For decades researchers around the world have tried to get governments to increase the vitamin D levels,

but governments have not responded.

We need your help in getting the world to re-experience the benefits of vitamin D

This collaboration (is.gd/BringBackD)  has the goal of bringing vitamin D levels back around the world in the next decade.

We need to determine:

Who benefits the most

Who will be the first adopters

Which first adopters will be more likely to spread the word?

Who Benefits the most?

Health Maintenance Organizations

Individuals with specific diseases

Individuals lacking health insurance or sick leave.

Organizations of individuals who are at high risk of suffering from low vitamin D

obese, diabetic, MS, seniors, dark skin, far from equator, pregnant

Employers

Insurance companies

First Adopters: Of those who will benefit, who might be the high leverage early adopters?

Managers who are ambitious, (synonyms for translation: want to get-ahead, have serious competition, are desperately seeking a strategic advantage)

We will need to

Have different talents at different phases of the collaboration

Decide on which areas to focus on

Decide on which exact groups within those areas

Prepare presentation to those groups

Comment on the presentation

Need people to endorse the final presentation (researchers, doctors)

Make the presentation in person or video conference (far better than email)

Engage with the manager/group with the further steps as needed

Translate presentations into other languages

Who Benefits the Most?

HMO (there are hundreds of HMOs in the US)

Benefits: Costs reduced

| | | Notes | | Fewer medical bills with same income | | Prospect of more clients when word spreads | |

| | | Identify HMO which need a strategic advantage  | | Focus on quick ROI: surgery, pregnancy | | Perhaps small trial in a single facility | | Must get wavers from both doctor and patient.  |

Employer

Benefit: Costs reduced

| | | Notes | | Improve productivity | | Reduce cost of hiring substitutes | | Keep critical employees | | Reduce cost of employee turnover | | Reduce Health Care Costs (after many years)

| | | Identify interested CEO/companies  | | Small trial with those at high risk | | Can give the vitamin D free | | Perhaps include family members |

Individual

Benefits: Pain reduced

| | | Notes | | Reduce daily pain | | Prevent future diseases | | Treat current diseases

| | | Must reduce many barriers | | Have them feel benefits in < 2 months | | Perhaps work thru high risk organizations |

Others

Prisons

Senior homes

Psychiatric hospitals

TB wards

Notes

Bring back = Restore to the levels of our great grandparents - between 40 and 60 ng

Veterans Administration (US) has already found that increasing vitamin D levels decreases costs.

Coast Guard (US) has been an early vitamin D adopter - greatly reduced sick leave.

Hospitals which have fixed reimbursements per procedure should be interested

(Procedure ==> reimbursement, no matter if there were complications)

 

See also VitaminDWiki

• HMO and others who can profit from Vitamin D

• More likely to report that productvitiy was effected by health problems if low vitamin D - 2012

• How Health Insurance could profit from vitamin D

• Health Care Systems will save money by introducing vitamin D Lists of US HMOs and non-profit hosptials

• All items in category Cost Savings with Vitamin D items

Short url = is.gd/BringBackD