When temperatures dip, and the sun sets early, the cold and dark can get people down. Add the stress, the strained feelings of obligation or the loneliness that some people experience with the holidays, and the winter blues can slump into depression. Many people get hit by the winter blues, but how do you know when […]
Read More...It’s hard to quit smoking. According to the American Cancer Society, smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths every year in this country—or about one in every five deaths. More than 16 million Americans live with a smoking-related disease. And yet, despite these severe impacts on life and health, 34 million Americans still smoke cigarettes. Why? Tobacco […]
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What are the most prevalent SDOHs in Montana? In 2015, Mountain-Pacific Quality Health partnered with three Montana communities to work on a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) project to address complex care patients who frequently use the emergency department (ED) and experience hospital readmissions. The communities expected to see transportation and affordable housing as […]
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