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Tuesday – November 20, 2018
Why Toby Cosgrove thinks voice recognition is healthcare’s next ‘killer app’
In addition to new technologies like artificial intelligence that are already gaining a foothold in healthcare, Toby Cosgrove, former CEO of Cleveland Clinic, said he thinks the next trend that could catch on in health IT is voice recognition software.In addition to new technologies like artificial intelligence that are already gaining a foothold in healthcare, former Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove, M.D., said he thinks the next big technology in healthcare will be voice recognition. Voice recognition is the killer app, said Cosgrove, who was offering his perspective on the future of healthcare delivery and innovation during the U.S. News & World Report Healthcare of Tomorrow conference on Friday. Cosgrove, who now advises Google on its healthcare initiatives, was offering his first-hand look at how tech can transform the industry, even though Google itself is still settling on the exact role it wants to play. Of course, these voice recognition tools are already being developed and improved by Silicon Valleys biggest names, including Google, Amazon and Apple, with tools such as Google Home, Alexa and Siri. But their applications could offer the path to simplifying the administrative burdens caused by electronic health records, Cosgrove said. More >>
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Categories Healthcare Innovation & Evaluation
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Big things ahead for blockchain in healthcare, new report shows
Advice for hospitals: Making inroads on blockchain now, with smaller projects that don't involve patient data, can help prepare them for larger opportunities ahead. Blockchain is poised to go big in healthcare soon, according to a new study from CB Insights. The cryptographic digital ledger technology is highly secure and resilient, and while industries such as banking or retail are bullish on it, and already building on it in myriad ways, CBI finds that "still very early days for blockchain and healthcare applications."Making inroads on blockchain now with smaller projects that do not involve patient data can help prepare healthcare organizations for larger blockchain tasks while adding value in the short time by cutting costs and streamlining data. More >>
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Categories Blockchains
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Proposed framework lessens FDA’s regulatory requirements for prescription drug companion apps
The FDA is seeking public comments for a proposed framework that would allow the majority of apps and software released by pharmas that accompany a drug treatment to avoid lengthy premarket review submissions.According to a notice released last week, such software would be viewed as promotional labeling, and therefore only require submission to the FDAs Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) or Advertising and Promotional Labeling Branch (APLB) at the time of initial dissemination.The notice offers some examples of branded prescription drug-use-related software (PDURS) that would fall under the category of promotional labeling or otherwise. These included: PDURS that provides patients with information about the drug that is also available within the FDA-required labeling, digital tools to track the condition related to the prescribed treatment, software that allows the patient to enter a drug regimen for reminders, and other outputs that would not qualify the software as a medical device or FDA-required labeling.The focus of this proposed framework is not on whether the software is a device, the agency wrote in the notice. While FDA anticipates that some PDURS will meet the definition of a device, other PDURS will not meet this definition. This proposed framework does not alter the regulatory framework for devices, but focuses on the output of software disseminated by or on behalf of a drug sponsor for use with one or more of its prescription drug(s). More >>
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Categories FDA mHealth & apps
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Google has a responsibility to protect DeepMind data
Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email [email protected] to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found at https:www.ft.comtour.https:www.ft.comcontent83e1e46c-ebf0-11e8-8180-9cf212677a57Googles 400m acquisition of the UK artificial intelligence research company DeepMind in 2014 was testimony to the quality of British scientific research. Furthermore, the insistence of the three UK co-founders that their company would not move to California was seen as evidence of Londons potential to become a successful centre for technology innovation. Four years later, the future of the UK capitals tech aspirations and of DeepMinds centre of gravity look a lot less certain. More >>
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Are EMRs alleviating preventable medical errors yet?
In the decade-and-a-half since the startling To Err is Human report, its still hard to discern whether billions invested in electronic medical records are improving patient safety. Health systems have made significant investments in digitizing their operations primarily through the deployment of the electronic medical record (EMR). The EMR platform, in fact, holds the promise of being the foundation to address the many clinical shortfalls documented in the Institute of Medicine (IOM) 1999 landmark report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. The report identified that as many as 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as a result of preventable medical errors. The source for a significant percentage of these errors is the lack of appropriate patient data available to clinicians at the point of patient care.With more than 15 years since the IOM report, the question is: Have these EMR investments made a difference in reducing the reported eye-opening outcomes?" Its an important question to ask and like most in our industry, Im not completely sure of the answer. A quick scan of the internet identifies multiple articles on the topic that are fairly dated and often speak to the promise of the EMR along with the barriers to adoption. Logically, it's sensible to think that having patient data aggregated and distributed freely across a health system as well as to other caregivers should be beneficial to patient care. Its also sensible to believe that in todays environment of complex regulation, personalized medicine and ever changing reimbursement models, operating without an EMR seems unfathomable. But where is the study that specifically identifies the benefits and shows improvements from the To Err is Human report? More >>
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Categories Healthcare IT
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How To Do Email Marketing Campaign Effectively: Check The Guide
What is email marketing? This article will give you a few useful tips and steps you should undertake to make use of all benefits of email marketing. Also, some important metrics will help you promote your product wisely and succeed. Proceed to read! More >>
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Categories Social media Startups
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Employers need to ask these questions before they cover genomic tests
There's a lot of promisebut also a lot of hypearound the still-emerging science of genetic testing for consumers.Even so, there are plenty of national brands such as Levi Strauss, Instsacart and Visa that have begun offering insurance coverage for their employers for tests such as screening for hereditary risks for certain cancers and high cholesterol.But how do employers figure out what's worth coveringand what might not be worth it? The Northeast Business Group on Health this week dipped a toe into those questions Tuesday, releasing a guide exploring some of the top questions employers should be asking of health plans about their coverage amid the proliferation of new genomic offerings. More >>
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Categories Digital Biology & Genetics
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Center for Connected Medicine polls top health systems about 2019 priorities
The CCM, which is run jointly by UPMC, Nokia and GE Healthcare, partnered with The Academy for the new survey, polling tech execs (CIOs, CMIOs, CNIOs) to get a sense of the the state of the industry: the challenges that exist, and how C-suite leaders will be tackling them in the year ahead.While it continues to be a top area of spending and development, cybersecurity breaches still cause "reputational and financial harm" to even large organizations. The survey finds only 20 percent of respondents are confident about being able to recover from a security breach. Executives say education and training are the biggest weak points; a concern that will only grow as IoT and connectivity demands increase.Telehealth also appears to be a bit priority in 2018. Respondents to the CCM survey "unanimously anticipate growth in the next three years as reimbursement increases and consumer demand picks up." Many systems let outside contractors provide the systems while utilizing their own physicians- meaning integration and ease of use are key. More >>
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Categories Reports & Survey
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Telemedicine and its flaws: Not perfect just yet but getting there
Telemedicine is becoming increasingly widespread in the US. As technology becomes an intrinsic part of our lives, and we spend more and more time engaged in our devices, it makes sense to have healthcare administered digitally when possible. In this guest post, Rishi Madhok, MD, and Bo Vargas, co-founders of a telehealth service that allows users to receive virtual medical attention in exchange for access to non-identifying data, detail the benefits of telemedicine and the obstacles it still has to overcome. More >>
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Categories Telemedicine
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Society
Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the way we do business and our everyday lives. AI may be developed with a malicious purpose in mind, or AI may be exploited by adversaries with a malicious purpose in other words, currently available technology may be intentionally misused. AI systems of today often contain a number of exploitable vulnerabilities. More >>
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Categories Artificial intelligence & Robotics Healthcare
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4 Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Combat Payment Fraud
A record 78 percent of U.S. organizations were the target of payment fraud last year, according to a recent survey of finance and treasury professionals last year.Check fraud ranked highest, with 74 percent of U.S. organizations experiencing check fraud in 2017. Meanwhile, 28 percent were the target of automated clearinghouse (ACH) debit fraud, according to the survey.Its a sign of the dangers healthcare organizations can face when they dont secure payment from commercial insurers and at the point of service.The move away from paper-based check payment in healthcare received federal support in 2014 with a mandate went into effect requiring all payers to support electronic funds transfer (EFT) and electronic remittance advice (ERA) to providers on HIPAA-covered transactions.Yet adoption of electronic payment by healthcare organizations has been slow: While all providers must accept electronic claims payment from Medicare, just 60 percent of healthcare organizations accept electronic claims payment from commercial insurers, and only half accept ERA, according to the 2016 CAQH Index.Protecting Your Organization More >>
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Categories Payment Models & Reimbursement
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Monday – November 19, 2018
In-Depth: Technology’s role in tackling the global mental health crisis
At this week's World Innovation Summit for Health in Doha, Qatar experts from around the world sat down to talk about the opportunities and challenges of employing digital health in the mental health field. Globally more and more health professionals are stressing the importance of mental health services, but getting patients those services can be tricky. The shortage of trained professionals and the stigma of mental illness in many countries around the world have often created a barrier to treatment. But recently technology has come into play to tackle some of these challenges. There is a shocking gap in the worlds funding and the treatment of mental illness, Lord Darzi, former UK health minister and chair of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), said during his speech at WISH in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday. In some health systems less than 5 percent of needs are met, while even in the most advanced countries just 20 percent get the care that they need. Ladies and gentlemen, there is no health without mental health. But the international mental health community is now turning to digital health as a way to overcome the major obstacles of resources and stigma in many countries. More >>
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Categories Mental health
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Hacking and mega-breaches: 2018 the worst year yet?
While the number of overall data breaches is down, incidents involving 100 million or more records continue to be a concern, a new report found. The number of reported data breaches in 2018 is at a consistent pace with this same time period in 2017, according to new research from Risk Based Security, but theres a catch: mega-breaches and hacking persist as top cybersecurity concerns across all industries. More >>
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Categories Cybersecurity
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IDC shares top 2019 predictions for CIOs: agility, connectivity and an eye on results
Within two years, 80 percent of IT leaders will be paid based on metrics that track techs ability to boost performance and growth. CIOs who will succeed in this fast-changing environment are the ones willing to rethink and reinvent their own roles within the organization and able to think predictively about how emerging technologies can be optimally deployed (or, sometimes, cast aside) to help their health system meet strategic imperatives, according to IDC.Moreover, in healthcare and elsewhere, they'll be paid based on their proven ability to capitalize on this new technology paradigm and tailor leading-edge IT systems connected IoT devices, advanced data management, artificial intelligence toward the greater goals of their organizations. More >>
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Categories Digital health leadership
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3th IoT, Big Data Healthcare Summit Western Canada Brochure Download IoT Events
For information about the agenda, speakers, sponsoring opportunities, and more, download the brochure here. 3rd IoT, Big Data Healthcare Summit Western Canada (Vancouver, 27 - 28 Nov. 2018). More >>
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The Chopraj Group Launches Imperativ, Inc., Delivering Unique Artificial Intelligence For Healthcare
NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2018 PRNewswire -- US Based, Chopraj Group Launches Imperativ, Inc., a New York City artificial intelligence healthcare company. This landmark announcement lays the foundation for an entirely new advanced data streaming category of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare. Imperativ's foundational excellence, resides at the intersection of clinical intelligence and deep learning driven by the internet of medical things (IoMT), thereby enabling real-time decision making in healthcare.According to Dr. Gopal Chopra M.B.A., Neurosurgeon, and Imperativ's CEO, "As a physician, Imperativ is personal. The indication(s) for intervention in our patients is getting ever complex and we are making acute decisions in a deluge of dynamic information. After observing this overwhelming complexity for my peers, it was time to develop a physician led cause to assist my fellow physicians and aid in the broader adoption by enabling data driven standardization. This unique artificial intelligence company, brings forth an entirely new ethos to healthcare information technology, more akin to AI in financial markets, global positioning, homeland security and other technologically advanced sectors. Imperativ's data streaming AI platform was purposely designed by a handpicked group of clinical pioneers, extraordinary biomedical and clinical mathematicians, in conjunction with artificial intelligence giants from outside the healthcare domain. Our long-term vision is to seamlessly integrate and optimize the internet of medical things (IoMT). Unlike other healthcare artificial intelligence companies, we interpret the data, to enable individualized point-of-care decision making.""At Columbia, we continually strive to bring the latest and best-in-class technologies to further refine our clinical practice and to advance technology development. In line with this core mission, we are trying to envision the cathlab and cardiovascular department of the future. Imperativ's physician centered, intelligent vision for understanding the streaming data and images we are interfacing with, is a critical component. With more complex procedures and imaging systems, the adoption of artificial intelligence to aid physicians and surgeons with both diagnosis and therapy guidance is a virtual certainty. We are at the cusp of the greatest positive trajectory in the history of interventional cardiology and the addition of Imperativ's artificial intelligence engine integrates and delivers the critical patient data to the physician and will transform how we do what we are doing today and tomorrow," Dr. Martin B. Leon, Director of the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at Columbia University Medical Center New York Presbyterian Hospital. More >>
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Categories Artificial intelligence & Robotics Healthcare
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RMCH recognized for patient safety for fifth straight year
Gallup Independent
November 10, 2018
By Bill Donovan
Correspondent
GALLUP — For the fifth year in a row, the Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital has been recognized for its emphasis on patient safety.
The Patient Safety Excellence Award is given out by Healthgrades, the only organization in the country that compiles this kind of data from some 4,500 acute care hospitals and 3 million physicians.
According to Healthgrade, RMCH is the only hospital in the state that has been given this award five years in a row. By reaching this achievement, Healthgrades has also placed RMCH in the top 10 list in the country as far as patient safety is concerned.
Each year Healthgrades collects data on hospitals and doctors on such thing as how well nurses and doctor communicate with patients, how well they are able to contain the patient’s pain, whether the patient rooms are kept clean and even heather the hospital is quiet at night so patients can sleep.
David Conejo, CEO of the hospital, said the hospital is graded on simple things like patient falls.
Staff at the hospital are trained, he said, on things like making sure the rails are kept up when patients are being transported around the hospital so they don’t fall off gurneys. Staff are even trained to make sure that patients have slippers on when they move around their room.
“These are little things but not paying attention to the little things is what makes hospitals fail,” Conejo said.
To make sure that everyone is on the same page when it comes to patient safety, staff at the hospital go through a lot of training throughout the year on things like the proper way to transfer a patient from an ambulance stretcher to a hospital stretcher.
Managers are frequently sent outside the hospital for special safety training and when they come back, they hold safety sessions with hospital staff to relay what they learned.
Hospitals no different from other businesses, Conejo said. That’s why you see companies put up signs at work places celebrating the number of days the company has not had an accident.
Getting this award five years in a row is a major achievement but much of the credit has to go to the staff.
It’s the staff members, said Conejo, who bring up safety concerns and make recommendations on the possible purchase of new equipment or the need to hire more staff to address these safety concerns.
“We couldn’t do this without the commitment from our staff,” Conejo said. More >>
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Categories 3D printing Accountable care organisations Architecture & Engineering Artificial intelligence & Robotics
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RMCHCS teams with Boys, Girls Club to refurbish bikes
The Independent
July 9, 2018
By Bill Donovan
Correspondent
GALLUP — The “Fix Bikes for Kids” program is alive and well in Gallup this summer.
As kids get out of school and seek ways to get from here to there, the program has been helping area kids by fixing up old bikes and making them usable again.
So far this summer, five bicycles have been refurbished with plans on repairing 30 more in the next month or so to be used by kids from five to 14 who have signed up for the program this summer.
Put on by the Gallup Boys and Girls Club and sponsored in part by the Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services, the program has been praised for helping to promote a healthy exercise regiment for youth who “live in an area where diabetes is very common.”
“RMCHCS strongly supports recreational programs such as biking along Gallup’s many hilly trails and believe in the goals set by the Boys and Girls Club of companionship, volunteering and healthy lifestyles,” said David Conejo, CEO of the health age agency.
He said the program came about through the efforts of several people who realized the importance of bikes for a healthy lifestyle It could be said to have begun with Jonathan Gutierrez, who works for the RMCHCS Wellness program.
“He always has a dream of fixing bikes,” Conejo said.
So one day, while talking with Scott Nydam, who is the former owner of the Silver Stallion Coffee and Bread restaurant Downtown, they discovered mutual interests and began talking about fixing up bikes that had been abandoned and making them usable again.
But where to get the bikes?
It turned out that Marisa Hutchinson, CEO of the Gallup Boys and Girls Club, had been collecting bikes for the past few years that were in disrepair and abandoned, said Conejo. “These had flat tires and broken chains,” he said all were fixable with a little work and some money to help buy supplies.
Knowing that Conejo was a big advocate of getting young people to exercise, Gutierrez approached him and asked if RMCHCS could help fund the project.
Conejo said it just happened that his wife, Judy, was having a birthday so as a surprise Conejo donated $500 to the project in her name to get it going.
In the meantime, Hutchinson enlisted the aid of Gallup Boy Scout Troop 47 to fix not only bikes but three-wheelers and those with training wheels. Nydam, who was once a professional cyclist, is now turning his former restaurant into a community service place to refurbish and sell bikes.
“Gallup has graveyards of abandoned bikes buried in basements, storage sheds and garages,” he said. “Some are in bad shape, others only have a flat tire. We are ready to bring these bikes back to life.” More >>
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Categories 3D printing Accountable care organisations Architecture & Engineering Artificial intelligence & Robotics
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The 25 most valuable US startups that failed this year
Even well-established private companies are at constant risk of failure, as evidenced by some of the startups that went out of business this year. Having millions of dollars in backing from venture capitalists doesn't guarantee the longevity of a startup.Even well-established private companies are at constant risk of failure, as evidenced by some of the startups that went out of business this year. PitchBook compiled data on the 25 most valuable startups that failed in 2018; three of these companies have been around for more than 20 years and were still forced to shutter.Startups in the healthcare industry took a big hit seven companies on the list are in the medical sector.The list is headed by Theranos, the blood-testing company, whose $9 billion valuation was greater than those of all the other startups on the list combined.Here are the 25 most valuable VC-backed startups that failed in 2018: More >>
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Wellness Center rises like a phoenix from RMCH’s old dialysis facility
By Bill Donovan
Correspondent
GALLUP — It’s 10 a.m. on a beautiful Tuesday and 86-year-old Don Holland is where he usually is every weekday morning — maintaining a healthy lifestyle by working out at the Gallup Wellness Center.
“The body is a complex machine and has to be kept in good shape for a long, healthy, life,” he said as he goes about his regular regimen of exercises that he does each weekday morning at the center from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The center, located at 1910 Red Rock Drive, is celebrating its one-year anniversary at its new location after being housed for years in the basement of the Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital.
Holland described the basement facilities as being small and crowded. Others have used terms such as dingy and unappealing. One person who used the facilities there said anyone who used it on a regular basis really had to be a health fanatic.
Two years ago, as the hospital saw a renewed growth under its new CEO David Conejo, more area residents were referred to the center for rehabilitation purposes and its director, Greg Kirk, realized that the facilities could no longer meet the needs of the hospital.
Rehabilitation center, gym
It didn’t take Conejo and the members of the hospital’s board of directors to realize he was right, so a decision was made to convert the hospital’s former dialysis center into a state-of-the art gym and rehabilitation center.
The renovation of the building and the purchase of the equipment would cost $2.6 million, most of which was raised through two years of fundraising by the Western Health Foundation.
“Now this is like state-of-the-art with tons of equipment and you don’t have to be Arnold Schwarzenegger to come here,” said Holland, who began using the center after he was diagnosed with West Nile Disease, which he contracted a few years ago when he came in contact with mosquitoes as he went camping at Navajo Lake State Park.
An engineer for IBM before his retirement in 1995, Holland has created a regimen which he follows religiously and which he credits for being able to use a walking stick instead of a wheelchair.
He starts with the lifting of 80 pounds of free weights, 30 minutes of riding a stationary bike, and then going on the circuit taking advantage of the other stationary equipment in the gym.
Multiple uses
The facility has become immensely popular since the move with doctors in the area sending hundreds of patients there a year for rehabilitation. Kirk said the center can receive 7,000 patient visits a year.
The two-story building offers rehab facilities on the top floor with trained occupational therapists, physical therapists and speech language pathologists on hand to help those in need.
The bottom floor is a gym that is open 24/7 for use by employees of the hospital as a fitness center.
The gym is also made available to those enrolled in the center’s Silver Sneaker Aftercare Program which is for former patients who no longer need physical therapy but want to continue using the gym for a healthy lifestyle.
Their use of the gym only costs them $20 a month. This could be reduced to zero for those who have insurance or Medicare coverage that allows for payment for these kinds of services. Area residents who want to take part in this program are invited to come and talk to center personnel.
Fitness classes are held in the mornings and evenings. There is even a “teaching kitchen” on site to provide cooking demonstrations and a space to provide healthy choices through a simulated grocery store setting.
The center will also partner with the area Big Brothers and Big Sisters programs to mentor area youth. There is also space set aside to help the clubs fix up old bikes to encourage youth to be more active and to make use of the bike trails in the area.
With the new facilities and all of the space and new programs, Holland said he couldn’t understand why more people — and especially senior citizens — don’t join up.
“It’s important for older people not to get lazy,” he said. “You need to get your muscles back so your immune system stays strong. Obesity turns to diabetes and you don’t want that. I plan to be around to see the future. More >>
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