Taylor Walsh

Guest Contributor:

Principal, Integrative Health & Wellness Strategies

Taylor Walsh is principal at Integrative Health & Wellness Strategies in Washington DC, providing consulting and analysis in emerging integrative health care and the renewed focus on prevention and wellness. He has had a long career in digital information and is a pioneer in social media. He was an early enabler of online support groups for patient communities. He has a corresponding expertise with the impact of disruptive technologies, particularly those that are consumer-focused. He writes the blog “Getting to Integrative Health & Wellness,” and can be followed at Twitter at @taylorw. His web site: www.integrativestrategies.us

The National Prevention Strategy: Catching up with the Nation

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Topics:

Health Reform

Public Health

With the nation about to renew its emphasis on wellness and prevention with the delivery of the National Prevention Strategy, it is fair to wonder if the long-established approaches to prevention and health promotion can truly upend their own paradigm and achieve the strategy’s goal of “… Moving the nation from a focus on illness and disease to one based on wellness and prevention.”