Be proactive and take care of your health even if health system is not so perfect.

Delia is a retired nurse from Melbourne Australia who has spent years learning about new technology services. Her mission is to connect these small companies with their target market – clinicians and patients.

She believes that the current health system has a lot of errors. A lot of money is wasted. But it doesn’t need to be that way. More about her on her website: https://wikihospitals.com/

Below are three useful tips about taking care of your health which she shared in a live interview:

Watch Video Interview here - host Sharique Javaid

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1. Work out what your own personal issues really are - overweight, loneliness, pregnancy, diabetes, addictions etc. Then start shopping around for the best solutions. Look at apps, smart devices, home services and life coaches. Be prepared to pay cash for what you need, private insurers and government are unlikely to cover what you need. Traditional medicine like private insurance or government departments will not pay for modern and home based care.

2. Find good quality primary care - (not the 10 minute tick and flick). This is called concierge medicine in America and family medicine in Australia. You will pay more, but be able develop a proper relationship with a Doctor. You will reduce your risks of ending up in an emergency department, have proper follow up after hospital procedures and end up with more satisfaction your health.

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3. Get back to basics - Find love in your life - a partner, children, animals. Find a God, spirituality is part of life. Get out in the sunbaked, run around, eat home cooked food, find someone to love. You are 2 million years old! Your body and spirit is rooted in the stone age. Understand and respect that.