At Kannact, we love health coaching. We breathe motivational interviewing, and we dream in open-ended questions and affirmations. We’ve seen these techniques change the lives of thousands of our patients, many of whom would have never thought to seek out a personal coach to help them with their chronic condition or their health behaviors, and many of whom would have never been able to afford it if their employer didn’t directly contract with us to provide it to them.

Did you know your gut is the foundation of your health?! Your gut is critical in the breakdown of the foods and absorption of the nutrients that help fuel your body and keep it functioning properly. Gut health is not only linked to digestion, but also immunity, mood, and the way we think. Some common signs of an unhealthy gut may include upset stomach, bloating, disturbed sleep, and unintentional weight changes.

Imagine being able to increase your lifespan through diet alone… well, you just may be able to! Following a whole-food, plant-based diet can help you live longer, and could even lower your risk of heart disease by 29%!

In the "Peer-reviewed Research" series of blog posts, we review the latest or most important studies published in academic journals on a set of topics, including health coaching, disease management, remote patient monitoring, and healthcare costs.

By now, you've likely heard the terms "health equity" and "social determinants of health." As it turns out, paying careful attention to these two things can be key in program adherence and utilization, increasing employee engagement, and improving overall health and well-being for your members.

We are only halfway through 2023 and already multiple critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in major secure file transfer applications. The news of the latest MoveIT Transfer vulnerability comes just a few months after a vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT, another file transfer software, was exploited in a set of attacks which began in late 2021. These vulnerabilities have disproportionately impacted the healthcare sector, including hospitals, health systems, and government agencies [source]. The Russia-linked ransomware group Clop reportedly took responsibility for the mass attack on more than 130 organizations using a zero-day vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT [source]. The same group is now responsible for a zero day vulnerability in MoveIt Transfer [source].

For the past 8 years at Kannact, we have focused on providing the best, personal, 1:1 health coaching for people with chronic conditions. Over those years, we’ve learned that to really be effective, health coaches not only need good training and access to a good clinical team to support them, but they also need the right tools and the right data, at the right time.

We have become aware of a data security Incident that may have resulted in unauthorized access to some of our members’ sensitive personal information. We have engaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation and, while that investigation is still ongoing, we believe it is appropriate to notify our members of the potential breach.

About a year ago we made it our goal to understand our users on a deeper level. To get to know who they are and what they need to make lasting changes in their lives. After all, that’s our mission at Kannact. So we hunkered down and kickstarted a project to interview as many people as we could- our health coaches, existing participants, churned participants, and even people who have never heard of Kannact before. Here are some of the key insights we gathered and what we’ve done (or are doing) to improve our member experience.

At Kannact, our 1:1 health coaching has always had great long-term engagement. People connect with their health coach and their health coach stays by their side every step of the journey to ensure they reach their health goals. That’s how we’ve delivered our great health outcomes since the beginning.