As we shift from ‘sick care-acute care silos’ to a true ‘health care’ system, how are home care companies evolving in a value-based world and creating the change needed to meet the person-centered demands of ...
Continued Growth Lands Lifesprk on Inc. 5000 List
Minnesota, according to Inc. Magazine has the highest amount of business revenue growth in the country. The 85 companies who made the Inc. 5000 list in Minnesota had a combined growth rate of 321.4 percent ...
The Healthcare Rules Lifesprk Leaders Want to Break
“Doctors of conscience have to resist the industrialization of their profession,” said Dr. Bernard Lown in a recent NY Times article on ‘Doctors, Revolt!’ Lown, 96, was hospitalized for pneumonia and questioning why nurses woke ...
Lifesprk Honored As Fast 50 – One of Minnesota’s Fastest Growing Companies
Growing Demand for Person-Centered Care In an earlier blog we shared ‘what is person-centered care’ pointing to the fact that seniors want to be seen for who they are – not their diagnosis, their condition, ...
Lifesprk CEO Joel Theisen Earns Spot On LeadingAge Minnesota’s 50 for the Next 50
LeadingAge Minnesota recognized 50 professionals who are innovators and leaders engaged in transforming and enhancing the experience of aging at their Annual Meeting 50th Anniversary Dinner. These 50 individuals are considered both innovative and influential ...
Lifesprk Model Expands with Medicare-Certified Home Health Care
First Operational Model of Community-Based Population Health in MN To heal Betty’s broken hip, we first have to heal her broken heart. Think about that for a moment. How often are you able to focus ...
Lifesprk CEO Named Finalist for 2017 Innovators in Health & Wellness Awards from Minnesota Business Magazine
The Minnesota Business Magazine has announced its finalists for their 2017 Innovators in Health & Wellness Awards and Joel Theisen, RN, Lifesprk CEO & Founder is one of three Minnesota executives named finalists for the ...
Lifesprk Ranks on Inc. 5000 List
Lifesprk has earned a position of 4123 amid Inc. 5000’s national ranking for the fastest-growing private companies in America. For the past 36 years, Inc. has recognized companies who exercise the body and the mind, ...
Lifesprk CEO Named Finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award For Innovative Home Care Success
The home care industry is ripe for change. While many agencies are adding technology for greater efficiencies and streamlined communication, those efforts don’t go far enough because they are still based on reactive support services, ...
The Case for a Whole Person Senior Care Model of Population Health
‘We’ve Been Wrong About What Our Job in Medicine Is’ The added uncertainty about the fate of the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) aka Obamacare doesn’t change the perfect storm driving the need for change. ...
