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Better adherence and clinical outcomes than have ever been reported.

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The Ornish Spectrum - a proven paradigm that changes hearts and lives

Ornish certified sites are now eligible for Medicare reimbursement

Patients have better adherence and clinical outcomes than have ever been reported from a program of comprehensive lifestyle changes.

Here are the latest findings from all of the 3,780 patients who went through our program at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and West Virginia as of October 2011:

  • Overall attendance after 1 year was 87.9%;
  • 45.2% of these patients had heart disease– 34.0% had type 2 diabetes, and the others had only risk factors (high blood pressure, cholesterol, or weight), yet adherence was comparable in all categories of patients (85-90% after 1 year);
  • The average patient lost 13.3 pounds in the first 12 weeks and 15.9 pounds after 1 year;
  • Significant reductions in systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL-cholesterol after 12 weeks were still significant after 1 year;
  • Exercise capacity increased from 8.7 to 10.6 METS after 12 weeks (18% increase) and to 10.8 METS after one year (24% increase);
  • Significant reductions in depression and hostility (the emotions most strongly linked with heart disease) after 12 weeks that were still significant after 1 year;
  • Hemoglobin A1C in diabetics decreased from 7.4% at baseline to 6.5% after 12 weeks and 6.8% after one year (complications of diabetes such as blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and amputations can be prevented when hemoglobin A1C is less than 7.0%);
  • 96.5% of patients reported improvement in severity of angina (chest pain) after 1 year.

If you and your colleagues are interested in learning more about becoming an Ornish certified provider, we’d like to learn more about you.

*We are just beginning to train and certify programs, so the site network will be growing significantly in the next few months.

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