1. University of Delaware Honors First Recipients of Health Coaching Certification

2. Study: Not Enough Evidence to More Widely Recommend Bariatric Surgery for Patients with Obesity, Diabetes

3. Focus on Prevention, Wellness Could Help Decrease Stroke Costs

4. New Chart: Who Coordinates Care Transitions?

5. Final Rules Support Employers' Outcomes-Based Wellness Programs

6. Q&A: How Can Telephonic or Online Coaches Create a Sacred Space in a Virtual Environment?

7. CVS Caremark Research Finds Women, Non-White Patients More Likely to be Non-Adherent to Medications

8. HINfographic: Healthcare ‘Apped’ to Adopt Mobile Health

9. HealthSounds Podcast: Patient Engagement and Provider Collaborations Across the Healthcare Continuum to Improve Care Transitions

10. Meet Nurse Turned Health Coach Jeaneen Mullenhard: Moving from Fixing Disease to Preventing it

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