Whole person and well-being health have become important as society searches for ways to increase resilience and shift from a paradigm of surviving to one of thriving. There is currently, however, no set criteria for how to measure whole-person health and well-being. To remedy this, we are developing the Comprehensive Well-Being and Health Evaluation (Co-WHE), an open source, global, holistic, patient-reported outcome measure that assesses a patient’s initial and progressive well-being and health over time in twelve categories: physical, social, spiritual, emotional, environmental, mental/intellectual, occupational, energy, achievement, engagement, purpose and competence.

Related publications:
Schonhardt, Samantha; Sullivan, Stephanie; and Shisler Marshall, Rebecca (2023) “A Focused Review of Multidimensional Well-Being Assessments,” Journal of Wellness: Vol. 4 : 2, 5.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jwellness/vol4/iss2/5/

The Digital Research Data Capture is a collaboration between Life University’s Dr. Sid E. Williams Center for Chiropractic Research and Power of Patients. The Sallie® Life U patient portal provides an opportunity for chiropractic patients to track their health, triggers and habits. While contributing to chiropractic research, the platform provides a powerful patient-driven tool to help patients reach their functional goals and achieve their greatest expression of wellness. This easy-to-use portal will allow patients to gain insights about their health that they can use as a collaborative resource for partnering with their chiropractor and healthcare professionals. Using tools like Sallie® Life U, patients and clinicians can work together to change the healthcare dialogue from a focus on pain and disease to an informed journey toward optimal expression of health.

• Development, implementation and conduct of studies using digital research data capture
• De-identified benchmarking results to help advance the profession and care of the patient
• Clinicans participate in practice-based research studies
• Implementation of easily deployable WHEEL metrics that can be assessed through the use of digital research data capture

Seasonal infectious diseases continue to present a significant health burden, and there are few tools and protocols available that are designed to track changes in symptoms over time. The lack of attention to time-based changes in symptoms is a challenge; this is because vital information regarding therapeutic effectiveness or the need for advanced referral to other healthcare provider could be missed, a problem that became especially clear during COVID-19.

To fill this gap, we are collaborating with ChiroHD to develop the SID-PRO, a patient survey tool that will enable clinicians and researchers to track symptoms of common seasonal infectious diseases over time.

As we grow our learning healthcare community, we are developing a range of communication and engagement mechanisms, including:

• Events and other opportunities for clinicians, patients, researchers and community members to come together, share experiences and needs, and discuss current research.
• The Monday Research Kickstart and Podcast (coming soon) will provide updates on our research along with tools, resources and assessments that clinicians can use in their practices.