD and Matthew Mullane, MD, MPH.

ewg.org

Environmental working group

Evidence-Based Nutrition and Cooking

Resources recommended by Josh Reiher, MD and Matthew Mullane, MD, MPH.

NutritionFacts.org

Learn more about the value of a plant-based whole foods diet and how this can resolve many chronic health conditions.

Forks Over Knives

Forks Over Knives plant-based cooking 90-day course.

Culinary RX

Culinary Rx plant-based cooking 12-hour course.

Integrative Medicine

Learn more about this approach to patient care that includes evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine. Resources recommended by Josh Reiher, MD and Matthew Mullane, MD, MPH.

University of Wisconsin Integrative Health

Offers many resources for stress management, mindfulness and meditation, nutrition and healthy diet, movement, community, and personal development.

National Center for Integrative Primary Healthcare (NCIPH)

Includes easy-to-understand handouts for evidence-based approaches as alternatives to pharmaceuticals to common health conditions.

Integrative Medicine for the Underserved: Conditions

Provides information on common conditions with easy-to-understand handouts in English and Spanish.

Integrative Medicine for the Underserved: Self Care

Provides self care handouts in English and Spanish.

Integrative Health News and Wellness Information

Mindful Observer: Fact-based health news and wellness tips.

The Blue Zones

Research and resources based on the lives of the world’s longest-lived cultures. 

Lactation Consultants

Learn about Lactation Consultants as well as facts and myths about breastfeeding.

Who are Lactation Consultants and what do they do?

Guest blog post by Tierra Link, Mosaic Lactation Consultant

Meditations

Resources recommended by Josh Reiher, MD and Matthew Mullane, MD, MPH.

Self-Compassion

A self-compassion meditation by Dr. Kristin Neff

Podcasts

Resources recommended by Josh Reiher, MD and Matthew Mullane, MD, MPH.

Body of Wonder

Hosted by Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Victoria Maizes, episodes feature insightful conversations with experts about ideas that are changing medicine today. From the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.

Feel Better Live More

Weekly episodes by Dr. Rangan Chatterjee to empower individuals to become the architects of their own health.

10 Percent Happier with Dan Harris

New York Times bestselling author Dan Harris hosts episodes featuring special guests discussing various aspects of mindfulness.

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Episodes feature “fascinating conversations with some of the most insightful people in the world.”

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Thought-provoking episodes addressing some of the most important questions of our time with neuroscientist, philosopher and NYT best-selling author Sam Harris.

Primary Care

Research articles about understanding the importance of primary care, shared by Brian Sullivan, MD.

Primary Care Physician Supply and Life Expectancy

Article abstract from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). “Adding 10 primary care physicians has a 250% greater influence on life expectancy than an equivalent bump in specialists.” (based on US mortality rates from 2005-2015)

Primary care, specialty care, and life chances

Article abstract from the International Journal of Health Services. “[the availability of] primary care is by far the most significant variable related to better health status, correlating with lower overall mortality, fewer deaths from heart disease and cancer, and a host of other beneficial health outcomes.”

Study: Primary Care Doctors Increase Life Expectancy, But Does Anyone Care?

Forbes article covering the findings from the International Journal of Health Services study titled, “Primary care, specialty care, and life chances”.

Relationship Health

Resources recommended by Josh Reiher, MD and Matthew Mullane, MD, MPH.

The Gottman Institute

A research-based approach for healthy relationships

Screen Time and Kids

Mosaic pediatrician Dr. Rebecca Hicks is passionate about educating youth and parents about avoiding excessive “screen time” (time spent on smart phones and computers). She advises parents to combine limit setting with compassion and caring.

Resources Created by Dr. Hicks

healthybalancedkids.com

Learn more on the website Dr. Hicks created on this topic.

Screen Time for Kids: A Pediatrician’s Perspective

Mosaic Guest Blog Post by Dr. Hicks

Resources Recommended by Dr. Hicks

American Academy of Pediatrics

The tips from the AAP are based on research and resources compiled over several years, are easy to read and applicable to most families.

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media provides advice and tools to help use the power of media and technology as a positive influence on children’s lives.  This is a great place to check for age appropriateness of all varieties of digital media.

Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)

ESRB assigns ratings to apps and video games so that parents can make informed decisions.

healthychildren.org

The Family Media plan is a helpful tool for some families to visualize how and when digital media fit into their lives.

Self-Monitored Blood Pressure

Resources recommended by Mosaic’s Self-Monitored Blood Pressure workgroup.

SMBP Monitor User Guide – Android (English)

Includes detailed instructions and screenshots to help you set up your monitoring system on your Android.

SMBP Monitor User Guide – iPhone (English)

Includes detailed instructions and screenshots to help you set up your monitoring system on your iPhone.

SMBP Monitor (Welch Allyn) User Guide – iPhone (English)

Includes detailed instructions and screenshots to help you set up your Welch Allyn monitoring system on your iPhone.

SMBP How-to Video (English, Spanish)

Educational video helps train care teams and patients on how to properly self-measure blood pressure.

SMBP How-to Video (English, Spanish)

Educational video helps train care teams and patients on how to properly self-measure blood pressure.

SMBP How-to Flyer (English, Spanish, Vietnamese)

Steps to perform SMBP monitoring correctly which includes preparation, positioning, and measurement.

What is High Blood Pressure? Flyer (English, Spanish)

Provides an overview of high blood pressure, including key statistics, risk factors, and treatment.

SMBP Recording Log (English, Spanish)

Allows patients to document their BP readings, twice in the morning and twice in the evening. 7 Day Recording Log, 2 times/day (PDF)

Transgender Resources

Community resources lists for youth and adult transgender patients, created by members of the Transgender and Gender Affirmative Healthcare Workgroup at Mosaic.

Vaccine Information

Resources recommended by Josh Reiher, MD and Matthew Mullane, MD, MPH.

Vaccine Knowledge Project

The Vaccine Knowledge Project from Oxford University